Kelloggs Corn Pops, that saturday morning(if you consider 2pm the morning) tradition. Have you ever wondered why those pops have a special foil lined bag? Me too. So here's the short version.
Much like the name denotes Corn Pops are one of two(the other being Smacks) cereals kellogg's produces that are acutally puffed grains. So unlike most cereals which start out as pasty mix of sugar and ground grains Corn Pops have no flavor of their own. To get that golden delicious flavor Kellogg sprays them with a sugary mix.
It turns out when you sugar glaze Corn Pops they are easily prone to absorbing water. If this happens you end up with one big glob of Pops. For cereal this is not ideal, although it might be like one of those candy corn balls you get at halloween..yum. Well those food scientists (most likely NC State Alum) found out that regular plastic bags let to much water vapor penetrate the bag. In response the foil line bag was created to make sure all those pops stayed at a comfortable distance from one another... much like my middle school dances.
TLH
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