Does folk popcorn contain lead and mercury?

Yes, because the jar of the old popcorn machine contains lead, so does the popcorn.

According to the investigation of relevant departments, the lead content of popcorn produced by street popcorn machine is 2.45 ~ 20 mg/kg, while the lead content of cakes does not exceed 0.5 mg/kg according to national regulations. The lead content of popcorn is several times or even dozens of times that of general food hygiene standards, which will seriously harm human liver, kidney and brain tissue. In particular, children's ability to detoxify lead is weak, and eating popcorn with high lead content is prone to lead poisoning, resulting in symptoms such as loss of appetite, diarrhea, irritability, purple gums and slow growth and development.

With the development of science and the improvement of health awareness, this popcorn machine with high lead content has been unable to stand on the market and gradually eliminated by society. Now the traditional popcorn machine has been replaced by stainless steel or aluminum alloy.