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High fiber, whole grain but then they added cheese

160 calories

2 cups
per serving

Snack Better

Microwave Popcorn, Celery Stick, Homemade popcorn, Carrot sticks

Popcorn is a high fiber, whole grain snack. Can you get any better than that? Popcorn is made from a vegetable (corn) and it tastes great. It tastes really great when you add lots of salt and powdered cheese.

Why the yellow face? If you air pop 3 cups of popcorn, you will have 90 calories. If you use your stove top, you will have 100 calories for 2 cups (and it tastes delicious). Just adding powdered cheese and you get 160 calories. Do you really need the extra calories?

Also, the cost of a bag of popcorn is WAY MORE than if you just made a quarter cup of popcorn on your stove. So for more calories and more money, you get something that doesn't taste as good as homemade popcorn.

BUT, if I am stuck at a convenience store and am faced with choosing a healthy snack, I will choose the Smart Food (or bagged popcorn of any brand). At least I am getting my whole grain goodness, as compared with Twinkies or Fritos.

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2 Comments:

How interesting - I can tell I don't get out much, I had not heard of these at all.

South Beach Steve on May 15, 2009

I may be wrong, but I was told that corn is technically a grain. Seems especially likely from the popcorn perspective, though personally, I've always counted corn kernels toward my seven daily servings. :)

Amanda Smith on April 9, 2010