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Act II Microwave Popcorn with 94% Fat-free Butter

By: Tanya Patrice | Oct 25, 2005

popcorn Let me confess - popcorn is one of my favorite snacks! I've tried it without butter before, and I was less than impressed (Orville Redenbacher's Movie Theater Butter Popcorn Light), so when I saw that these were on sale at $2.00 for a box with 8, I was a bit hesitant, but the price was good - and I'm an optimist, so I had hope that Act II would be better than the Orville Redenbacher.

Unfortunately, you really can tell the difference between this fat-free butter popcorn and the real deal. The lack of butter and salt is immediately obvious, BUT the good thing is that the taste isn't bad, and I think people probably could get used to it. I think without all that salt and butter, I might eat only half ... well only 3/4 of the bag at one time instead of the entire thing. If you're really missing the buttery taste, it only takes about 10 seconds to microwave some 'margarine' and add it to the popcorn, or spray on some 'I can't believe it's not butter spray.' One bag of popcorn has 180 calories, no fat, and 270 mg sodium. There is approximately 18 grams of fat and about the same amount of salt in a bag of Act II Butter Microwave Popcorn. So this is definitely an improvement, and I think this might be my popcorn of choice for the future.

Rating
Taste: 3.5
Nutrition: 4
Price: 5
Overall: 3.5
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Weight Loss | June 19, 2008 7:37 PM | Reply

This one is pretty good. I love pop corn when watching a movie. I thought that this tasted prtty similar to it alternative.

Emily W. | August 4, 2008 5:28 PM | Reply

Orville Redebacher's Smart Pop 100 calorie packs! No partially hydrogenated oils!

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