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Popcorners Kettle Corn
Snacks, Chips & Dips
📊 NOVA 3🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-Free🥛 Dairy-Free

Popcorners Kettle Corn

PopCorners
3 oz
Available at Foodtown
130
Calories
2g
Protein
3g
Sugars
110mg
Sodium
9
Ingredients

What You Should Know

PopCorners Kettle Corn is a snack-sized (3 oz) bag of airy, popped-corn chips that you’re most likely to spot on a supermarket shelf in the salty snacks aisle, often shelved beside other snack chips, popcorn varieties, and healthier chip alternatives. You’ll also find it near checkout displays or endcaps for impulse purchases. It fits casual shopping occasions—quick weeknight bites, movie-night treats, road-trip packs, or back-to-school lunchbox add-ins. The brand positions itself as a modern, better-for-you snack alternative: a millennial- and Gen Z–friendly snack with a playful, design-forward package that leans into gluten-free, simple-ingredient claims and familiar flavors rather than indulgent decadence. Label characteristics generally emphasize simplicity—short ingredient lists, “real” corn, and non-GMO or natural-sounding cues; it's not typically marketed as organic and doesn’t rely on overt kid-targeted characters, though bright colors and easy portion sizes make it family-friendly. In plain processing terms, the product is a processed snack made by transforming popped corn into shaped chips with added oil, sugar, and salt. Sensory details: the kettle corn flavor offers a light crunch with a delicate, slightly grainy corniness; a thin sugar sheen gives gentle sweetness balanced by sea salt, and the texture is crisp but less greasy than fried chips. Packaging is a matte-finish single-serve bag designed for portable snacking; ritual contexts include tearing open a bag to share at a party, munching during a film, or sprinkling over a salad for crunch. Overall, it’s positioned as an accessible, snackable compromise between traditional popcorn and chip culture in American grocery life.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 18
Servings per Container: 3
Calories130
% Daily Value*
Total Fat4g5%
Saturated Fat0g0%
Sodium110mg5%
Total Carbohydrate22g8%
Total Sugars3g
Added Sugars3g6%
Protein2g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

Yellow, Corn,, Sunflower, Oil,, Cane, Sugar,, and, Sea, Salt..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • sunflower - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
No Seed Oil

Dietary Labels

This product is vegan, is gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:3 / 4

Processed Food

Why this score?

The ingredient list is short and recognizable (corn, oil, cane sugar, sea salt) but the product is industrially processed into shaped, packaged snack chips, placing it in the processed foods category rather than minimally processed whole foods.

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Common Questions about Popcorners Kettle Corn

Well, 'healthy' can be a bit subjective, right? Popcorners Kettle Corn is relatively low in calories at 130 per serving and has only 3 grams of added sugars, which is pretty decent for a snack. It's not a superfood, but if you're looking for a tasty treat that won't completely derail your diet, it fits the bill for an occasional munch.

Perfect For

movie-night
road-trip
back-to-school

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