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How many calories in this popcorn, and how much is a serving? Lol

GuitarJerry
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I'm about to have this problem.
Btw, I have no idea.0 -
I can't maths.
Just eat the whole bag.0 -
oh yes that drives me crazy, i dont take it too seriously, what i usually do when i'm in the mood is i do the whole bag in microwave then weight all the pop corn and i divide it between the total amount of serving size of the bag.
lol don't think i'm being very helpful #sorry
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Microwave popcorn is the great nutritional mystery. Seriously.0
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35 x 5.5 x 2.5 is the whole bag
35 calories per 1 cup popped
5.5 cups per serving
2.5 servings per bag0 -
Just look at the numbers for 1 cup popped. Measure your popped corn and multiply the number of cups you consume by 35.0
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The math is this:
2 TBSP unpopped makes 5.5 cups popped. If you divide the 190 calories (unpopped) by 35 calories (popped), you get about 5.5 cups.
Take the calories for 2 TBSP and multiply by 2.5 if you're gonna eat the whole bag. Voila.
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I don't know why the companies don't label the calories in a more straight forward way...I guess they are trying to make it look like fewer calories per serving.0
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macgurlnet wrote: »The math is this:
2 TBSP unpopped makes 5.5 cups popped. If you divide the 190 calories (unpopped) by 35 calories (popped), you get about 5.5 cups.
Take the calories for 2 TBSP and multiply by 2.5 if you're gonna eat the whole bag. Voila.
~Lyssa
oh ok so if i would like to eat the serving size of 36g/2 tbsp then to know the calories i would have to multiply the 5.5 cups x 35 cal? something like that?0 -
The second column is the one that matters.
Measure cups and multiply by 35
1 cup popped = 35 calories.
2 cups, 70 calories.
3 cups, 105.
4 cups = 140.
5 cups = 175.
The whole bag = assume 192.5 calories.
Though you'd be safer to measure. After all, maybe only 4 cups popped this time, and you'd have a few calories extra. Or perhaps 6.5 cups popped. I had one bag that wound up only 2 cups popped.
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The second column is the one that matters.
Measure cups and multiply by 35
1 cup popped = 35 calories.
2 cups, 70 calories.
3 cups, 105.
4 cups = 140.
5 cups = 175.
The whole bag = assume 192.5 calories.
Though you'd be safer to measure. After all, maybe only 4 cups popped this time, and you'd have a few calories extra. Or perhaps 6.5 cups popped. I had one bag that wound up only 2 cups popped.
Yes, but alot of people on MFP like to weigh their foods. So what would the weight of 1 cup be?
Hell if I know.
Serving is 36g right? Does popcorn lose weight after it's popped? Doesn't it just expand? So 1 serving would still be 36g, right?0 -
That looks like Costco popcorn - lol. I've been puzzled by it too. I just scanned the barcode and picked the option for the whole bag, which is just under 500 calories if I remember correctly. I assume they give both options in case some of the kernels don't pop. I just rather err on the side of over estimating than under.
Besides, it seems like it'd be hard to measure 1 cup of popcorn accurately.0 -
macgurlnet wrote: »The math is this:
2 TBSP unpopped makes 5.5 cups popped. If you divide the 190 calories (unpopped) by 35 calories (popped), you get about 5.5 cups.
Take the calories for 2 TBSP and multiply by 2.5 if you're gonna eat the whole bag. Voila.
~Lyssa
oh ok so if i would like to eat the serving size of 36g/2 tbsp then to know the calories i would have to multiply the 5.5 cups x 35 cal? something like that?
I think @Ninkyou has it right and you'd weigh out 36g if you just want 1 serving. Odds are the bag will end up being between 2-3 servings depending on how many kernels pop.
This is part of why I'll do airpopped; I just weigh out the unpopped serving, log it, and life is a bit easier lol.
~Lyssa
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That looks like Costco popcorn - lol. I've been puzzled by it too. I just scanned the barcode and picked the option for the whole bag, which is just under 500 calories if I remember correctly. I assume they give both options in case some of the kernels don't pop. I just rather err on the side of over estimating than under.
Besides, it seems like it'd be hard to measure 1 cup of popcorn accurately.
That is Costco popcorn, just had some yesterday lol. One cup= 35 calories, according to MFP when I scanned the barcode.0 -
>>lot of people on MFP like to weigh their foods. So what would the weight of 1 cup be?
Easy enough to find out if your scale lets you "zero out". Put a 1 cup measure on the scale. Zero it out. Fill it with popcorn.0 -
Because I was hungry and curious, I made a 100-calorie bag of popcorn and weighed one cup. It was 5 grams.
And popped corn weighs less than unpopped. Each kernel pops when steam bursts it open. Pow!
More details for the curious: http://www.800mainstreet.com/corn/pop1.html
And a page by someone who weighed his bag before and after the 'wave.
http://www.cockeyed.com/science/popcorn/popcorn.php0
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