Strawberry flavored Pop Rocks

Pop Rocks (UK: Space dust) is a carbonated candy with ingredients including sugar, lactose (milk sugar), corn syrup, and flavoring. The idea of the product was patented by General Foods research chemist William A. Mitchell in 1956. The Pop Rocks candy was first offered to the public in 1975. Around 1983, General Foods stopped selling the candy; some would believe this was because of an urban legend. In 1985, Kraft Foods bought the rights to the candy product and re-marketed it as Action Candy through a company called Carbonated Candy. Image File history File links Poprocks. ... Image File history File links Poprocks. ... For the chemical reaction forming calcium carbonate, see carbonatation. ... For other uses, see Candy (disambiguation). ... This article is about sugar as food and as an important and widely traded commodity. ... Lactose is a disaccharide that consists of β-D-galactose and β-D-glucose molecules bonded through a β1-4 glycosidic linkage. ... // Tate & Lyle brand Corn Syrup being moved by tank car Corn syrup is a syrup, made using corn (maize) starch as a feedstock, and composed mainly of glucose. ... General Foods, formerly shorthand for the General Foods Corporation, is now a brand of Kraft Foods. ... A chemist pours from a round-bottom flask. ... William A. Mitchell (1911 - July 26, 2004) was an American food chemist who, while working for General Foods Corporation between 1941 and 1976, was the key inventor behind Pop Rocks, Tang, quick-set Jell-O, Cool Whip, and powdered egg whites. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... An urban legend or urban myth is similar to a modern folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them. ... This article is about the year. ... Kraft Foods Inc. ...

The candy is made by mixing its ingredients and heating them until they melt, then exposing the mixture to pressurized carbon dioxide gas (about 600 pounds per square inch) and allowing it to cool. The process causes tiny high pressure bubbles to be trapped inside the candy. Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom. ...

When placed in the mouth, coming into contact with saliva, the candy breaks and melts, releasing the carbon dioxide from the tiny 60 atm bubbles, resulting in a popping and sizzling sound and leaving a slight tingling sensation. The bubbles in the candy pieces can be viewed when aided by a magnifying glass. Saliva is the watery and usually frothy substance produced in the mouths of humans and some animals. ... Standard atmosphere (symbol: atm) is a unit of pressure. ... A magnifying glass is a single convex lens which is used to see girls better it is wonderful i love eating it is so tasty a mg is used also toproduce a magnified image of an object. ...

Since 1979, Zeta Espacial S.A., a company based in the municipality of Rubí in Barcelona, Spain, has manufactured, sold, and exported the product. Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal (City of Counts) Postal code 08001–08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ...

In 2006, Dr. Marvin Rudolph, who led the group assigned to bring Pop Rocks out of the laboratory and into the manufacturing plant, wrote the definitive history on Pop Rocks development. The book, titled, "Pop Rocks: The Inside Story of America's Revolutionary Candy, " draws on interviews with food technologists, engineers, marketing managers, and members of Bill Mitchell's family, along with the author's direct experience, to tell the complete story. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In recent years, a Pop Rocks brand chewing gum has been introduced. Chewing gum Chewing gum is a type of confectionery which is designed to be chewed rather than swallowed. ...

Urban myth

During the product's heyday, rumors persisted that eating Pop Rocks and drinking cola would cause a person's stomach to explode. The company spent large sums sending out flyers to debunk the rumor. This is, in part, caused by the false assumption that pop rocks contain an acid/base mixture (such as baking soda and vinegar) which produces large volumes of gas when mixed through chewing and saliva.^[1] For other uses, see Cola (disambiguation). ... Sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3), or sodium hydrogen carbonate, also known as baking soda and bicarbonate of soda, is a soluble white anhydrous or crystalline compound, with a slight alkaline taste resembling that of sodium carbonate. ... Vinegar is sometimes infused with spices or herbs—as here, with oregano. ...

The most famous of these myths involved a child named Mikey from the Life cereal commercials. Mikey was reported to have died after eating a Pop Rocks and cola mixture. The rumor is false and the former child actor who was in the commercials, John Gilchrist, is alive and well.^[1] This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The story of Little Mikey is an urban myth. ... Life is a breakfast cereal made of whole grain oats, distributed by the Quaker Oats Company. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... The story of Little Mikey is an urban myth. ...

The TV series MythBusters examined the rumor by mixing Pop Rocks and cola inside a pig's stomach. The UK television programme Brainiac: Science Abuse later performed a similar debunking using a female volunteer. MythBusters is an American popular science television program on the Discovery Channel starring special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, who use basic elements of the scientific method to test the validity of various rumors and urban legends in popular culture. ... For other uses, see Pig (disambiguation). ... Brainiac: Science Abuse is a television programme showing in the UK on Sky One (and repeated on Sky Mix). ...

The American pop-punk band Green Day wrote a song called "pop-rocks and coke"

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Sexual use

Pop Rocks have been used and recommended as an aid in performing oral sex.[4][5] Oral sex consists of all sexual activities that involve the use of the mouth, which may include use of the tongue, teeth, and throat, to stimulate genitalia. ...

References

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External links

• General Foods Corporation's U.S. Patent 4,289,794  for Pop Rocks
• Images of US patent 4289794 for Pop Rocks from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Pop Rocks: The Inside Story of America's Revolutionary Candy, book detailing the story of Pop Rocks development to Pop Rocks today
• Zeta Espacial's website, with list of Pop Rock-related products
• Pop Rocks Candy website
• Rumors about the dangers of Pop Rocks, from the Urban Legends Reference Pages
• How do Pop Rocks candy work?, an article from HowStuffWorks that explains how pop rocks candy is manufactured and also has links to the original patent