Popcorn: Calories and Nutrition Analyse

Name: How many CALORIES in Popcorn? 2 things you should know
Prep time: 1 min
Cuisine: International

Popcorn: calories, protein, carbs and fat exact data

Also known as (other names): Popping corn

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Marcin Piotrowicz

How many calories in popcorn?

In this article:

★ Calories
★ Nutrition
★ Calories per unit
★ Calories per ounce (oz)
★ Carbs
★ Fat
★ Protein

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).

To visualize how much it actualy is, take in mind that calories amount from handful popcorn is similar to calories amount from ie.:

0.5 cube of sugar

To burn this calories you have to bike at least 2 minutes, swim for about 2 minutes or run for 2 minutes.

Calories in Popcorn Based On Snacks Category

See all nutrition data of popcorn on charts.

Popcorn: calories and nutrition per 100g (and per ounce)

Calories387kcal/100g(110 kcal/oz)

Carbs77.8g/100g(22.1 g/oz)

Protein12.9g/100g(3.7 g/oz)

Fat4.5g/100g(1.3 g/oz)

Check compares of popcorn with other products from snacks category:

How many calories in handful, glass, cup or half cup of popcorn?

As I wrote before 100g has 387 calories. It is also easy to count how many calories will be in ie. handful, glass, cup or half cup of 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
10g of popcorn39 kcal
20g of popcorn77 kcal
50g of popcorn194 kcal
100g of popcorn387 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.

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

popcorn - vitamins per 100g

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

Does popcorn make you fat and how it affect your weight?

Count of calories in popcorn is one of the highest from all products in snacks category. If you are on diet and you are looking for low-calorific snacks, popcorn seems to be a bad choice. It is easy to find something better among other snacks.

It is really much as for snacks. Similar energy amount have only such products as Lays chips, saltine crackers or movie/theater popcorn.

You should consider that not only calories are important when you are on a diet. If popcorn contains nutrition you need than maybe you should add it to your daily menu anyway?

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

Author of this page
Marcin Piotrowicz

calories-info.com creator
Healthy eating and living style promoter

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