Popcorn

Diamonds Foods is an American packaged food company specializing in marketing nuts. Their brands offered are Pop-Secret, Emerald, and the Kettle Brand. The demand to keep up with the snack food industry eventually caused pressure in the organization that lead to bad accounting practices. “The costs of walnuts were falsified to boost earning and meets estimates of Wall Street” (SEC, 2014). “The increase of walnuts in 2010 also lead to pressure of paying growers more without decreasing the net…

Is popcorn a healthy snack? “Did you know that popcorn is among the healthiest - and tastiest – snacks around?”, but can it also have downfalls? Does all of the good qualities outweigh the bad? Or is popcorn not a healthy snack? When you have popcorn, you love to add butter right? But, could that be defeating the object of your healthy snack? If you have a small popcorn (6 cups) it is 370 calories, plus 20 grams of saturated fat (having excess amounts could lead to high cholesteral, and heart…

thinking back to the Thanksgiving popcorn incident. Every year just before the holidays I spend time gathering recipes and treat ideas from friends, pinterest, and cooking magazines. I try to have treats I think you girls will enjoy, HOWEVER, I did not include Lulu on that list. When I walked into the house and everyone was whispering and unable to make eye contact, I should have realized something was up. I can’t believe that dog ate all four bags of gourmet popcorn by herself. After I…

Let’s say you're heading to the theater and you buy your ticket. You head over to the concession stand for your popcorn and soda. In the 1990s, a regular-sized soda weighed in at 6.5 fluid ounces and a small-sized popcorn was a reasonable treat. That’s about 355 calories. The same movie food items today has more than tripled in its size. These days, a movie-theater-sized tub of popcorn and a regular sized soda have almost 880 calories, that not including extra snack and add-ons. Approximately…

chemical substance diacetyl in microwaved popcorn was popular before concerns of the lethal disease would cause. According to the investigations, popcorn can cause cancer , or bronchiolitis obliterans as much commonly know in medical terms. Popcorn lung disease has been extensively studied due to its increasing relative frequency in grinder workers of popcorn factories , and even for those who just earn and eat this product. "As a result, the major popcorn manufacturers removed diacetyl from…

Does storing microwave popcorn at cooler temperatures affect the number of unpopped kernels? A. Project Design Plan Typically, it is best to store food products at cooler temperatures to prolong its freshness. However, the GardenGuides.com site warns that freezing popcorn dries it out, and the kernels will not pop (Candela). Problem statement: Does the storage temperature of microwave popcorn affect the number of unpopped kernels left in the bag after cooking it in a microwave? Decreasing the…

Cornerstone Food Product company presents the following attributes Strengths Product differentiation competitive advantage, Cornerstone Food Product is the sole provider of Cornerstone popcorns unique popcorn. Niche competitive advantage, cornerstone popcorn is able to provide an easily digestible popcorn. Cornerstone popcorn has unique packaging that allows the bag to transform into themed shapes Weaknesses Corn is difficult to grow, leading to limited production. The company is not large…

Popcorn was domesticated in 5000 BCE by the Pre-Columbian indigenous people. It arrived in the American Southwest over 2500 years ago, but wasn’t found east of the Mississippi River until the early 1800s because of environmental and botanical variables. Prior to the 19th century, Midwestern soil couldn’t grow corn. The invention of the steel plow turned the Midwest into the corny oasis it is today. As popcorn popularity surged, various popcorn snacks were invented and it brought new intensity to…

your odds of being able to use at least a few of the following tips are significantly better than the putting all your hopes on the Detroit Lions winning a Super Bowl in the next decade. Popcorn Salt Ever have problems with the salt sticking to your popcorn? Of course you do, You know you do. You make some popcorn and then salt it and, naturally, all that salt slides right off and accumulates on the bottom. End that today by going…

Article Review of “History 101: Pass the Popcorn, Please” In the article, “History 101: Pass the Popcorn, Please” Elaine Minamide, an English Professor at Palomar College explains why movies in the classroom can be both good and bad. Minamide’s thesis as stated in paragraph fourteen (218), “The question is not do movies enhance learning, but rather, are they becoming a substitute for actual learning?” Conversely, Minamide provides compelling arguments with many general statements from both…