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Popcorn is a type of flint corn that can pop on its own when heated due to its high starch and hard outer layer. There are six types of corn that fall into soft or hard categories. Popcorn is classified as a hard corn along with flint corn. Hybrid popcorn varieties are bred to emphasize certain kernel traits like size, shape, and texture. The most common varieties are yellow or white popcorn which have medium brown or small white kernels respectively. Yellow popcorn comes in small, medium, and large sizes and shapes like flake or mushroom. White popcorn is more fragile and used mostly at home. Hull-less popcorn is actually an extruded corn product made to look like popcorn.

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Popcorn is a type of flint corn that can pop on its own when heated due to its high starch and hard outer layer. There are six types of corn that fall into soft or hard categories. Popcorn is classified as a hard corn along with flint corn. Hybrid popcorn varieties are bred to emphasize certain kernel traits like size, shape, and texture. The most common varieties are yellow or white popcorn which have medium brown or small white kernels respectively. Yellow popcorn comes in small, medium, and large sizes and shapes like flake or mushroom. White popcorn is more fragile and used mostly at home. Hull-less popcorn is actually an extruded corn product made to look like popcorn.

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Chapter 1: Popcorn and Other Types of Corn

Many people will ask the question. What do you do to make corn Pop? The quick reply is Heat it. What
many do not realize is that popcorn is a particular kind of corn, only popcorn will pop. Other types of corn
can be puffed with special mechanical processes but only Popcorn or a close relative can be popped on
its own without special equipment.
There are basically six kinds of corn which fall into two basic groups, Soft or Hard. This is determined by
the amount of hard or soft starch contained in the corn kernel. The most common soft corn is Dent corn
and it has many uses. From making baby powder, Tortillas, breakfast cereal, and cattle feed to making
ethanol used to improve the performance of gasoline. Other soft corns are Sweet Corn and Flour Corn.
Popcorn falls into the category of Hard, or Flint corns. The multi colored corn seen in the fall of the year
and often called Indian Corn is a flint corn.
Popcorn is a form of flint corn and is different from dent and other soft commercial corn varieties in two
ways. The first is that it is almost entirely hard starch. The second is that it has a very hard pericarp that
permits the internal pressure and temperature to rise high enough to pop.

Hybrid Popcorn and Popcorn Properties

The Popcorn that is grown today is almost always a Hybrid. Hybrids are the result of two or more basic
types of corn that are combined to obtain or exaggerate certain desirable characteristics.

Hybrid Selection
Within the popcorn family there are many different hybrids. These are obtained by cross breeding
different strains of popcorn to emphasize specific characteristics in the corn after it is popped. Some of
these characteristics are:
* kernel size
* kernel shape
* kernel texture

There are several varieties or Hybrids of commercially available popcorn, the primary groups are, yellow
and white. There are also some novelty products such as black and miniature popcorn.
Yellow popcorn is the most common used for commercial applications. The kernels are rounded in shape
and have a medium brown color. Within this group there are several options available to the buyer. Kernel
sizes are defined as small, medium, and large. The shape of the popped kernel is also affected by hybrid.
Most corn when it pops takes on an irregular shape and is referred to as "Flake" popcorn. Other hybrids
take on a more rounded shape and are referred to as "Ball", or "Mushroom" corn.
White popcorn is a small white grain that looks similar to a grain of rice. Some specific hybrids use the
names "Baby Rice", "Japanese Hulless", or "White Hulless". The pericarp on this grain is thinner than
other hybrids and when popped is not as noticeable when eaten. When this hybrid is popped the popped
kernels are very white, small in size and very tender. Due the fact that this hybrid is so tender and fragile
it is used almost exclusively in the home. When used in commercial applications there is excessive
breakage.
Flake corn is used in most applications and Mushroom is used for the production of sugar coated or
caramel corn. The Mushroom kernels have fewer small protrusions to break off in the relatively rough
handling that occurs in the caramel coating process

"Hull-Less" Popcorn
Hull Less popcorn is not true popcorn. Hull-Less popcorn is usually produced using a conventional corn
meal extruder and altering the shape of the product to resemble the irregular popcorn kernel. The
extruded product is then coated with oil or Caramel and marketed as "Hull Less" Popcorn.

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