Real Butter Microwave Popcorn 6 Count 19.74 oz vs Butter Popcorn Rice Cakes: which is safer?
Quaker Butter Popcorn Rice Cakes is the clear pick. Angie's Boom Chicka Pop Real Butter Microwave Popcorn 6 Count 19.74 oz carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Angie's Boom Chicka Pop
Real Butter Microwave Popcorn 6 Count 19.74 oz
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyPFAS in grease-resistant coating
PossiblePhthalates in polyester film layer
PossibleMicroplastics from bag degradation
Our pick
Quaker
Butter Popcorn Rice Cakes
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleMold or bacterial growth in packaging
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PFAS in grease-resistant coating, Phthalates in polyester film layer, Microplastics from bag degradation and Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during heating on the Angie's Boom Chicka Pop and not on the Quaker.
- We flag Mold or bacterial growth in packaging on the Quaker and not on the Angie's Boom Chicka Pop.
- The Angie's Boom Chicka Pop is microwave popcorn bag with grease-resistant lining where the Quaker is puffed rice cakes in paperboard packaging, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 45 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Quaker is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Angie's Boom Chicka Pop grade, at 45% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.
Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →
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