Customer Reviews

Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet Microwavable Popcorn, Butter, 3-Count Boxes (Pack of 12)

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I ordered a case of this popcorn at the end of November, 2007, but found that the expiration date on the packages was May'08. The packages of the same product in the store had expiration dates much further out. This leads me to believe that the popcorn had been in inventory at Amazon for some time before it was sent to me. It will be hard to finish off all 36 packages before the "best if used before" expiration date.

I hadn't eaten microwave popcorn in years because I didn't care for the chemical aftertaste. So I was pleasantly surprised when I had some really good "mystery brand" microwave popcorn from a hotel. Emboldened by my good experience, I tried some Pop Secret Butter Flavor, and it was fantastic. Thinking all microwave popcorn must have progressed, I bought this Orville Redenbacher the next time. Big mistake!

My first clue was that it just didn't smell as good. Then I noticed that the bag wasn't very full (huge number of unpopped kernels). The flavor was as bad as any I had years ago: fake, stale, and slightly numbing to the tongue. The oil also coated my mouth in a very unpleasant way.

The quality, taste, and texture of this popcorn was so vastly inferior to the other two I've tried recently, I can't imagine what they're thinking. Get anything else but this...you surely can't do worse.

This product tastes ok, but the trans fat adds up quickly. I will stick with popcorn brands that care enough not to add oils that clog my arteries and theaten to shorten my life span.

I got this as one of the sales on amazon.

Overall its OK popcorn and the price is right. Only thing is I think it was on the shelve for some time since the wrapping seemed old and the exp date was coming up fast.