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Wise Popcorn 30% Reduced Fat Sea Salt Air Popped
Snacks, Chips & Dips
📊 NOVA 3🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-Free🥛 Dairy-Free

Wise Popcorn 30% Reduced Fat Sea Salt Air Popped

WISE
5.50 oz
Available at Foodtown
140
Calories
2g
Protein
115mg
Sodium
19
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Wise Popcorn 30% Reduced Fat Sea Salt Air Popped is a familiar, shelf-stable bagged snack you’d find on grocery endcaps in the salty snacks aisle near other ready-to-eat popcorns, chips and party mixes. It reads as a lighter, everyday alternative for people grabbing a quick crunch for evenings at home or a last-minute party. The product fits casual occasions — movie night, game-day snacking or a road-trip treat — and is often chosen on shopping trips aimed at convenient, lower-fat options. The Wise brand positions itself as an all-American, value-oriented snack maker: playful but reassuringly mainstream, aimed at adults and families who want familiar flavor with guilt-reducing claims. Packaging highlights health halos — “30% Reduced Fat,” “Whole grain,” “Gluten free,” “No preservatives,” “No MSG” and “0g trans fat” — while also noting “Produced with genetic engineering,” but it carries no organic certification and uses straightforward sans-serif branding rather than child-focused cartooning. In plain terms this is a commercially produced, ready-to-eat popcorn product made from popped corn with added vegetable oil and sea salt, i.e., a processed packaged snack. Sensory notes: light, crisp popped kernels with a clean sea-salt finish, modest oiliness (7g fat per ounce) and a dry, crackly bag that tears open to release warm popcorn aroma; portions are typical single-serve to share among viewers. Rituals include pouring into a bowl for a movie, carrying the bag on a drive, or pairing with soda at a casual gathering. The story: an affordable, lower-fat popcorn option that trades novelty for nostalgia and convenience in American snacking culture.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1.0 oz
Servings per Container: 1
Calories140
% Daily Value*
Total Fat7g9%
Saturated Fat1g5%
Sodium115mg5%
Total Carbohydrate0g0%
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

Popcorn,, Vegetable, Oil, (!"Contains, One, or, More, of, the, Following:", Corn,, Cottonseed,, Sunflower,, Soybean, or, Canola, Oil),, Sea, Salt..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • corn - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • cottonseed - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • sunflower - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • soybean - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • canola - 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?

Made from popcorn with added vegetable oil and sea salt and sold as a packaged ready-to-eat snack, it is an industrially processed product with simple ingredients rather than a formulation with multiple additives, so it aligns with NOVA group 3 (processed).

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Common Questions about Wise Popcorn 30% Reduced Fat Sea Salt Air Popped

Well, 'healthy' is a bit of a moving target, right? Wise Popcorn is relatively low in calories and fat compared to many snack options, making it a decent choice for a light munch. However, it’s not a nutritional powerhouse, so if you're looking for something high in fiber or protein, you might want to pair it with something else or look for alternatives.

Perfect For

movie-night
game-day-prep
road-trip

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