Is Orville Redenbacher's Movie Theater Butter Popcorn ultra-processed?

Salted popcorn Sold in the United States and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E160b Annatto

10 ingredients
2 additives

Less processed salted popcorn

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

popping corn, palm oil, salt (processing marker), butter (processing marker), annattó (ultra-processing marker), turmeric, paprika, natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), mixed tocopherols (vitamin e for freshness)

Additives: E160b Annatto , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract

As written on the pack

whole grain popping corn, palm oil, salt, butter, color added (annattó, turmeric, paprika), natural flavor, mixed tocopherols (vitamin e for freshness), contains: milk,

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

3 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 46 salted popcorn

From least to most processed, this one ranks 45th. 37% of the salted popcorn here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 46 salted popcorn, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0027000623176, last edited 12 July 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.