1, the main ingredient of popcorn is corn, now we buy popcorn on the market are basically made of corn, but this corn is not the corn we usually eat, but a specialized popcorn corn, known as popping corn, its breeding originated in the United States, the grain is relatively small, the kernel is almost entirely angular starch, hard texture, its kernel moisture content when heated appropriately, you can pop! into dozens of times larger than the original volume of popcorn, so it is often used to process popcorn, become a production of popcorn special corn varieties. Popping corn is smaller than ordinary corn, but the structure is more compact, hard and transparent, when the high temperature has a greater expansion of the explosive, popping corn is therefore named, but also be directly called popcorn corn.
2, in addition to popping corn as the main ingredient, in the production of popcorn also need butter or cream, sugar and other raw materials, if you want to make a variety of flavors of popcorn, but also need to different flavors of the powder, such as chocolate powder, strawberry powder, etc., these can be bought.