Calories in Orville Redenbacher Microwave Popcorn

Calories in Orville Redenbacher Microwave Popcorn
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Orville Redenbacher has been producing popcorn since the 1960s; the company's popcorn is noted for being light and fluffy. Today, Orville Redenbacher pocorn comes in a number of different varieties, from nacho cheese to lime and salt to classic movie theater butter.

Family Favorites

The Family Favorites collection by Orville Redenbacher contains traditional flavors such as Butter, Light Butter, and Movie Theater Butter One popped bag of Movie Theater Butter popcorn, 11.3 cups, has 394 calories, 23 g of fat, 45 g of carbohydrates, 450 mg of sodium and 11 g of protein. The Light Butter bag has 300 calories, 13 g of fat, 48 g of carbohydrates, 475 mg of sodium and 8 g of protein, with the other varieties falling in between.

Sweet and Savory

Unique kinds of microwave popcorn from Orville Redenbacher are Spicy Nacho and Caramel, which are part of the Sweet and Savory collection. Spicy Nacho has 180 calories, 13 g of fat, 15 g of carbohydrates, 400 mg of sodium and 2 g of protein in a 4.5-cup serving. Caramel has 400 calories, 18 g of fat, 55 g of carbohydrates and 100 mg of sodium in a 5-cup serving.

Natural

Flavors like Lime & Salt and Buttery Salt & Cracked Pepper are part of the Orville Redenbacher Natural popcorn line. One mini-bag of Lime & Salt popcorn, which is 6.5 cups popped, has only 190 calories, as well as only 11 g of fat, 19 g of carbohydrates and 330 mg of sodium. One mini-bag of Butter Salt & Cracked Pepper has 160 calories, 10 g of fat, 18 g of carbohydrates and 460 mg of sodium.

SmartPop!

The SmartPop! line by Orville Redenbacher features flavors like Butter and Kettle Korn, all of which have only 100 calories per 6-cup serving and are all 94 percent fat free.

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Article reviewed by Norah Crowley Last updated on: Jun 14, 2011

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