"Cottage popcorn" should not be eaten
Our street stalls more than the use of cast-iron popcorn machine processing, the production of cottage version of the popcorn there are certain safety hazards.
The popcorn machine must be sealed when heated in order to generate high air pressure inside. When heated to the popcorn machine, some of the lead inside the popcorn machine will be in the form of lead vapor and lead smoke in the form of a large number of overflow, directly contaminate the food, and when the rapid depressurization, the lead is more likely to be adsorbed by the loose popcorn. This lead, if it enters the body with the popcorn, can damage a person's nervous system and digestive system. Especially children's lead detoxification function is weak, often eat popcorn with high lead content is very prone to chronic lead poisoning, resulting in loss of appetite, diarrhea, irritability, purple gums and slow growth and development.
Warning taste too fragrant popcorn
Some street vendors in order to save money with aluminum frying popcorn, the use of hydrogenated vegetable oils made of vegetable cream instead of butter, and added a variety of flavors and colors. Some vendors will also add a lot of margarine, margarine contains trans-fatty acids, easy to cause obesity, and jeopardize cardiovascular health.
When heating popcorn in a microwave oven, the flavor emitted contains a substance known as diacetyl, a small amount of the substance is not harmful to the human body, but if you are often exposed to excessive amounts of such substances will certainly bring health hazards to the human body. Experts reminded consumers, the use of microwave heating popcorn in the home, to be away from the heating zone at least two meters above, after the completion of heating, it is best to open the bag placed in a ventilated place to emit odors before consumption.