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the popcorn in my kitchen cupboard
By Megan C Tschida
November 29, 2006 | In my search of
something to munch on I looked in my cupboard and found
three brands of popcorn that I am going to review. The
three kinds I reviewed are Orville Redenbacher's microwave
Tender White, Kroger (a Smith's brand) microwave butter,
and Great Value Yellow Popping Corn kernels. What I
will be looking at in these three brands are Nutrition
Facts (for one cup of popped corn): Calories, Total
Fat, and Saturated Fat; the cost of the popcorn, the
overall taste of the popcorn and the popping satisfaction
whether it is made in the microwave or hot air popper.
I will also rate the popcorn out of a total of 5 stars
-- one meaning I could have gone without this food,
and five meaning please give me more!
Orville Redenbacher's Tender
White
This is a microwave popping brand, and is described
on the box as a "Premium White Popcorn Blended with
Butter and Sprinkled Salt."
-- Price per ounce: about 36 cents.
-- Calories: 40; Total Fat: 13g; Saturated Fat: 7g.
-- Taste: 5 stars. Has great texture and not too greasy.
-- Popping: Seemed to pop great in two-and-a-half minutes.
Most all kernels popped.
Kroger's Microwave Butter
Popcorn
Kroger's is a brand that comes out of Smith's Food and
Drug Stores. It is microwave butter popcorn that is
a cheaper brand on the shelves than any other microwave
popcorn sold. It comes in a variety of packs and either
butter or movie theater butter.
-- Price per ounce: 11 cents.
-- Calories: 35
-- Total Fat: 10g
-- Saturated Fat: 2.5g
-- Taste: 1 star. It was really greasy on my hands,
and some had a lot of butter, whereas other pieces had
none. Not to mention it tasted burnt.
-- Popping: I could not seem to pop it at the right
time, it would burn every time. Only half of the kernels
popped.
Great Value Yellow Popping
Corn
This brand comes with the kernels and I used a hot air
popper to pop the kernels. It did not take long and
every popcorn piece was done just right.
-- Price per ounce: 6 cents -- Calories:
130
-- Total Fat: 1g
-- Saturated Fat: 0g
-- Taste: 4 (with the right amount of butter and salt)
stars. Without adding butter and salt the popcorn was
not great, but after it tasted great. It was pretty
greasy after adding warm butter.
-- Popping: With a hot air popper it popped all but
one kernel.
Looking over all the facts, price,
and ratings I found the Great Value brand to be the
best popcorn around. It is inexpensive, the nutrition
facts are low if you don't count the butter, and it
got a very high rating. The only downfall of this brand
though is you can't just stick it in the microwave.
But if you have oil and a pan you can cook it on the
stove. Also, a great thing to try is White Popping Corn
which gives it a little better taste.
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