POP QUIZ: Nutritional Info (Read 966 times)

What a PITA it is to calculate how many cals and crap are in a bag of microwave popcorn! So here is my question: How many calories and grams of fat you think are in the entire bag of this popcorn? Statement on box: Serving size - 2Tbsp (about 32g) Unpopped, (About 5 cups popped) Servings per bag - about 2.5 Servings per box - about 10 Amount per Serving 2T Unpopped 1 cup popped Calories 150 25 Calories from fat 80 15 Total Fat - 8g DISCLAIMER** I KNOW this isn't good for you, but I folded last night! So please - no comments!! And no, I didnt eat the whole bag And lastly, Why the hell do they even bother to list nutr. info for unpopped amounts?!?!? Its not like youre actually going to cut the bag open and take out how many tablespoons you want! I can understand if its a container of kernels for an air popper or something, but WHY on this!!!???

I have been there...figuring out microwave popcorn used to throw me too.

Answer: Take a plain brown paper bag. Add in unpopped popcorn. Microwave x 3 minutes. Total calories: very very few Fat calories: none

Works like a charm. Do this all the time. Cost effective and healthy. Orville Redenbacher's secret has been revealed. It's in the bag, baby.

Just roll the top of the bag down a couple of turns.

LMAO - the blessed conundrum of microwave popcorn. This is a topic that has foiled even experienced dieters...because sometimes if you look carefully it looks like calories are dissappearing in the popping process. The total calories in the bag for the unpopped and popped dont match on many labels...because they use some "factor" to take in to account the average unpopped kernels, etc. I was trying to find the thread I saw on this topic on a weight loss site. I just get the mini bags and eat the whole dang thing... problem solved. (100 or 110 cals depending on the brand)

I often sprinkle a touch of parmesan cheese onto it. The vanishing calories likely result from some of the fats sticking to the side of the bag and some being released with the steam.

My wife adds a dash of sugar to make it taste like Kettle Corn. We started doing this because of our daughter's milk allergy. If you look closely at the commercial stuff modified milk ingredients are usually one of many, many ingredients. Odd since popcorn is simply popped corn.

For real. The food industry does not want you to know that most if the stuff they proffer is just an over-processed, over-additived, over-priced version of much simpler and healthier fare. There is no magic. Just corn and heat. The only reason for the bag is to hold it in, so it does not end up all over the kitchen. Heck, you can even make popcorn in a pot Eat food.

I make it in a pot at home, but this is a great work option. It honestly never occurred to me. Thanks!