Colored Popcorn Kernels

Colored Popcorn Kernels

Colored popcorn gets it’s color naturally!

It’s not dyed or painted or stained.

It’s grown that way from seed. The color is determined by the parent seed color. One of the ways to change the seed color without genetically altering it is by pollination. All corn is pollinated by the wind. To keep the colors true you keep any other corn fields separated from the others.

Colored popcorn kernels come in a variety of colors. You can get colored popcorn in Reds, Yellows, White, Blues, Purples and even rainbow. The rainbow seed can be a mix of all the other colors or it could be a strain of popcorn that produces different colors in the cobs. The only color I know that you can’t find is green. After checking with various vendors and popcorn suppliers, I found out that there is not a green popcorn.

Colored popcorn pops out in white. This is due to the small explosion that happens inside of the kernels when the moisture inside is heated causing the hull to burst. This causes the popcorn kernel to turn inside out.

Colored popcorn works the same in gourmet popcorn recipes and in any popcorn popper you use including microwave popcorn poppers.