G.H. Cretors Chicago Mix Popped Corn

Company: G.H. Cretors, Company Cornfields, Inc., Chicago

Introduced: May 2011

Distribution: Nationally available at select natural food stores and select mainstream markets across the country.

Suggested Retail: $3.99 per 6.5-oz. bag

Product Snapshot: Made with all-natural ingredients, G.H. Cretors’ Chicago Mix Popped Corn is completely free of GMO’s, artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives. G.H. Cretors’ Chicago Mix combines caramel corn and cheese corn in the same bag. Real cheddar cheese is melted in the copper kettles and then gently mixed with locally-grown, air-popped popcorn.

Ingredients: Caramel corn: brown sugar, cane sugar, popcorn [pasteurized sweet cream (milk), salt], brown rice syrup, sunflower oil, soy lecithin, sea salt, baking soda. CheeseCorn: Popcorn, sunflower oil, cheddar cheese [(pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), cream, sodium phosphate, salt].

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