You might think you’re getting Bambi, but you’re really getting Godzilla.” Who expects about 1,500 calories and three days worth of heart-stopping fat in a popcorn and soda combo? That’s the saturated fat of a stick of butter and the calories of two sticks of butter. Jane Hurley, senior nutritionist for CSPI, said, “Regal and AMC are our nominees for Best Supporting Actor in the Obesity Epidemic. Your body does need salt-it transmits nerve impulses and helps with muscle contraction and relaxation-but reckless salt intake, as in a tub of popcorn, can be hazardous to your health. The Mayo Clinic says healthy adults shouldn’t exceed 2,300 milligrams of sodium per day, and for those with high blood pressure, diabetes and kidney disease, or those who are middle aged, that number drops to 1,500. When a theater uses nonhydrogenated canola oil, a large tub containing 17 cups of popcorn has 910 calories, 4 grams of saturated fat and 1,500 milligrams of sodium. But movie theaters usually pop their popcorn in coconut oil.
It can be - air-popped popcorn is low in calories and free of saturated fat. I know it’s frustrating, since we like to think of popcorn as a healthy snack. If you’re a “small bag” kind of person, you’re looking at 11 cups, 670 calories, 550 milligrams of sodium and at least 24 grams of saturated fat. But most of the “pumps” used for added butter in theaters add more than a tablespoon per pump.
If you add one tablespoon of butter, you’ll up the calorie total by 130. A large tub of popcorn from Regal Cinemas holds 20 cups of popcorn and sports 1,200 calories, 980 milligrams of sodium and 60 grams of saturated (the bad kind) fat.
But before you start munching away, let’s take a look at exactly what’s in that tub you’re holding.Ī study from the Center for Science in the Public Interest detailed the contents of popcorn from three movie theater chains. The weekend is coming and it might find some of us nestled in to a theater seat, popcorn in hand, waiting for the lights to dim.
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