Orville Redenbacher's, owned by ConAgra Foods, produces a number of microwavable popcorn products, including the Natural line. The Natural line consists of seven flavors, including Simply Salted, Butter and Buttery Garlic, plus two reduced-fat versions and a Simply Salt and Cracked Pepper and a Salt and Lime version. Each version varies slightly in nutritional value.
Ingredients
The ingredient list for Orville Redenbacher's Natural Simply Salted line is quite short. The ingredients listed are popping corn, palm oil, salt and mixed tocopherols. Tocopherols, vitamin E compounds found in vegetable oils, nuts, fish and some green vegetables, keep food that contains oils or fats from spoiling.
Calories
Orville Redenbacher's Simply Salted variation of the Natural line has 30 calories in 1 cup of popped corn. Of those, 20 calories come from fat. The entire bag contains around 6.6 cups of popped popcorn.
Fat
Microwave popcorn often contains saturated fat, the type more likely to cause atherosclerosis, a buildup of plaque on the interior of blood vessels. The fat in Orville Redenbacher's Simply Salt is palm oil. One cup of popped corn contains 2g of fat, or 3 percent of your recommended daily fat intake. One cup has 1g of saturated fat, or 5 percent of your daily saturated fat intake. The product contains no trans fats, the worst type of fat for your heart and blood vessels.
Carbohydrates and Protein
Orville Redenbacher's Natural Simply Salt popcorn is a whole grain, so the carbohydrates it supplies come from complex carbohydrates rather than simple sugars. One cup of popped corn supplies 4g of carbohydrate, with less than 1g of fiber. This equals 3 percent of the average person's fiber requirement. One cup contains 0g of protein.
Sodium
Many processed foods contain large amounts of sodium, which can raise blood pressure. One cup of Orville Redenbacher's Natural Simply Salt popcorn contains 65mg of sodium. The American Heart Association recommends that people consume no more than 1,500mg of sodium per day, while acknowledging that the average American diet contains 3,436mg of sodium daily.
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