Is a bucket of popcorn part of your regular movie-going routine? After a quick glance at it’s outrageous nutritionals, you may reconsider buying even a small tub. Here are a few examples of just how bad it can be:
- Regal Cinemas:
- Large Tub: 1,200 calories, 980 milligrams of sodium, 60 grams of saturated fat (yes, that’s 60 GRAMS OF SATURATED FAT, a.k.a 4X MORE THAN YOU SHOULD EAT IN A DAY). Add just a tablespoon of butter and you get 130 more calories.
- Medium Tub: the only difference between this and the large, is that it comes in a bag. Same portion size, same nutritional facts.
- Small Tub: 670 calories, 550 milligrams sodium, and 24 grams saturated fat.
- AMC
- Large Tub: 1,030 calories and 57 grams of saturated fat (equal to a pound of babyback ribs + a scoop of Haagen Dazs ice cream, but with an additional day’s worth of saturated fat).
- Medium Tub: 590 calories and 33 grams of saturated fat.
- Small Tub: 370 calories and a day’s worth—20 grams—of saturated fat.
Think you’re safe because you don’t frequent either of those two movie chains? The rest are no better. See a full comparison, along with other scary movie snack nutrition facts, here in CSPI’s report.
But What If You Looooove Popcorn??
Make it at home for a snack sometime! Popcorn is actually a healthy choice when you pop it yourself. And you can add plenty of yummy things without making it a calorie nightmare. My favorite way to eat it is with grated Parmesan cheese and chopped fresh herbs (just mix these two things together with a little salt, then drizzle plain popcorn with 1 tsp olive oil and toss it all together). You can also get some low-calorie popcorn seasonings for your homemade popcorn, like Kernel Season’s, one of my other favorites. First you spray your plain popcorn with their popcorn spritzer:
Then add one of their delicious, low-calorie popcorn seasonings:
Now you’ve got tasty, flavorful popcorn that’s still low in calories.
Want to win FREE Kernel Season’s popcorn spritzer and seasonings???
Simply leave a comment on this post telling us your favorite movie and you’ll be entered to win!
Winner picked Monday May 23rd.
**popcorn image above taken from Food Marathon**
the notebook
Pride and prejudice
Congratulations, Waheeda! You’re the randomly picked winner of the popcorn spritzer and seasonings. Thanks for entering!
Singles
The Blues Brothers
Love and Basketball
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
So maybe not my all-time favorite, but I shed tears of laughter for a straight hour last night watching Bridesmaids.
the kings speech
This is a tough call but I’d have to go with Caddy Shack, no wait maybe Borne Identity, no final answer Caddy Shack!
Borne Identity man! So epic.
Pretty easy call – Back to the Future. I win!
the princess bride
Gone with the Wind.
My fav is BEN HUR!
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Pride and Prejudice… the new (short) version!
Yuck! I the cheddar seasoning not long ago, not a fan of it!
Sorry you didn’t care for the cheddar version, Brianna. Try another flavor! I personally love the Kettle Corn one.
I tryed the butter one, and it was actually quite good. Definetely a healthy alternative to coating it in fatty butter.
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