Popcorn: Calories and Nutrition Analyse

Also known as (other names): Popping corn



How many calories in popcorn?

100g of popcorn has about 387 calories (kcal).
Calories per: ounce | handful | glass | cup | half cup

Case in point, handful of popcorn (4 g) has about 15 calories.

It is about 1% of daily calories intake for adult person with medium weight and medium activity (for calculation we assumed 2400 kcal daily intake).

Popcorn - calories, kcal

Scroll down for details and nutrition tables.

To visualize how much 15 kcal actually is, take in mind that calories amount from handful of popcorn is similar to calories amount from ie.:

  • 0.5 cube of sugar

Take a look at tables below to see details about popcorn nutrition.

Calories in Popcorn Based On Snacks Category

See all nutrition data of popcorn on charts.

Calories387kcal/100g(110 kcal/oz)
Protein12.9g/100g(3.7 g/oz)
Carbs Total77.8g/100g(22.1 g/oz)
Fat4.5g/100g(1.3 g/oz)

Calories And Nutrition in Handful of Popcorn (4 G), 100g and Ounce

per 100 gper ouncehandful of popcorn (4 g)
Calories387 109.71 15.5
Carbs Total77.78 g22.05 g3.1 g
Dietary fiber14.5 g4.11 g0.6 g
Fat4.54 g1.29 g0.2 g
Protein12.94 g3.67 g0.5 g
Water3.32 g0.94 g0.1 g

popcorn - vitamins per 100g

  • Vit A196 IU
  • Vit B1 (Thiamine)0.104 mg
  • Vit B2 (riboflavin)0.083 mg
  • Vit B3 (Niacin)2.308 mg
  • Vit B60.157 mg
  • Vit B9 (Folic acid)0.031 mcg
  • Vit E0.29 mg
  • Vit K0.001 mg

Energy content of popcorn

  • 77% CARBS
  • 13% PROTEIN
  • 10% FAT

popcorn - minerals per 100g

  • Potassium329 mg
  • Phosphorus1.2 mg
  • Magnessium144 mg
  • Calcium7 mg
  • Sodium8 mg
  • Iron3.19 mg
  • Zink1.2 mg

How many calories in 1, 2, 3 or 5 popcorn?

As I wrote before handful of popcorn (4 g) has 15 calories. It is easy to count that two popcorn have about 30 calories and three popcorn have about 45 calories. In table below you can also see calories amount for four and five popcorn.

  • Handful of popcorn (4g)15 kcal
  • Glass full of popcorn (9g)35 kcal
  • Cup of popcorn (8g)31 kcal
  • Half cup of popcorn (4g)15 kcal
  • Ounce (oz) of popcorn110 kcal
  • Half of medium size popcorn7.5 kcal
  • Small size popcorn (3g)12 kcal
  • Big size popcorn (5g)19.5 kcal
  • Two medium size popcorn30 kcal
  • Three medium size popcorn45 kcal
  • Four medium size popcorn60 kcal
  • Five medium size popcorn75 kcal

Protein in popcorn

Popcorn has 12.94 g protein per 100g.
When you multiplay this value with weight of handful of popcorn (4 g) you can see that you will get about 0.5 g of protein.

Carbs in popcorn

Popcorn has 77.78 g carbohydrates per 100g.
In the same way as for protein we can calculate that handful of popcorn (4 g) has about 3.1 g of carbs.

Fat in popcorn

Popcorn has 4.54 g fat per 100g.
So it is easy to count that handful of popcorn (4 g) has about 0.2 g of fat.

Popcorn - caloies, wieght

handful of popcorn (4 g) has:

15kcalFor burning these calories you have to:
Bike2 min.Bike
Horse ride3 min.Horse ride
Play tennis1 min.Tennis
Run2 min.Run
Swim2 min.Swim

Interesting charts - compare popcorn with other snacks

When you look at charts below you will see how popcorn looks like in comparsion to other products from its category. When you click on selected product you will se detailed comparsion.

Fiber in Popcorn Based On Snacks Category
Fat in Popcorn Based On Snacks Category
Iron in Popcorn Based On Snacks Category
Magnesium in Popcorn Based On Snacks Category
Potassium in Popcorn Based On Snacks Category
Protein in Popcorn Based On Snacks Category
Sodium in Popcorn Based On Snacks Category
Sugar in Popcorn Based On Snacks Category
Vitamin B1 in Popcorn Based On Snacks Category
Vitamin B2 in Popcorn Based On Snacks Category
Vitamin B3 (Niacin) in Popcorn Based On Snacks Category
Vitamin B6 in Popcorn Based On Snacks Category
Vitamin B9 (Folic Acid) in Popcorn Based On Snacks Category
Vitamin E in Popcorn Based On Snacks Category
Vitamin K in Popcorn Based On Snacks Category
Water in Popcorn Based On Snacks Category
Carbohydrates in Popcorn Based On Snacks Category
Calories in Popcorn Based On Snacks Category
Calcium in Popcorn Based On Snacks Category
Marcin Piotrowicz
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Marcin Piotrowicz

calories-info.com creator
Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter

All information about nutrition on this website was created with help of information from the official United States Department of Agriculture database.

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