The U.S. movie theater company Cinemark has taken a positive step to satisfying their customer’s love of popcorn without feeding them loads of artery clogging saturated fat. The company now pops its corn in healthy, liquid canola oil rather than highly saturated coconut oil.
Other major theater companies still insist on using tropical fats. Here is summary of fat contained in typical servings of popcorn.
Major theater chain #1 Small, 11 cups Calories 670 Saturated fat 34 g Sodium 550 mg Major theater chain #2Small, 6 cups Calories 370 Saturated fat 20 g Sodium 210 mg Cinemark
Small, 8 cups Calories 420 Saturated fat 2 g {canola oil} Sodium 690 mg
Notice the staggering difference in saturated fat between Cinemark and its competitors.
We applaud Cinemark for switching to healthier oils and eliminating saturated fat. Although Coasun’s shortening substitute has no apparent application for popcorn the trend away from tropical fats is important. We can only hope that more of the better bakeries and food companies selling major brands that still use trans fats and saturated fats such as palm oil will follow the lead of companies such as Cinemark.
We can still enjoy the baked products and snacks we enjoy without all the saturated fat we know we should avoid.
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