Pipcorn was born in 2012 when Jeff Martin was helping his sister, Jen move apartments. With everything packed up except a bag of tiny heirloom popcorn kernels that Jen found in the Chicago health food store where she worked, they popped batch after batch of the most delicious popcorn they’d ever had! They liked this one so much, they tracked down the Indiana farmer who grew it from his family’s heirloom seed stock. Together with Jeff’s wife, Teresa, they created a new company, Pipsnacks™

Thanks to heirlooms, Pipcorn has more nutrition than commercially grown popcorn, including fiber, antioxidants, and vitamins. The heirloom corn they use to make Pipcorn products have a distinctly delicious flavor and an especially satisfying crunch. With the commercialization of farming, quantity and uniformity are being prioritized over flavor now. When you sacrifice taste, you are losing the nutrition and authenticity of the grain. You can’t find Pipcorn’s unique taste in the average grocery store snack, which could be why Oprah picked Pipcorn as her Favorite Thing three times in a row!