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Butter Lovers popcorn
Made from one food: corn
Microwave Pop Corn
CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #25 of 25 popcorn we grade
- Ultra-processedGoutSafe ↗
- Main ingredient: non-gmo popcorn, rated like air-popped popcorn (C)GoutSafe ↗
- Purine: up to 15 mgGoutSafe ↗
- Sugars: 1 g
- Contains yeast extractGoutSafe ↗
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Made from one food: corn
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Purine and sugar, by the numbers
| Serving | 2 Tbsp (33 g) |
|---|---|
| Purine per serving | about 6 mg, at most 15 mg (4% of the 400 mg daily guide) |
| Purine per 100 g | at most 45 mg |
| Purine before GoutSafe's weighting | at most 17 mg per serving |
| Main purine source | dried yeast |
| Fructose per serving | 0.5 g |
| Added sugar per serving | not on the label |
| Total sugar per serving | 1 g |
Where the purine comes from
| Ingredient | Matched GoutSafe food | Purine in that food, per 100 g | Share of the product | Purine at that share, per serving | Counted in the worst case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| autolyzed yeast extract | dried yeast (D) | 847 mg | up to 5% | 14 mg | 14 mg |
| non-gmo popcorn | air-popped popcorn (C) | 9 mg | up to 100% | 3 mg | under 1 mg |
Purine values come from each matched food's page on GoutSafe. Shares come from label order: US labels list ingredients by weight, so the second ingredient is at most half the product, and anything after "2% or less" is at most 2%. The worst case fills the most purine-dense ingredients to their full share first, until the shares reach the whole product, then applies GoutSafe's weighting by source, which counts plant purines at 0.3, dairy at 0 and organ meat at 1.3 because they raise uric acid by different amounts. The grade uses that worst case. How we rate.
Why it's rated C
- Open Food Facts classes it as ultra-processed (NOVA 4), and GoutSafe's rule keeps ultra-processed foods at Moderate (C) or below. Source on GoutSafe.
- Its main ingredient, non-gmo popcorn, which GoutSafe rates like air-popped popcorn, is graded C on GoutSafe, and a product never rates safer than its main ingredient. Source on GoutSafe.
- About 6 mg of purine per serving, and at most 15 mg (4% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from yeast (dried). Source on GoutSafe.
- The panel lists 1 g of total sugars per serving and no added-sugar line.
- Yeast extract is one of the most purine-dense ingredients there is, at 847 mg per 100 g dried. Source on GoutSafe.
Estimated from the ingredient label. Labels list ingredients by weight but rarely give amounts, so we grade on the most purine the label allows, which can read stricter than the real recipe and never safer. Sugar comes from the Nutrition Facts panel. How we rate.
What's on the label
Ingredients: NON-GMO POPCORN, PALM OIL, SALT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS (INCLUDES: MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE), SPICES AND COLORING ADDED, SOY LECITHIN, TBHQ AND/OR ASCORBIC ACID TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS.
Serving: 2 Tbsp (33 g). Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2020201), dated 2021-10-28. UPC 028190007791. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.
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