How many cups is a large popcorn at AMC?

A large ranges from 44 ounces (5 1/2 cups) at Cinemark or AMC to 54 ounces (nearly 7 cups) at Regal for an extra 400 to 500 calories and 26 to 33 teaspoons of sugar.

How much popcorn do you get at the movies?

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How many Oz is a bucket of popcorn?

32 ounce
These convenient 32 ounce popcorn buckets are the ultimate add-on to your new popcorn machine. These buckets let you serve your popcorn like the professionals do. These are the actual buckets that are used at many movie theaters, malls, and concession stands.

How many calories are in a bucket of movie popcorn?

A large AMC popcorn, without butter, contains 1,030 calories and 41 grams of fat. Moving along to Regal Cinemas, things get even heavier. There are a couple of differing calorie counts for a small, unbuttered popcorn, but they range from 325 calories and 27 grams of fat to 670 calories and 34 grams of fat.

How many cups is a small popcorn at the movies?

11 cups
Translation: A “small” popcorn (that’s about 11 cups’ worth) with no buttery topping has 34 grams of saturated fat. So even if you split it with a friend (unlikely), you each get nearly a day’s worth of artery paste. And it gets worse from there. A “medium” (20 cups) or a “large” (also 20 cups) has 60 grams of sat fat.

How tall is a popcorn bucket?

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Why is movie popcorn bad for you?

Movie-theater popcorn is a calorie and fat disaster! Most theaters pop their kernels in exorbitant quantities of coconut oil, which is more than 90 percent saturated fat (that’s the type of fat you should be trying to dramatically limit in your diet). Worse yet, portions are absolutely out of control!

How bad is buttered popcorn for you?

Diacetyl, a chemical used to give microwave popcorn its buttery flavor and aroma, is linked to severe and irreversible lung damage when inhaled in large amounts. Popcorn lung makes the small airways in the lungs (bronchioles) become scarred and narrowed to the point where they can’t let in enough air.

How many calories in tub of movie theater popcorn?

According to Regal, the medium contains 720 calories and the large has 960 calories, but the CSPI found both the medium bag and large tub containers held the same 20 cups of popcorn with the higher calorie count.

How big is bag of popcorn at AMC?

A small bag of buttered popcorn. Serving Size. According to CSPI, a small serving of popcorn at AMC Theatres has about 6 cups of popcorn. A medium order contains 9 cups and a large bucket has about 16 cups of popcorn.

How many calories in a cup of popcorn at Cinemark?

A large ranges from 44 ounces (5 1/2 cups) at Cinemark or AMC to 54 ounces (nearly 7 cups) at Regal for an extra 400 to 500 calories and 26 to 33 teaspoons of sugar.

How much salt is in movie theater popcorn?

Even without the buttery topping, researchers found movie theater popcorn is seasoned with an unhealthy dose of salt. Sodium levels ranged from 210 milligrams in the smallest 6-cup offering from AMC to a heart -stopping 1,500 milligrams in the large tub from Cinemark. That’s an entire day’s worth of sodium before the credits roll.