Does popcorn contain lead?

Popcorn does contain a small amount of lead. In the popcorn production project, because the container contains lead-containing substances, under the influence of high temperature, lead enters the popcorn.

Health workers in China analyzed the lead content in popcorn, and found that the average lead content in raw corn for popcorn production was 0. 1 15mg/kg, which met the national health standards. However, after processed into popcorn, the average lead content reached 4.96mg/kg, which was more than 40 times that before processing. The reason is that the sealing layer of popcorn machine is cast iron with lead.

The food culture of popcorn;

Popcorn is an ancient puffed food. Hundreds of years ago, before European immigrants moved to this "new world", Indians living on this continent began to eat popcorn.

After Columbus returned to Europe, he once described to people the vivid scene of Indian children in the "New World" selling popcorn in the street wearing necklaces. It was also Indians who taught European immigrants how to grow and bake corn. A historian also found popcorn eaten by ancient Indians 5000 years ago in a cave in New Mexico, USA, but because of the "technology" at that time, the taste was far from crisp as that of popcorn of the times.