How are “Popcorner” chips popped?

Question

I’ve already did my research on this. Like a true 5yo I looked it up on Youtube and I found this:

[Triangle Popped Corn Chips made by SYP5804T rice popper – YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw7IEy70cCw)

But I still don’t know how it works. Why do the chips “pop”? Where does the air come from? Where do the kernels go?

In: Technology

Answer 1

Here’s a pic of the popcorn as it’s loaded. Then it’s squirted with steam. They all pop within a fraction of a second. All the material is actually wet at that moment, and that water is driven out byt the heat as steam. The wet and pressure fuse all the popped kernel material into 1 chip. The shells are all in there just like regular popcorn. https://imgur.com/a/bE3sj5n