Popcorn Lab Report

Biology 101 popcorn try out Lab partners Robert Barham Michelle hall Diva Mancada Kelley Pritt 1 Introduction Popcorn, or pop music corn, is a type of corn which explodes from a aggregate and puffs up when heated. It is a popular sting food, especially in movie theaters. Popcorn can be salted or sweetened. Air popped popcorn is naturally racy in fiber, low in calories and fat, contains no sodium and is net profit free. This can seduce it an attractive snack for people with thermal or dietary restrictions. Large amounts of fat, sugar and sodium be often added to fain popcorn tat can permute it into a high calorie snack. system Orvill Redenbacher has bigger popped kernels and less un-popped kernels than conduct II. 3 Material Method Two bell ringer name popcorn packages are being tested. transaction II and Orvill Redenbacher. Both are tested in the resembling microwave. The same time is being used (2. 5 Minutes). Both packages were weighed in front and after the poppin g procedure, the results were recorded. Total cooking time was deliberate and recorded for both(prenominal) popcorn packages. 10 randomly selected popped kernels from each package were mensurable with a ruler and results were recorded. Average size for both were calculated and recorded. All un-popped kernels ere hoard from each package and weighed in a dish. The tilt of the dish was subtracted from the total system of weights to find the weight of un-popped kernels from each discoloration. The luck was calculated and compared. 4 Results tilt before cooking Orvill Redenbacher 104. 77g Act II 97. 9g *Act II package is little sunburn Orvill Redenbacher by 6. 84g. evade 1 * vaporize timer was set for 2. 5 proceedings ? *Table 1 shows that Orvill Redenbacher has a rapid cooking time than Act II. Weight after cooking Act II 87. 6g O. R. 93. 85g *Act II package is smaller than Orvill Redenbacher by 6. 79g Table 2 ? (Calculations) 3. 14g/87. 06 x light speed = 3. 6% and 3. 42g/93. 85g x 100 = 3. 6% *The Results showed that the percentage of un-popped kernels in both packages was the same. Table 3 (Popped kernels in mm) ? Table 3 showed that the average size of popped kernels of Orvill Redenbacher was larger than Act II. 5 Discussion The results showed that Orvill Redenbacher speck had faster cooking time than Act II and weighed more than overall. The audition besides showed that both brands had the same percentage of un-popped kernels.Since Orville Redenbacher weighed more than Act II we were able to see that Orville Redenbacher had more un-popped kernels by weight The experiment also showed that the size of the popped kernels was larger in the Orville Redenbacher brand. 6 Conclusion The hypothesis was part supported by the data. Orville Redenbacer brand has larger popped kernels than Act II. The percentage of un-popped kernels in both brands was the same but, the weight of the un-popped kernels in the Orville Redenbacher brand was more due to the higher un-popped weight of the package.