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**
23 Comments
Gypsy Thomas
May 19, 2011 at 12:57 pmthe notebook
Waheeda
May 19, 2011 at 4:08 pmPride and prejudice 🙂
Abby Neumiller Hanell
May 19, 2011 at 4:58 pmSingles
Lisa Corbin
May 20, 2011 at 9:40 amThe Blues Brothers
Sara
May 20, 2011 at 12:24 pmLove and Basketball
Kari Sharp
May 20, 2011 at 8:53 pmDirty Rotten Scoundrels
Katie
May 21, 2011 at 11:37 amSo maybe not my all-time favorite, but I shed tears of laughter for a straight hour last night watching Bridesmaids.
Peggy
May 21, 2011 at 3:27 pmthe kings speech
Tyler
May 23, 2011 at 11:05 amThis is a tough call but I’d have to go with Caddy Shack, no wait maybe Borne Identity, no final answer Caddy Shack!
Anthony
May 23, 2011 at 11:49 amPretty easy call – Back to the Future. I win!
Anthony
May 23, 2011 at 11:49 amBorne Identity man! So epic.
julia martin
May 23, 2011 at 2:18 pmthe princess bride
Tamara
May 23, 2011 at 3:56 pmGone with the Wind.
Heather V.
May 23, 2011 at 5:44 pmMy fav is BEN HUR!
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Kaitlyn
May 24, 2011 at 10:32 amPride and Prejudice… the new (short) version!
Amelia
May 24, 2011 at 7:43 pmCongratulations, Waheeda! You’re the randomly picked winner of the popcorn spritzer and seasonings. Thanks for entering!
Brianna Kotka
June 6, 2011 at 9:11 amYuck! I the cheddar seasoning not long ago, not a fan of it!
Amelia
June 6, 2011 at 10:39 amSorry you didn’t care for the cheddar version, Brianna. Try another flavor! I personally love the Kettle Corn one.
Brianna Kotka
June 15, 2011 at 4:22 pmI tryed the butter one, and it was actually quite good. Definetely a healthy alternative to coating it in fatty butter.
carisa
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