Butter Flavored Microwave Popcorn

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 2 ingredients to avoid

Great Value Butter Flavored Microwave Popcorn scores 21/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. Per serving it carries 2g fiber, 2g protein and 0g sugar. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Great Value Butter Flavored Microwave Popcorn lists 9 ingredients, starting with Popcorn, Palm Oil, Salt, Natural Flavors and Rosemary Extract. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

160 kcal per serving, or 485 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Great Value Butter Flavored Microwave Popcorn on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 21/100 Great Value Butter Flavored Microwave Popcorn scores worse than most popcorn we have scored. A higher-scoring option in popcorn is Lesser Evil Organic Popcorn Himalayan Pink Salt at 100/100.