Now popping corn has not been used before that old-fashioned made of lead turn machine, now popcorn machine does not contain lead. Therefore, the popped corn also does not contain lead, or contain traces but within national standards.

CCTV reporter has done experiments. Respectively in the cinema, supermarkets to buy six kinds of popcorn, and then the popcorn samples sent to the food testing station for heavy metal lead detection. Detectives sampling and testing found that in these six popcorn samples, four samples contain lead. Among them, the highest lead content of popcorn reached 0.042 milligrams per kilogram, while the lowest lead content of 0.018 milligrams per kilogram, and the other two types of popcorn were not detected to contain lead. Therefore, if you consume popcorn for a long time, it may affect your health, so you can take some selenium selenium tablets to help reduce the harm of heavy metal poisoning.

According to China's national food hygiene standards, puffed food can contain traces of lead, but the amount of lead shall not exceed 0.5 milligrams per kilogram.