We started out in the kitchen mixing herbs spices trying to find the magic . The goal was to make delicious vegan popcorn seasoning with simple ingredients. Months of research and development later, mission accomplished; here we are.
I don't want to point fingers and throw any specific large companies (the "Big Poppers" / "Husky Bois") under the bus industrial hotair popper.. but YIKES, the ingredients they use . Here's a little sample of what they are passing off as edible:
Flavor: All Dressed
Ingredients: Maltodextrin, Modified milk ingredients, Salt, Sugar, Sodium acetate, Acetic acid, Onion powder, Garlic powder, Malic acid, Citric acid, Disodium inosinate and guanylate, Spices, Caramel, Smoke flavor, Silicon dioxide
Contains: Milk
Flavor: Chile Limón
Ingredients: Spices (including chili pepper), Salt, Lime juice powder (corn syrup solids, lime juice, lime oil), Sugar, Citric acid, Tomato powder, Onion powder, Garlic powder, Buttermilk solids, Natural flavor, Oleoresin turmeric, Silicon dioxide added to prevent caking
Contains: Milk
Flavor: White Cheddar
Ingredients: Modified milk ingredients, Sugars (maltodextrin, sugar), High oleic sunflower seed oil, Monosodium glutamate, Cheddar cheese, Vegetable oil, Flavor and artificial flavor, Disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, Disodium phosphate, Lactic acid (calcium lactate), Sodium phosphate, Citric acid, Yeast extract, Calcium silicate and silicon dioxide
Contains: Milk, Sulphites
Flavor: BBQ
Ingredients: Sugar, Corn maltodextrin, Sea salt, Torula, Yeast, Spice (including red pepper), Onion powder, High oleic sunflower oil, Citric acid, Salt, Caramel color, flavor, Calcium silicate
Flavor: Ketchup
Ingredients: Sugars (sugar, maltodextrin), Salt, Tomato powder, Sodium acetate, Acetic acid, Garlic powder, Onion powder, Natural and artificial flavor, Citric acid, Soybean oil, Sunset yellow FCF, Allura red, Tartrazine, Vinegar, Spice extract, Calcium silicate
Contains: Soya
Are humans supposed to eat that stuff, or is it being manufactured to melt ice on winter sidewalks? Not to be corny.. but those ingredients are objectively NOT poppin' . I think the most appropriate word would be "Horrific".
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-Mike, aka "Poppa" aka "Popowski" aka "The Kernel"
