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Ingredients Descriptions and Photos
Popcorn

Corn, Popping
(Corn, Popping) Popcorn is usually considered a snack food, but when air-popped, it is quite a healthful food, unlike oil-popped and candy coated popcorn, and potato chips.  We usually air-pop our popcorn in our microwave oven in a special container we purchased specifically for this purpose, or in a hot air popping machine.  While the so-called gourmet popcorn may produce slightly larger volumes of popped corn, we have found that the price difference is unjustified, and usually purchase store, or either organic or non-organic off-brand popping corn seed.  Unfortunately, we have found some very poor quality organic popcorn, and, as a result, usually purchase a store brand at a local supermarket at about $0.50/lb.  For popcorn recipes, go to our Snacks sub-section. See the nutritional chart below.

Popcorn, air-popped

NDB No: 19034

Nutrient Units Value per
100 grams of
edible portion
Number
of Data
Points
Std.
Error
1.00 X 1 cup
-------
8g
Proximates
Water
g
4.10
3
0.289
0.33
Energy
kcal
382
0
0
31
Energy
kj
1598
0
0
128
Protein
g
12.00
3
0.569
0.96
Total lipid (fat)
g
4.20
3
1.185
0.34
Ash
g
1.80
3
0.088
0.14
Carbohydrate, by difference
g
77.90
0
0
6.23
Fiber, total dietary
g
15.1
0
0
1.2
Sugars, total
g
0.73
0
0
0.06
Minerals
Calcium, Ca
mg
10
3
1.739
1
Iron, Fe
mg
2.66
3
0.3
0.21
Magnesium, Mg
mg
131
4
16.063
10
Phosphorus, P
mg
300
3
49.95
24
Potassium, K
mg
301
3
28.884
24
Sodium, Na
mg
4
2
0
0
Zinc, Zn
mg
3.44
3
0.381
0.28
Copper, Cu
mg
0.420
3
0.08
0.034
Manganese, Mn
mg
0.943
3
0.092
0.075
Selenium, Se
mcg
9.9
0
0
0.8
Vitamins
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid
mg
0.0
2
0
0.0
Thiamin
mg
0.203
4
0.024
0.016
Riboflavin
mg
0.283
4
0.063
0.023
Niacin
mg
1.944
4
0.053
0.156
Pantothenic acid
mg
0.420
5
0.077
0.034
Vitamin B-6
mg
0.245
4
0.039
0.020
Folate, total
mcg
23
2
0
2
Folic acid
mcg
0
0
0
0
Folate, food
mcg
23
0
0
2
Folate, DFE
mcg_DFE
23
0
0
2
Vitamin B-12
mcg
0.00
1
0
0.00
Vitamin A, IU
IU
196
1
0
16
Vitamin A, RAE
mcg_RAE
10
0
0
1
Retinol
mcg
0
0
0
0
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol)
mg
0.29
0
0
0.02
Vitamin K (phylloquinone)
mcg
1.2
0
0
0.1
Lipids
Fatty acids, total saturated
g
0.570
0
0
0.046
4:0
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
6:0
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
8:0
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
10:0
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
12:0
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
14:0
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
16:0
g
0.500
1
0
0.040
18:0
g
0.070
1
0
0.006
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated
g
1.100
0
0
0.088
16:1 undifferentiated
g
0.000
1
0
0.000
18:1 undifferentiated
g
1.100
1
0
0.088
20:1
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
22:1 undifferentiated
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated
g
1.900
0
0
0.152
18:2 undifferentiated
g
1.840
1
0
0.147
18:3 undifferentiated
g
0.060
1
0
0.005
18:4
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
20:4 undifferentiated
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
20:5 n-3
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
22:5 n-3
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
22:6 n-3
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
Cholesterol
mg
0
1
0
0
Amino acids
Tryptophan
g
0.085
0
0
0.007
Threonine
g
0.452
0
0
0.036
Isoleucine
g
0.431
0
0
0.034
Leucine
g
1.473
0
0
0.118
Lysine
g
0.338
0
0
0.027
Methionine
g
0.252
0
0
0.020
Cystine
g
0.217
0
0
0.017
Phenylalanine
g
0.590
0
0
0.047
Tyrosine
g
0.488
0
0
0.039
Valine
g
0.607
0
0
0.049
Arginine
g
0.598
0
0
0.048
Histidine
g
0.367
0
0
0.029
Alanine
g
0.900
0
0
0.072
Aspartic acid
g
0.836
0
0
0.067
Glutamic acid
g
2.255
0
0
0.180
Glycine
g
0.492
0
0
0.039
Proline
g
1.048
0
0
0.084
Serine
g
0.571
0
0
0.046
Other
Alcohol, ethyl
g
0.0
0
0
0.0
Caffeine
mg
0
0
0
0
Theobromine
mg
0
0
0
0
Carotene, beta
mcg
89
0
0
7
Carotene, alpha
mcg
58
0
0
5
Cryptoxanthin, beta
mcg
0
0
0
0
Lycopene
mcg
0
0
0
0
Lutein + zeaxanthin
mcg
1450
0
0
116

USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 16-1 (2004)

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