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Microwave Popcorn Roundup

We analyzed 58 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.

Finding the perfect Microwave Popcorn shouldn't feel like a guessing game. At CakeID, we take food transparency seriously. We have analyzed over 58 products in this category, breaking down every ingredient list to uncover hidden additives, excessive sugar levels, and potential allergens.

Whether you are searching for strictly Vegan options, Gluten-Free snacks, or simply want to avoid high-processed foods, our algorithm ranks products based on a comprehensive Health Score. Below is our definitive ranking of the safest and healthiest Microwave Popcorn you can buy in 2026, sorted by their ingredient purity.

Editor's Quick Picks

Detailed Reviews

Calories
532
Sugar
0g
Jolly Time

Microwave PopCorn - Butter Flavour

Ingredients: 100% whole grain non-gmo pop corn, corn oil, palm oil, salt, natural flavor, butter (cream, salt), dry buttermilk, tbhq and ascorbic acid to preserve freshness, annatto for color,

The Good

  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)
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Calories
533
Sugar
0g
Newman's Own

Microwave Popcorn, Butter Boom - Newman's Own

Ingredients: Whole grain popcorn, palm oil, sea salt, natural butter flavor, annatto extract (for color), vitamin e (for freshness).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
500
Sugar
0g
Kroger

Movie theater butter microwave popcorn count

Ingredients: Popcorn, partially hydrogenated soy oil, salt, natural and artificial flavors, soy lecithin, beta-carotene (for color).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
1540
Protein
33g
Kroger

Microwave Natural Popcorn

Ingredients: POPCORN, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, SALT.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
486
Sugar
3g
Angie's, Angie's BoomChicka Pop

Lightly Sweet Kettle Corn Microwave Popcorn

Ingredients: Whole grain popcorn, expeller pressed palm oil, sea salt, cane sugar, monk fruit extract.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
455
Sugar
0g
Unknown

Microwave popcorn kettle corn bags

Ingredients: Popcorn, canola oil, isomatt, salt, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, natural and artificial flavor, sucralose, tbhq for freshness.

The Good

  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)
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Calories
406
Sugar
0g
Unknown

Microwave popcorn butter

Ingredients: Popping Corn, Palm Oil, Less than 2% of: Salt, Color Added (Annatto), Natural Flavor (including Milk), TBHQ and Citric Acid (for freshness). CONTAINS: MILK.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)
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Calories
150
Sugar
0g
Unknown

Microwave popcorn movie theatre butter

Ingredients: Popping Corn, Palm Oil, Salt, Less than 2% of: Color Added (Annatto), Natural Flavor (including Milk), TBHQ and Citric Acid (for freshness). CONTAINS: MILK.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)
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Calories
444
Sugar
0g
Unknown

Microwave popcorn xtreme butter

Ingredients: Popping Corn, Palm Oil, Salt, Less than 2% of: Color Added (Annatto), Natural Flavors, Butter, TBHQ and Citric Acid (for freshness). CONTAINS: MILK.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)
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Calories
333
Sugar
3g
Giant

Nature's promise organic microwave popcorn bags butter flavor

Ingredients: Organic popcorn, organic palm oil, salt, natural flavor, color (organic annatto extract)

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
364
Protein
12g
365, 365 Everyday Value, Whole Foods Market Inc.

365 everyday value, microwave popcorn

Ingredients: Organic popcorn.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
400
Sugar
0g
H-E-B Organics

Microwave Popcorn

Ingredients: ORGANIC YELLOW POPCORN, ORGANIC PALM OIL, SALT.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
455
Sugar
0g
Jolly Time

The Big Cheez Ultimate Cheddar Microwave Popcorn

Ingredients: popcorn, palm oil, salt, natural and artificial flavors (monosodium glutamate, autolyzed yeast extract, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate), spices and coloring added, sunflower lecithin, rosemary extract. Contains: milk, soy and mustard

The Good

  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
520
Sugar
0g
Pop-Secret

Microwave popcorn

Ingredients: Whole grain popcorn, palm oil, salt, natural and artificial flavor [milk], color added, freshness preserved by tbhq.

