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Lesser Evil Buttery Organic Popcorn

Buttery Organic Popcorn

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Contaminants · 4

From lab tests of this product’s family
Lesser Evil Himalayan Gold (buttery)
This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

ArsenicNDof 10 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)
Measured in: Himalayan Gold Buttery Flavored Organic Popcorn
CadmiumNDof 5 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Himalayan Gold Buttery Flavored Organic Popcorn
LeadNDof 5 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Himalayan Gold Buttery Flavored Organic Popcorn
MercuryNDof 2 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L
Measured in: Himalayan Gold Buttery Flavored Organic Popcorn

Ingredients · 4

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Common questions

Is Lesser Evil Buttery Organic Popcorn healthy?

Lesser Evil Buttery Organic Popcorn scores 78/100 on Tallow — our clean band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in, plus lab results from its product family, Lesser Evil Himalayan Gold (buttery). 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.

What is in Lesser Evil Buttery Organic Popcorn?

Lesser Evil Buttery Organic Popcorn lists 4 ingredients, starting with Organic Non-gmo Popcorn, Organic Coconut Oil, Himalayan Salt and Organic Butter-type Flavor. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Lesser Evil Buttery Organic Popcorn contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Lesser Evil Buttery Organic Popcorn’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Lesser Evil Buttery Organic Popcorn?

Lesser Evil Buttery Organic Popcorn is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Lesser Evil Buttery Organic Popcorn compare to other popcorn?

At 78/100 Lesser Evil Buttery Organic Popcorn sits in our top band, among the better popcorn we have scored. A higher-scoring option in popcorn is Lesser Evil Organic Popcorn Himalayan Pink Salt at 100/100.

Is Lesser Evil Buttery Organic Popcorn organic?

Lesser Evil Buttery Organic Popcorn is not certified organic in our data.

Has Lesser Evil Buttery Organic Popcorn been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Popcorn, coconut oil, Himalayan salt, butter-type flavor) with the other products in its family, Lesser Evil Himalayan Gold (buttery), and 1 product in its family has been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Lesser Evil Buttery Organic Popcorn contain heavy metals?

Lesser Evil Buttery Organic Popcorn itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab tested them for arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury and found none above its detection limit. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.

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