Movie Popcorn... what they don't tell you...

[FaT_tONle]

Horror at the Movies: Popcorn

by Claudine Zap
39 hours ago

We would want to be the last ones to ruin movie night, but this just in from Center for Science in the Public Interest: Chowing down on a medium popcorn and soda is the calorie equivalent to three McDonald's quarter-pounders and 12 — yes 12 — pats of butter. And it gets worse: About 90% of this 1,600 calorie bomb comes from fat.
We know, shocker: Movie popcorn is bad for you. But it's even worse than we thought. The killjoys who conducted this test point out that sitting through a two-hour movie isn't exactly "climbing Mt. Everest," but theaters are feeding us like we are. After all, where else do we get food in containers called tubs?
Mainly, the blame lies with the coconut oil used to pop the corn that really packs on the pounds. The two worst offenders are the biggest movie theater chains, Regal and AMC. The theater chain Cinemark switched to the healthier canola oil, so their salty snack comes in slightly better at under 1,000 calories for a medium popcorn. But still. Not exactly diet food. And all this is before you pour on the butter-flavored topping. Not to mention sodium levels that are off the charts. Those super-sized candy boxes are pretty bad too, adding up to around 500 calories for your favorite sugary snack. (And soda — simply extra empty calories in extra-large cups, the study says.)
The L.A. Times quoted a spokesperson for Regal defending the supersized practice by explaining that movie food is a "treat and not intended to be part of a regular diet." But heck, it's so unhealthy, should it even be part of an irregular diet? Clearly, the popcorn police think not.
Intrepid reporters at the New York Post headed to a local movie theater for follow-up. One movie-goer suggested cut-up fruit and veggies as a better way to go. Health food at the movies — why would anyone even bother?


This study is a follow-up to the original report that exposed the shocking truth about popcorn back in 1994. In response, some movie theaters offered — gasp — an airpopped alternative. Guess how well that went over. So successful, the study had to be done again 15 years later. The critics may whine, but the people have spoken: Feedbags with extra butter and salt, please.

Yeah that's the last time I am buying food at a theatre.

 

[RKO]

I was expecting something much worse. Like 'Popcorn is made out of children'.

I am disappoint.

 

[Majic Walrus]

Popcorn covered in gallons of melted butter, that's bad?

 

[Prison Mike]

I used to work at a Regal theater. I would feel so guilty pouring the butter on the tubs of popcorn. It felt like I was handing a heart attack to the customers. But what could I do? The people demanded it! And if they didn't get their tub of popcorn layered with butter (butter in the middle of the tub and on top of the popcorn) then there would be hell to pay!

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

We don't have Butter popcorn in Ireland :/

 

[RKO]

I used to work at a Regal theater. I would feel so guilty pouring the butter on the tubs of popcorn. It felt like I was handing a heart attack to the customers. But what could I do? The people demanded it! And if they didn't get their tub of popcorn layered with butter (butter in the middle of the tub and on top of the popcorn) then there would be hell to pay!

Makes me wonder how were you able to sleep at night...you monster.

 

[katie_girl09]

Come on! How can you not know that movie popcorn is unhealthy by now? If you still buy it that's your choice. Of course, I don't understand why you would want to spend, like, $8 on a tub of popcorn.

 

[Prison Mike]

Makes me wonder how were you able to sleep at night...you monster.

I still have nightmares of pouring the butter on the popcorn. Must be the PTSD...

 

[terry78]

An odd concept, but how about not putting butter on the ****ing popcorn? Or does that way lie madness?

 

[Majic Walrus]

At a local theater here they put butter on it and then your choice of cheese.

 

[Logan's Runt]

I still have nightmares of pouring the butter on the popcorn. Must be the PTSD...

My husband worked at a theater for a while, he won't go near popcorn. The smell makes him sick.

 

[Prison Mike]

An odd concept, but how about not putting butter on the ****ing popcorn? Or does that way lie madness?

that would be madness...to fat people.

My husband worked at a theater for a while, he won't go near popcorn. The smell makes him sick.

I couldn't stand popcorn for an entire year after I worked there. It messes with your head!

 

[chamber-music]

We don't have Butter popcorn in Ireland :/

How come we got in here in England and there is only a sea water between the islands

 

[katie_girl09]

At a local theater here they put butter on it and then your choice of cheese.

I couldn't stand popcorn for an entire year after I worked there. It messes with your head!

I couldn't eat cold cuts for a very long time after I worked at a deli.

 

[kane9321]

At a local theater here they put butter on it and then your choice of cheese.

at my local theater we had a choice of "flavors" to go with the popcorn along with the butter

garlic, cheese, and cajun flavors

 

[Majic Walrus]

Garlic and Cajun?

Yeah all this is just gross.... Where you live man?

 

[katie_girl09]

Hey man, garlic isn't as gross as cheese.

 

[kane9321]

Garlic and Cajun?

Yeah all this is just gross.... Where you live man?

actually the cheese powder flavor was tasty....i live in oakland cali

 

[Majic Walrus]

Sweet... You wanna go see Ninja Assassin this weekend? I'd love to try the cajun falvor.

 

[kane9321]

yep cant wait for some ninja action

 

[RKO]

Ninja Assassin is this weekend? I'm so there.

 

[Majic Walrus]

Opens on 25.

 

[Spider-Vader]

I'm skinny as hell, so I don't care.

 

[Casius--J]

Yeah well i always went supermarket before hand so doesnt bother me haha

 

[katie_girl09]

^Exactly, my friend. Exactly.