ANITA'S ORGANIC popcorn
Why its so great!
Non-organic popcorn was listed as containing toxic chlordane, dieldrin and toxaphene; which have been linked to cancer, blood disorders, skin disorders, birth defects, and many other disorders.
An Idea for Preparation
Make your popcorn sweet or savoury. Try a few additions to your next batch – Parmesan popcorn, cinnamon sugar popcorn, add nuts, and make your own seasoning mix, caramel popcorn, nutritional yeast, lime and chilli powder or even just plain butter!
Country of Origin
USA
Not just a treat for the movie theatre or around the fire.
Healthy Benefits
- Excellent source of dietary fiber
- Low in fat and saturated fat
- Cholesterol, sodium, and gluten free
- Contains energy-producing carbohydrates
- Is a whole grain food which makes it a complex carbohydrate
- Whole grains contain the entire grain kernel - the bran, germ, and endosperm. (In oppose to refined grains that remove the bran and germ which contain essential nutritional value)
- Low in calories (31-55 cal. In one cup of unbuttered, lightly buttered 133 calories)
- According to FDA, studies have shown that whole grains may help reduce the risk of obtaining heart disease, cholesterol, diabetes, obesity and certain cancers
- In an FDA study, non-organic popcorn was found to be one of the top ten most contaminated foods
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