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Cinema snacks demand specific shapes

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The fluffy stuff you gorge on in the dark is specially bred to pop into a 'butterfly' shape, maximizing volume so cartons look fuller. It is a brilliant agricultural hustle meant to sell you massive buckets of mostly empty air.

Cinema snacks demand specific shapes
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