Fitness Friday: Healthier Popcorn, Pop Weaver microwave popcorn made with canola oil

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Congratulations Becky and Julie!

Pop Weaver has recently launched the first microwave popcorn made with canola oil.  The new and improved formulation of the popcorn enhances the rich, buttery taste that Pop Weaver is known for, and is lower in calories, total fat, saturated fat and sodium, while also providing Omega-3, Omega-6 and Omega-9 fatty acids.  The fatty acids help to protect against coronary heart disease, heart attacks and strokes.  The popcorn is a good source of whole grains and new studies reveal that popped popcorn provides more antioxidants than any other snack food! 

All three flavors in the Pop Weaver microwave popcorn line- light butter, butter and extra butter- have been reformulated to incorporate Canola oil.  Both the light butter and butter now carry the American Heart Association's Heart Check mark, designating them as heart-healthy snacks! 

"With most 'healthy' snacks, you typically have to give up flavor," said Weaver.  "But our new microwave popcorn really is the best of all worlds.  Not only does it taste great, but it is better for you."

I  received a complimentary box of Pop Weaver light butter (made with canola oil) microwave popcorn to try with my family.  I tend to buy two types of popcorn for my family.  I buy many different brands of extra butter or movie theater butter for the husband and kids.  For myself, trying to cut back on fat and calories I have been buying the Orville Redenbacher's(6.5cup bags) 100 calorie smart pop butter.  After trying the Pop Weaver light butter I have found a snack that is more "wallet friendly" than the Smart Pop, costing around half the price of Orville Redenbacher's Smart Pop and is close in nutrition.  The Pop Weaver light butter(12cups bag) has 210 calories, 6grams fat, and 330mg of sodium compared to Orville Redenbacher's Smart Pop butter(12 cups bag) which has 180 calories, 5grams fat, and 560mg of sodium. For flavor comparing I think the two are pretty comparable in taste, with the Pop Weaver having just a slight more buttery flavor.  I think they both taste great.  For the price I will definitely be looking at buying more of the Pop Weaver light butter, as my son also likes this and we can share the bag and have a healthy snack of approximately 100 calories each!  Why spend the extra money buying 100 calorie bags! 

After comparing  the nutritional facts of the Pop Weaver Extra butter compared to Orville Redenbacher's Movie Theater butter popcorn I will be switching to that for the others that love that buttery flavor!  There is a significant difference in nutritional value in those.  The Pop Weaver extra butter has 260calories, 11grams fat, and 470mg sodium compared to Orville Redenbacher's Movie theatre butter that has 350 calories, 25grams fat and 500mg sodium.  That is a big difference in fat and calories!  While my thinner husband and stepdaughters may not need diet foods, they definitely could switch to a brand with half the fat!

All flavors of Pop Weaver microwave popcorn made with canola oil are available nationwide at mass retailers in 24 pack or 8 pack boxes.  For more information you can visit http://www.popweaver.com/ .

Thanks to Pop Weaver 2 lucky readers can win some Pop Weaver popcorn.  To enter:  Follow my blog and tell me which flavor popcorn your family likes the most.

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This giveaway is open to US only.  Please leave a seperate comment for each entry.  This giveaway will end on July 30 and the winners will be chosen by random.org.

disclosure:  I received a free box of Popweaver popcorn to review from Y&Lpr.  The Pop Weaver information and the compared nutritional facts were provided by Y&Lpr.

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