How many calories are in Skinny Pop popcorn?
The label serving of Skinny Pop popcorn is 3 3/4 cups, it weighs 28 g, and it carries 150 calories. Per 100 g the popped corn runs 536 calories, which sounds enormous until you remember that a bowl of popcorn is mostly air. The weight, not the volume, is what counts.
You'd need to walk about 30 minutes to burn the 150 calories in a 3 3/4-cup (28 g) serving.
How long does it take to burn off 150 kcal of skinny Pop?
A 3 3/4-cup (28 g) serving is 150 kcal. Enter your weight and the amount you ate to see how long it takes you to burn that off:
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| Activity | Time to burn 150 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 30 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 19 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 21 min |
| Jogging | 18 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 33 min |
Times are for a 155 lb adult at a steady pace; change the weight to see yours. The amount is set to the portion in the text (28 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- SkinnyPop quick facts
- US servings, from one cup to the whole bag
- Mini packs, cocoa dust and the popcorn it competes with
- Fiber is the number that surprises people
- How does SkinnyPop compare?
- Most popular skinny pop popcorn brands
- FAQ
SkinnyPop quick facts
The row below is the current retail bag: USDA Branded 2624544, "SKINNY POP POPCORN, 4.4 OZ", published from the label on GTIN 0850251004001 in 2023. Ingredients are popcorn, sunflower oil and salt, and that short list explains almost every number in the table. USDA also carries generic popcorn records from FNDDS and SR Legacy, but those describe popcorn in general, not the bag in your hand, so they sit further down the page as comparisons rather than as the headline.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 3 3/4 cups (28 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 536 | 150 | — |
| Total fat | 35.71 g | 10.0 g | 13% |
| Saturated fat | 3.57 g | 1.0 g | 5% |
| Carbohydrate | 53.57 g | 15.0 g | 5% |
| Dietary fiber | 10.7 g | 3.0 g | 11% |
| Total sugars | 0 g | 0 g | — |
| Protein | 7.14 g | 2.0 g | 4% |
| Sodium | 268 mg | 75 mg | 3% |
% Daily Value is based on a 2,000-calorie diet.
Verified nutrition data
Numbers on this page come from USDA FoodData Central, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food composition database, and from manufacturer labels where a branded product is named. Last verified September 2026. How we verify our data →
Two rows you would normally expect are missing. Added sugars and potassium are not published in the USDA Branded record for this GTIN, so listing them would mean inventing numbers. Total sugars are a flat zero, which is the whole sugar story anyway: there is nothing sweet in popcorn, oil and salt. Cholesterol is 0 mg, since sunflower oil is the only fat in the bag.
US servings, from one cup to the whole bag
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup popped | 7.5 g | 40 kcal |
| 1 snack pack, 0.65 oz | 18.4 g | 99 kcal |
| 3 3/4 cups, the label serving | 28 g | 150 kcal |
| 1 oz | 28.3 g | 152 kcal |
| 1 bag, 4.4 oz | 125 g | 670 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 536 kcal |
Only the 28 g row is a USDA serving. The single cup, the snack-pack weight, the ounce and the full bag are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not USDA servings.
Now look at the top row again, because it is the trap. If 3 3/4 cups weigh 28 g, one cup weighs about 7.5 g and costs roughly 40 calories. Nobody eats popcorn by the measuring cup, and a mixing bowl in front of a movie holds far more than four cups. Ten easy cups is 400 calories, not the 150 printed on the front of the bag.
The ounce is worth a second glance too. A true ounce is 28.3 g and lands at 152 calories, two more than the label serving of 28 g. That gap is not an error on either side, just the rounding the FDA lets a label use.
Mini packs, cocoa dust and the popcorn it competes with
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| SkinnyPop Original, bag serving | 536 kcal | 3 3/4 cups (28 g) | 150 kcal |
| SkinnyPop mini pack, 0.65 oz | 556 kcal | 1 pack (18 g) | 100 kcal |
| SkinnyPop cocoa-dusted | 464 kcal | 3 cups (28 g) | 130 kcal |
| Air-popped popcorn, plain | 387 kcal | 1 oz (28 g) | 108 kcal |
| Ready-to-eat popcorn, plain | 482 kcal | 1 oz (28 g) | 135 kcal |
| Movie theater popcorn, no butter | 603 kcal | 1 small order (88 g) | 531 kcal |
The mini pack is the cleanest portion control in the lineup. Its own USDA record rounds to 556 calories per 100 g and 100 per 18 g pack; scaling the standard bag recipe down to the same weight gives 99. The two agree, and the one-calorie difference is label rounding rather than a different popcorn.
The cocoa-dusted version is the one to read carefully. It is lower in calories per serving, 130 against 150, because cocoa and sugar displace some of the oil. But its sodium is 607 mg per 100 g, which is 170 mg in a 28 g serving, more than double the 75 mg in the Original. Fewer calories, much more salt.
The last row is the reason home popcorn keeps winning. A small movie theater order with no butter added is 88 g of popcorn popped in coconut oil, 531 calories, and 25.4 g of saturated fat. That is 127% of the FDA Daily Value in a snack, against 5% for a serving of SkinnyPop.
