It comes in two major varieties buttered and unbuttered but comes in many different flavors, salty, caramel, white cheddar etc. The evidence of popcorn is been found in Peru as early as 4700 BC. In 16th and 17th century the Native Americans brought the popcorn with them to America. Now there are many brands that market microwave popcorns, they come in boxes with individual paper packages wrapped in plastic, to pop the popcorn the plastic is removed and the paper bag containing the corn is kept in the microwave for certain time to pop up the kernel. Since popcorn is one of the top snacks consumed in America it is important to know which brand popcorns pops the most, considering the fact that there are expensive brands and inexpensive brand and its the perception that expensive brand popcorns will pop the most.
A. Project Design Plan Problem Statement: Does generic store brand microwave popcorn have more or less popped kernels than name brand microwave popcorn? Microwave popcorn is a snack that most consumers have in their home. This experiment will help determine which brand of microwave popcorn is better in value of popped kernels versus un-popped kernels. In the experiment four brands of microwave popcorn will be tested; Orville Redenbacher, Act II, Pop Secret, and the generic store brand (Kroger).
Consumers are buying more snack chips per person, an increase of 2 pounds over four years. * Frito-Lay is the worldwide leader manufacturing and marketing of snack chips. Frito-Lay is a national brand firm that distributes products nationwide. Frito-Lay accounts for 13 percent of snack-food sales in the United States, with about one half of retail sales in the snack chip category. Also, Frito-Lays has eight of the top ten selling snack chips.
Int Task 3 Un-popped Popcorn Kernels A. Project Plan I will be conducting an experiment to determine which brand of microwave popcorn leaves the least amount of un-popped popcorn kernels. Problem Statement I will separate the popped kernels from the up-popped kernels and count the un-popped kernels in each bag of microwave popcorn. The independent variable will be the different brands of microwave popcorn. The dependant variable will be the amount of un-popped kernels left over.
Everyone has grown up with American’s favorite the Oreo, we all have different ways to eating them. For example like dunking them into milk or twisting off one side and eating the creaming icing from inside or better yet dunking them into peanut butter (which is the best thing ever, in my opinion). Since the introduction on March 6, 1912 the Oreo cookies has become the bestselling cookie in the Unites States (Rosenberg, n.d.). Since then there has been close to 370 billon cookies sold which best is known as “best-selling” cookie. Making it the best-selling cookie of the twentieth century (Rosenberg, n.d.).
Demand for popcorn has remained steady throughout the years with a peak in the 1990s. In the 1980s sales increased with the introduction of microwave popcorn. Today the industry produces about 9 million pounds of corn in 23 states, including Indiana where Orville Redenbacher tuned his passion popping corn into one of America’s favorite delicacies. Supply and demand is perhaps one of the most fundamental concepts of economics and it is the backbone of a market economy. Demand refers to how much in terms of quantity, of a product or service is desired by buyers.
Plain baked potatoes instead of French fries and high-fibre, fortified cereals instead of high-fat doughnuts would be healthier. Small changes like these could improve her diet dramatically. “Try not drinking so much soft drink,” Mary suggests. “Bottled water or a glass of milk would be much more beneficial.” “I can’t drink milk!” Clara says. “Last time I had a glass of milk, my stomach hurt for hours.
Researchers from the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity examined the nutritional quality and advertising of more than 100 brands and nearly 300 varieties of cereals. They found an overall improvement in the nutrition of the cereals in recent years, but the products are still much worse than those sold to adults. In general, they have 56 per cent more sugar, half as much fiber and 50 per cent more sodium. Increasingly, breakfast cereal makers are offering more nutritious low-sugar options. The trick is trying to find them amidst the Cocoa Puffs, Frosted Flakes, Lucky Charms and all the other sugary concoctions on grocery store shelves.
1 Preliminary Research: When kernels get hot after being heated, they then expand and turn into popcorn. Popcorn is able to pop because the kernels have a hard-moisture sealed hull and a dense starchy interior. This interior and exterior part of the kernel allows pressure to build inside until it explodes and causes the “pop” sound. According to NASA, the moisture inside the kernel turns to steam at about 450 degrees F. At this temperature it pops and turns inside out and then you have your favorite popcorn snack. 2 Hypothesis: I think that Pop Weaver light butter popcorn will pop the most kernels.
It is sweeter and cheaper than regular sugar and is in every processed food and sugar-sweetened drink. Purging it from your diet is the single best thing you can do for your health! In recent history, we've gone from 20 teaspoons of sugar per person per year to about 150 pounds of sugar per person per year. That's a half pound a day for every man, woman,