I tried five popcorn brands to find the best cinema snack - and it’s not Butterkist
22.01.2022 - 23:59
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Popcorn is the ultimate cinema snack - but we all know it costs a small fortune on top of tickets, drinks and other snacks.
Thankfully these days, cinemas don’t mind you taking in your own supermarket bought popcorn to save a couple of quid.
Although nothing could be more disappointing than ripping open the bag to find flavourless cardboardy popcorn where the kernels all get stuck in your teeth - so I’ve done the hard work for you.
I picked up five bags of popcorn from Aldi, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Premier in a bid to discover the best.
I sampled three packets of sweet and salty, with the addition of toffee and salted caramel for film fanatics with a sweet tooth.
So whether you’re planning on watching the latest Spider-Man or Matrix movie, or taking the kids to see Clifford the Big Red Dog - here’s my verdict on the cheap alternatives to cinema popcorn.
While this bag of popcorn might have been the best value for money in terms of size in comparison to cost, the flavour of these fell flat for me.
The share bag was around three quarters of the way full, which was nice to see, but they didn’t have that delightful fresh popcorn smell that’s so great about cinema popcorn.
Despite being sweet and salty, I didn’t get much differentiation between the pieces, and they lacked flavour as well as having that polystyrene kind of texture, making them quite hard work to eat.
I like that the offer on these gave you the option to get two for £1, meaning you could get salted, sweet, or a combination of both.
These had a much more golden colour to them compared to the pale Snackrite, but also lacked that wonderful popped corn smell.
However, they did pack a crunch, but still lacked the flavour I was looking for in a mixed bag of salty and