Popcorn is acclaimed to be a stone age snack!!
Trace the history of popcorn from ancient kernels through to today's Butterkist brand as we know it
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Popcorn before Butterkist...
80,000 BC
Popcorn is first sighted in a "Bat Cave" in New Mexico. Ancient kernels of popcorn are so well preserved that they can still pop!! A common way to eat popcorn is to hold on oiled ear of corn on a stick over a fire, then chew the popped kernel off it.
1612
Tribesmen in France use heated sand to pop kernels for soups
1621
English colonists find housewives in U.S.A adding cream and sugar to popped corn to create a sweet breakfast cereal
1885
The first mobile corn popping machine is invented by Charlie Cretors - and the "popcorn wagon" becomes a popular fixture across the USA
1914
Fred Hoke and James Holcomb begin to sell popcorn machines in Kentucky, USA. The machines are named
BUTTER-KIST.
Butterkist is Born!
1938
The Butterkist brand is launched -
Perhaps an enterprising popcorn vendor in the UK got his hands on one of these Butter-kist machines
1998
Cadbury Trebor Bassett acquires the Butterkist brand from Craven Keiller
2000
Butterkist moves over to Monkhill Confectionery, where popping pans are set up at its Pontefract site
2005
Butterkist is relaunched - The iconic logo is updated and modernised - it is now heart shaped to emphasise the UK's love of popcorn!
2006
Butterkist launches Honey Nut Popcorn and the new sharing Carton
Did You Know...
Popcorn has more iron than eggs, peanuts, spinach or roast beef!
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