How healthy/unhealthy is cinema popcorn?

Most of us think that the popcorn we buy from the theatres is same as done at homes and so assuming it is healthy we keep on munching it without any guilt but fact of matter is theatre popcorn are UNHEALTHY- really UNHEALTHY. read more

Most of us think that the popcorn we buy from the theatres is same as done at homes and so assuming it is healthy we keep on munching it without any guilt but fact of matter is theatre popcorn are UNHEALTHY- really UNHEALTHY. Popcorn (in its purest form popped without butter) is, however, a very healthy snack but movie theatres popcorn is like a devil hiding in plain sight. read more

For example, a small popcorn, without butter, from AMC weighs in at 225 calories and 11 grams of fat. Crank it up to a medium and you’re up to about 430 calories and 20 grams of fat. A large AMC popcorn, without butter, contains 1,030 calories and 41 grams of fat. Moving along to Regal Cinemas, things get even heavier. read more

But cinemas were named as amongst the worst offenders with Empire Cinemas Salted Popcorn containing 3.7g of salt on a 192g portion, Vue’s large salted popcorn had 3.1g of salt in a 158g pack and the Odeon’s Large Salt Popcorn was found to contain 3.02g per pack. read more