Calories in Microwave Popcorn
A popular snack food, calories in microwave popcorn aren't the only subject of controversy - some chemical ingredients used to create the butter flavour have been found to be potentially toxic. Other claims that the specially designed bags may be potentially carcinogenic are currently under investigation. Whatever the outcome, find out more about calories in microwave popcorn below.
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Calories in Microwave Popcorn
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Food Energy (Calories) (kcal/100g) |
429 |
Additional nutritional information
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Nutritional information
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Water (g/100g) |
2.8 |
Protein (g/100g) |
12.6 |
Total Lipid (fat) (g/100g) |
9.5 |
Ash (g/100g) |
1.71 |
Carbohydrate (g/100g) |
73.39 |
Total Dietary Fibre (g/100g) |
14.2 |
Total Sugars (g/100g) |
0.54 |
Calcium (mg/100g) |
11 |
Iron (mg/100g) |
2.28 |
Magnesium (mg/100g) |
151 |
Phosphorus (mg/100g) |
264 |
Potassium (mg/100g) |
241 |
Sodium (mg/100g) |
490 |
Zinc (mg/100g) |
3.83 |
Copper(mg/100g) |
0.545 |
Manganese (mg/100g) |
N/A |
Selenium (µ/100g) |
8.6 |
Vitamin C (mg/100g) |
0 |
Thiamin (mg/100g) |
0.35 |
Riboflavin (mg/100g) |
0.11 |
Niacin (mg/100g) |
2.07 |
Pantothenic Acid (mg/100g) |
N/A |
Vitamin B-6 (mg/100g) |
0.17 |
Folate (µg/100g) |
17 |
Folic Acid (µg/100g) |
0 |
Food Folate (µg/100g) |
17 |
Folate (Dietary Folate Equivalents/100g) |
17 |
Vitamin B-12 (µg/100g) |
0 |
Vitamin A (µg/100g) |
147 |
Vitamin A (IU/100g) |
7 |
Retinol (µg/100g) |
0 |
Vitamin E (µg/100g) |
5.01 |
Vitamin K (µg/100g) |
15.7 |
Alpha-carotene (µg/100g) |
43 |
Beta-carotene (µg/100g) |
66 |
Beta-crytoxanthin (µg/100g) |
0 |
Lycopene (µg/100g) |
0 |
Lutein & Zeazanthin (µg/100g) |
1087 |
Saturated Fatty Acid (g/100g) |
1.415 |
Monosaturated Fatty Acids (g/100g) |
4.085 |
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (g/100g) |
3.572 |
All data originally from the United States Department of Agriculture |
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