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Popcorn — the smart snack we ruin

Popcorn — the smart snack we ruin

Plain air-popped popcorn is a light whole-grain snack, and a big bowl is only about 155 kcal. But the caramel coating or movie-theatre butter you pour on turns that same snack into a 320 kcal sugar-and-oil bomb.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Popcorn is one of the smartest snacks around. A whole bowl of plain popcorn fills you up for very few calories. The trouble starts when we drown it in butter or sticky caramel. That light snack quietly becomes a sugar and oil bomb.

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