I can't resist Butterkist
If we lined up all the Butterkist popcorn we make each year, it would stretch all the way to China!
Christopher Columbus was said to have introduced popcorn to Europe in the
15th Century, that’s more than 500 years of popping!
The world’s largest popcorn ball measured 12 feet in diameter, that’s a lot of pieces of popcorn!
Unpopped kernels are often referred to as “old maids”.
A popcorn kernel will pop when it reaches approximately 175 degrees Celsius.
Popped popcorn was found in New Mexico over 5,000 years ago!
Did you know, Popcorn kernels are the only type of corn that will pop?
With the 30 million bags of popcorn we make yearly, we could fill 1,200 jumbo jets!
Last year we used enough toffee coating in our Butterkist Toffee Popcorn to fill over 10,000 bath tubs. yummy!