Behind the scenes at Ace: How our delicious popcorn is made

As soon as we were ready and got all the necessary attire on, we turned on Poppi, our air popper. We scooped a handful of kernels into the funnel.

After we put the kernels in, it was a waiting game, but soon enough, we heard the sound of lovely kernels popping and could smell the popcorn!

Sure enough, popcorn soon came flying out of Poppi and into the tray below.

After the popcorn was made, it was onto the separating, which involves:

• Ensuring only the best pieces are included
• Dragging the popcorn over the vent, which removes any unnecessary stray kernels
• Quality-checking that the popcorn was fluffy and well 'popped'!

After scooping all the yummy, golden popcorn into a bag, we were ready for the next step.

Now for the most enjoyable part, the flavour!

We had two options: the Double Feature and the Tumbler. We used both, but on different batches to really see the difference.

We poured our soft popcorn into a clear box, ready to be mixed with the warm caramel.

The Double Feature worked its magic, by making the caramel until it was perfect.

Once the caramel was ready, we added the popcorn and mixed it all together until the popcorn was a nice golden brown colour.

Caramel is only one of THREE flavours that Ace Popcorn will be offering to members of the public, with the other two being butter-salted and sweet. The processes will differ slightly depending on the flavour.

Next, we used the tumbler to see how it spreads the flavour.

We tipped a new batch of soft butterfly popcorn inside and sprinkled in a generous dusting of sugar. Then we let the Tumbler spin and swirl until every piece was coated in sweet goodness.

Even our Marketing Apprentice Jacob had a go, donning the appropriate food safety gear to get up close and personal with how the popcorn is made.