For those of you who love popcorn, please raise your hand for me to see. To this day, when people watch movies in the cinema, they will buy a box of popcorn corn to satisfy their cravings. It’s as if my love for popcorn is amplified while watching a movie, and I can’t stop talking. Even as soon as I smell the scent of popcorn, I feel like I’m in the theater.
Have you ever noticed that the buckets of popcorn corn sold in supermarkets look different from the popcorn corn sold in theaters? One is a round shape, and the other is a pure white brand image with a more messy shape. Is it because the corn used to make popcorn is different? Why are the two types of popcorn corn so different?
Actually, popcorn corn does come in two main varieties. One is fungus popcorn, which is actually the kind sold in supermarkets, and the other is colorful butterfly popcorn, which is baked fresh in movie theaters. Its shape is more suitable for kneading with hands and eating, and is not easy to watch movies. It fell all over the floor.
The types of corn used to produce these types of popcorn are different, although they are also popcorn. This type of corn originated in parts of Mexico, Peru, and Chile in the Americas, and was later sent to the United States for breeding. The manufacturers produced popcorn that was perfect for making popcorn, and named it "Spain."
Both types of popcorn corn have their own advantages and disadvantages. For example, colorful butterfly popcorn corn is fluffy and white, suitable for fresh cooking and eating, and has a rich aroma, but it is very easy to break during the production process. It is not suitable for transportation, so in movie theaters, this kind of popcorn corn is scooped out and sold to customers on the spot.
Fungi popcorn is round and round, which is more suitable for hanging toffee, spices, etc. So this kind of popcorn has many flavors, including caramel, chocolate, and milk. Its plump shape is also very suitable for sealing and shipping, so supermarkets sell this fungus popcorn corn.
Many people have mentioned that corn is originally a miscellaneous grain. Whether it is waxy corn or corn, we regard it as a type of healthy food. It has high starch content and high dietary fiber. Eating it will make you hungry. The effect of feeling. Why did corn become an unhealthy snack after it was transformed into popcorn corn?
It turns out that popcorn corn is made from corn, and the nutritional content has not changed much. However, due to the production process, the corn swells, causing an increase in gas, which is easily digested and absorbed after entering the body. If it were just this, popcorn corn wouldn't be criticized.
However, the processed popcorn corn has no taste, does not have the sweetness of corn itself, and is not easy to store. Therefore, when making popcorn, sugar, milk tea powder, yellow cream, additives, etc. must be added. The ingredients don't sound like a good thing, and would certainly make people classify popcorn corn as a "fried food."
Among various additives, the most concerning is "diacetyl", which creates a strong creamy taste and makes popcorn corn delicious. This additive often appears in plant-based creams and cake baking snacks. The aroma of the fresh cream is enhanced, making the snacks more popular. However, through the baked diacetyl, the residual smoke can easily make people sick.
If you don’t add such messy additives and use popcorn to make popcorn at home, will you easily gain weight after eating it? Let's take a look at the calories of popcorn. They are all concentrated in fat, sugar and other additives. Some people use unsalted butter and sugar for popcorn corn for the sake of taste. There is no doubt that eating it will make you gain weight.
If you replace the unsalted butter with edible olive oil, reduce the sugar content, or even add no sugar, popcorn corn seems to have few calories and can even absorb dietary fiber and promote gastrointestinal motility. Have the effect of losing weight. Apart from the bad taste, there are no flaws.