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Orville Redenbacher Smart Pop 94% Fat Free Butter
Top-rated 94% fat-free microwave popcorn
- Low in fat and calories
- Good taste compared to other low-fat popcorn
- Bland compared with higher-fat products
- Styrofoam-like texture, according to some
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Sr citizen, August 10, 2009This is the best product on the mrket when it comes to a good healthy snack.I have been eating Orville's popcorn everynight for over 15 years and I am pushing 80.Still working everyday at an office doing… data entry plus anything else needed to be done.I just noticed after I ordered from Amazon,their price was higher then yours and you can bet the next order will be coming your way.I have to order online because big companies like Walmart don't carry the healthy product,just the dripping with greasy butter kind. Thanks Shirley Willis
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Consumer Reports' editors sum up the ratings of eleven microwave popcorn varieties, though you'll need a subscription to see the product-by-product ratings. This free report includes an evaluation of Orville Redenbacher Smart Pop 94% Fat Free.
Review: Popcorn/Which Kernels are King?, Editors of Consumer Reports, Sept. 2007
Men's Fitness regularly covers "nutrition" but does not give any hint about its testing methods for this roundup of six "healthy" microwave popcorns. Orville Redenbacher Smart Pop 94% Fat Free finishes a "close second" to Pop Secret Light Butter, although it's a "slightly leaner" option.
Review: Top of the Pops, Elizabeth Sanchez, Not Dated
The weakness of this review is there are just three brands and three tasters. It's strength, however, is that it addresses health concerns over chemicals used to create butter flavor and make the bags grease-resistant. Orville Redenbacher Smart Pop 94% Fat Free finishes last with the "unanimous" comment being a "Styrofoam" taste.
Review: Supermarket Sleuth/Microwave Popcorn, Gigi Lehman, June 3, 2008
4. Cook's Illustrated Magazine
Cook's Illustrated used staffers for this taste test of nine microwave popcorn varieties. Orville Redenbacher Smart Pop 94% Fat Free was not reviewed, but another Redenbacher variety (the "Butter" version) was among those tested.
Review: Tasting Microwave Popcorns, Staff of Cook's Illustrated, July 2003
