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Cinema popcorn

  • 30-01-2008 7:25pm
    #1
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,662 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    After years of it being a habit, I do like to have something to nibble on while I'm in the cinema. Now that I'm watching what I eat etc, I figure salted (not sweet or buttered) popcorn is the best way to go, as opposed to a big bag of sweets or what have you. However, I can't find any nutritional information on it!

    Just how bad is cinema popcorn, compared to regular popcorn? (Specifically Odeon stuff...)


Comments

  • #2
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Dont think there is anything special about it. I think most is air popped too, so it can be better than some brands done in oil. Portion size is the real issue.

    I did hear something about some cinema popcorn being treated somehow, like soaking in water, made it puff up more or something, didnt sound like anything was done to make it worse, healthwise.


  • #3
    neuro-praxis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,184 ✭✭✭neuro-praxis


    Ok, I can't give you specific calories and fat*, but I can give you points. According to my Eating Out Guide (Weight Watchers):

    Small salted (3.5)
    Medium salted (6.5)
    Large salted (9.5)

    Small sweet (5)
    Medium sweet (9.5)
    Large sweet (13.5)

    My recommended daily points intake is 26 which is quite high (it drops as your weight drops). The average for a woman is usually somewhere around 20. I hope this helps you make your choices!



    *With WW, you can calculate points from calories and fat, but you can't calculate calories and fat from points.


  • #4
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,662 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Thanks for that, neuro! I was reading all sorts of reports on the web (American ones, granted) where they said a large popcorn could have about 1,600 calories! I'd never eat more than a small one anyway.

    Is home-popped popcorn lower in calories? I've found reports by the cup, but does that mean cup of popped or unpopped?!


  • #5
    davyjose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,287 ✭✭✭davyjose


    Depends on how much oil you use. I once worked in a cinema and there is quite a lot of oil and butter-flavoured salt added so it's not super healthy TBH.


  • #6
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Faith wrote: »
    they said a large popcorn could have about 1,600 calories!
    All depends on portion size, and in the US I expect it comes in buckets. Those points shown are all estimates. That is one problem I have with WW, it might say an apple is 1.5 points. Well I usually eat these mini apples from tescos. I was in lidl and got gigantic organic ones, must have been 4 times the weight of the mini ones, took ages to eat it. The points should average out, but if you always veer towards high portion sizes then you are fooling yourself. In another thread I was saying if your planned intake is 2500kcal and you go just 5% bigger on your average portion size then you can expect to put on almost 1 stone per year. So if WW's apple is 100g, and yours is 105g theres your 5%.


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