Fiber is the number that surprises people
Three grams of fiber in a 150-calorie snack is a real amount. It is 11% of the 28 g Daily Value the FDA sets, and it arrives because popcorn is whole-grain corn, one of the whole grains MyPlate counts toward the grains group. Finish a whole 4.4 oz bag and you take in 13.4 g of fiber, about 48% of a day, together with 670 calories and 44.6 g of fat.
Sodium tells the opposite story from what the name suggests. A serving holds 75 mg, 3% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value. The whole bag is 335 mg, about a seventh of a teaspoon of table salt. Generic ready-to-eat popcorn is 616 mg per 100 g, so ounce for ounce SkinnyPop is the lightly salted option, not the salty one.
The fat row is where the "skinny" branding gets stretched. At 35.71 g per 100 g, this is the fattiest popcorn on this page apart from the movie theater order. What makes a serving small is the serving, not the recipe. Saturated fat stays low at 1 g, since sunflower oil is mostly unsaturated, and that is the meaningful difference from theater popcorn.
How does SkinnyPop compare?
| Popcorn | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| SkinnyPop Original | 536 kcal | 3 3/4 cups (28 g) | 150 kcal |
| Air-popped, plain | 387 kcal | 1 oz (28 g) | 108 kcal |
| Microwave, butter flavor, palm oil | 535 kcal | 1 oz (28 g) | 150 kcal |
| Caramel-coated, without peanuts | 431 kcal | 1 oz (28 g) | 121 kcal |
Our take: per gram, SkinnyPop is the heaviest of these four, one calorie above butter-flavor microwave popcorn and 149 above air-popped. If your only goal is the lowest calorie count, an air popper and a pinch of salt beats it, and caramel corn sits in between only because sugar is lighter than oil. Where SkinnyPop earns its place is sodium and saturated fat, both of which are low, and the fact that a sealed bag is portioned for you. Pour a serving into a bowl and it is a sensible 150-calorie snack; eat from the bag and it is a 670-calorie one.
Most popular skinny pop popcorn brands in the United States
Ranked by how widely each product appears among foods sold in the United States, from the BodyPal food database of over 3.3 million products. Calories are the figures printed on each Nutrition Facts label, checked against USDA FoodData Central.
| Product | Calories (per 100 g) |
|---|---|
| SkinnyPop Original Popped Popcorn 4.4 oz | 536 cal |
| SkinnyPop Popcorn Pack 0.65 oz | 556 cal |
| SkinnyPop Popcorn cocoa-dusted | 464 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
SkinnyPop popcorn FAQs
How many calories are in SkinnyPop popcorn?
150 calories in the label serving of 3 3/4 cups, which weighs 28 g. Per 100 g the popcorn works out to 536 calories, because popped corn is mostly air and the sunflower oil rides on the surface. One ounce, slightly heavier than the label serving, comes to 152.
How many calories are in a whole bag of SkinnyPop?
670 calories in the 4.4 oz bag, which is 125 g of popcorn and roughly four and a half label servings. It also carries 13.4 g of fiber and 335 mg of sodium. That weight is our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not a USDA serving.
How many cups of SkinnyPop is 150 calories?
3 3/4 cups, or 28 g on a kitchen scale. That means a single cup is roughly 7.5 g and about 40 calories, so the bowl empties faster than the count does. Ten casual cups in front of the TV is 400 calories, not 150.
How many calories in a SkinnyPop mini pack?
100 calories in the 0.65 oz snack pack, which USDA lists separately at 556 calories per 100 g. Scaling the standard bag recipe down to the same 18.4 g gives 99, so the two records agree and the gap is label rounding rather than a different popcorn.
Is SkinnyPop healthier than air-popped popcorn?
Air-popped plain popcorn is 387 calories per 100 g against 536 for SkinnyPop, so an ounce is 108 calories rather than 152, and it carries 2 mg of sodium instead of 75. The sunflower oil and the salt are the entire difference. Both are whole-grain corn.
How much fiber is in SkinnyPop popcorn?
3 g per 28 g serving, which is 11% of the 28 g Daily Value the FDA uses. Per 100 g it is 10.7 g. Finish the whole 4.4 oz bag and you take in 13.4 g, close to half a day of fiber, along with 670 calories.
How much sodium is in SkinnyPop popcorn?
75 mg per 3 3/4-cup serving, 3% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value, and 268 mg per 100 g. A whole bag is 335 mg, about a seventh of a teaspoon of table salt. Generic ready-to-eat popcorn runs 616 mg per 100 g, more than double.
Is SkinnyPop good for weight loss?
150 calories buys 3 3/4 cups, which is a lot of volume per calorie, and the 3 g of fiber helps the bowl feel like a snack rather than a nibble. The trap is the bag, not the recipe: 670 calories sit inside one, so pour a serving out and close it.
Similar foods
- Kettle corn — 74 cal per cup
- Sesame sticks — 151 cal per oz
- Popcorn — 73 cal per cup popped
- Peanuts — 164 cal per ounce
- Peanut Butter — 191 cal for 2 tbsp
- Churro — 189 cal each
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