The Good

  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)
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Calories
500
Sugar
0g
Newman's Own

Microwave popcorn

Ingredients: Whole grain popcorn, palm oil, sea salt, natural butter flavor, annatto extract (for color), vitamin e (for freshness).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
25
Sugar
0g
Fresh Thyme

Fresh Thyme Organic Microwave Popcorn

Ingredients: Organic Popcorn, Organic Palm Oil, Salt. May Contain Milk.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Blockbuster

Blocbuster microwave popcorn salted

Ingredients: 80% popping corn (non-EU)(non genetically modified), 16% partially hydrogenated palm oil, 3 % salt. Produci country of origin: Bulgaria. Com ; country of origin: non-EU.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
35
Sugar
0g
Angie's BoomChicka Pop

Lightly Sweet Kettle Corn Microwave Popcorn

Ingredients: WHOLE GRAIN POPCORN, PRESSED PALM OIL, SEA SALT, CANE SUGAR, MONK FRUIT EXTRACT.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
140
Sugar
0g
Market Pantry

Sea salt microwave popcorn

Ingredients: popcorn, palm oil, sea salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
447
Sugar
0g
H-E-B Organics

BUTTER Flavor Mini Bags Microwave Popcorn

Ingredients: ORGANIC YELLOW POPCORN, ORGANIC PALM OIL, SALT, ORGANIC BUTTER FLAVOR, ORGANIC ANNATTO (COLOR)

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
520
Sugar
0g
Unknown

Butter microwave popcorn

Ingredients: whole grain popcorn, palm oil, salt, natural flavors, annatto, paprika. contains: milk pop secret upc symbol

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
515
Sugar
0g
Sprouts

Organic Butter Microwave Popcorn

Ingredients: ORGANIC POPCORN, ORGANIC PALM OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SALT, ORGANIC NATURAL FLAVOR, ORGANIC ANNATTO EXTRACT (COLOR). CONTAINS: MILK.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
488
Sugar
2g
Unknown

Blast o butter mini microwave popcorn

Ingredients: 100% whole grain non-gmo pop corn, palm oil, salt, natural and artificial flavors, annatto for color, soy lecithin, tbhq and/or ascorbic acid to preserve freshness.

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)
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Calories
130
Sugar
0g
Newman's Own

Organic microwave popcorn

Ingredients: Organic popcorn, organic palm oil, natural butter flavor (contains milk), salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
273
Sugar
3g
Giant

Giant, nature's promise, organic natural style microwave popcorn

Ingredients: Organic popcorn, organic palm oil, salt

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
394
Protein
12g
Full Circle

Salted microwave popcorn

Ingredients: Organic popcorn, organic palm oil. contains 2% or less of each of the following: salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
467
Sugar
0g
The Kroger Co.

Fresh Microwave Popcorn

Ingredients: Popcorn, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, salt, sucralose.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
485
Sugar
0g
Great Value

Microwave Popcorn Classic Butter

Ingredients: Popcorn, palm oil, salt, natural flavors, rosemary extract (to preserve freshness), color added, ascorbic acid (to preserve freshness), butter (cream, salt).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
137
Sugar
0g
Unknown

Naturals light classic butter sea salt microwave popcorn

Ingredients: Whole Grain Popping Corn, Palm Oil, Sea Salt, Butter, Mixed Tocopherols (Vitamin E for freshness), Natural Flavor. CONTAINS: MILK.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
433
Sugar
0g
365 Whole Foods Market

Organic Light Buttery Flavor Microwave Popcorn

Ingredients: ORGANIC POPCORN, ORGANIC EXPELLER PRESSED PALM OIL, SALT, ORGANIC NATURAL FLAVOR. MAY CONTAIN MILK AND SOY.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Frequently Asked Questions

Are products in the Microwave Popcorn category always vegan?+
Not necessarily. We analyzed over 58 products in the Microwave Popcorn category on CakeID. While some are plant-based, many contain hidden animal ingredients like milk powder, whey, or gelatin. Always check the "Is Vegan" status on our product pages.
How does CakeID rank the best Microwave Popcorn?+
We rank Microwave Popcorn based on their nutritional value, ingredient cleanliness (fewer additives), and vegan compatibility. Products with lower sugar and simpler ingredients rank higher.
Can I find low-calorie Microwave Popcorn here?+
Yes! Our list highlights the nutritional details of each product. Look for the "Calories" badge on the product cards above to find low-calorie options.
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