Kitov Lite Microwave Popcorn OU Parve

Most people love popcorn. Popcorn is a healthy snack, providing you don't drown it in butter or cook it in saturated fat. For health reasons, I prefer using a hot air popper, but the convenience of microwave popcorn can't be brushed aside. Most brands of microwave popcorn are either not designated as kosher, contain dairy extracts or are simply designated as kosher dairy. When I stumbled across Kitov Lite Microwave Popcorn, I thought I'd discovered a real gem.

First, this product contains no dairy and is certified parve (ideal for those of us who are lactose intolerant or like popcorn after a meat meal). Secondly it claims to have 50% less fat than the regular version and no cholesterol. Is this too good to be true?

Well it is the cooking and tasting that really counts. The package popped perfectly with the usual amount of unpopped kernels. Now to the taste! It was good, but not outstanding as it was bit on the salty side. My 6 and 8 year olds liked it, but said they preferred the hot air popped version they were used to.

The ingredients read simply: popcorn, partially hydrogenated soybean oil and salt. The packaging also proclaims no Trans Fats, but this microwave popcorn still has 3% (0.5g) of Saturated fat. Well nothing is perfect.

All in all, it was tasty and measured up to other microwave popcorns. If you want the buttery taste (and the calories that go with it) on your popcorn, you

Most people love popcorn. Popcorn is a healthy snack, providing you don't drown it in butter or cook it in saturated fat. For health reasons, I prefer using a hot air popper, but the convenience of microwave popcorn can't be brushed aside. Most brands of microwave popcorn are either not designated as kosher, contain dairy extracts or are simply designated as kosher dairy. When I stumbled across Kitov Lite Microwave Popcorn, I thought I'd discovered a real gem.

First, this product contains no dairy and is certified parve (ideal for those of us who are lactose intolerant or like popcorn after a meat meal). Secondly it claims to have 50% less fat than the regular version and no cholesterol. Is this too good to be true?

Well it is the cooking and tasting that really counts. The package popped perfectly with the usual amount of unpopped kernels. Now to the taste! It was good, but not outstanding as it was bit on the salty side. My 6 and 8 year olds liked it, but said they preferred the hot air popped version they were used to.

The ingredients read simply: popcorn, partially hydrogenated soybean oil and salt. The packaging also proclaims no Trans Fats, but this microwave popcorn still has 3% (0.5g) of Saturated fat. Well nothing is perfect.

All in all, it was tasty and measured up to other microwave popcorns. If you want the buttery taste (and the calories that go with it) on your popcorn, you'll have to melt your own butter or margarine and pour it on top. On our rating scale it gets a 4 out of 5.

ll have to melt your own butter or margarine and pour it on top. On our rating scale it gets a 4 out of 5.