Angie's BoomChickaPop Microwave Popcorn Sea Salt vs Butter Popcorn Rice Cakes: which is safer?

Quaker Butter Popcorn Rice Cakes is the clear pick. Angie's BoomChickaPop Microwave Popcorn Sea Salt carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Angie's BoomChickaPop Microwave Popcorn Sea Salt

Angie's BoomChickaPop Microwave Popcorn Sea Salt

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

microwave popcorn bag with grease-resistant paper lining

Confidence

45%

LikelyPFAS (fluorinated polymer coating for grease resistance)

PossiblePolymer migration from bag lining during heating

PossibleInhalation of bag fumes during opening

Our pick

Quaker Butter Popcorn Rice Cakes

Quaker

Butter Popcorn Rice Cakes

PFAS grade

Good 70/100

Overall grade

Good 66/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

puffed rice cakes in paperboard packaging

Confidence

72%

PossibleMold or bacterial growth in packaging

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag PFAS (fluorinated polymer coating for grease resistance), Polymer migration from bag lining during heating, Inhalation of bag fumes during opening and Coating degradation and particulate release over storage time on the and not on the Quaker.
  • We flag Mold or bacterial growth in packaging on the Quaker and not on the .
  • The is microwave popcorn bag with grease-resistant paper 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 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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