Amish Country Microwave Popcorn Sweet Kettle Corn vs Butter Popcorn Rice Cakes: which is safer?
Quaker Butter Popcorn Rice Cakes is the clear pick. Amish Country Microwave Popcorn Sweet Kettle Corn carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Amish Country Microwave Popcorn Sweet Kettle Corn
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyPFAS in grease-resistant coating
PossibleThermal degradation of coating
PossibleVolatile organic compound (VOC) off-gassing during heating
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, Thermal degradation of coating, Volatile organic compound (VOC) off-gassing during heating and Microplastics from coating breakdown on the and not on the Quaker.
- We flag Mold or bacterial growth in packaging on the Quaker and not on the .
- The is Paper/kraft bag with grease-resistant coating 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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