coles BUTTER FLAVOURED MICROWAVE POPCORN

Draft scoring, pending APD review. Nothing here is published parent advice yet.

Label dataa public food database

Last updated4 July 2026

Pack size100 g

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Allergens · soybeans

The label we read declares: soybeans.

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Contains soy, which you flagged. Shown, never hidden, so you decide. For allergy questions, the GP or child health nurse is the right person.

Worth knowing

Whole popcorn is a choking risk before age 4. Hold off until then.

Fine

Scored for 2 to 5 years. Turn the dial: the rules change with the age, not the food.

Plain, no added sugars in the ingredients list.

A proper wholegrain snack for a 2 to 5 year old.

The judgement

each line is one rule the number is built from

Salt (sodium) is inside the line580mg/100gFor 2 to 5 years, under 270mg per 100g is the good zone and 600mg is the line we hold.

Sugar is inside the line4g/100gFor 2 to 5 years, 20g per 100g is the line we hold.

Less fibre than the best here9.2g/100gFor 2 to 5 years, 12g per 100g or more earns full marks on this preference.

How this scored, rule by rule

needs-panelHas the nutrition data we need to score it.PASS

no-intense-sweetenersNone of the 35 names on this list appear in the ingredients. The pack always wins if it disagrees.PASS

sodium-capInside the line: 580mg of salt (sodium) per 100g, against a cap of 600mg.PASS

sugar-capInside the line: 4g of sugar per 100g, against a cap of 20g.PASS

prefer-lower-sodiumLower in salt than most in this aisle: 580mg per 100g earns 47 of 100 on this preference (weight 3).47/100

prefer-fibreA proper wholegrain snack: 9.2g per 100g earns 77 of 100 on this preference (weight 1).77/100

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The label, in our own table

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Nutrition per 100g

coles BUTTER FLAVOURED MICROWAVE POPCORN

As we read the label, for 2 to 5 years

Energy	1972 kJ
Energy (kcal)	468 kcal
Protein	10.4 g
Fat	20.8 g
Saturated fat	10.8 g
Carbohydrate	56 g
Sugar	4 g
Added sugar	0 g
Fibre	9.2 g
Salt (sodium)	580 mg
Salt	1.45 g
Iron	0 mg

Last updated 4 July 2026, from a public food database. The pack always wins.

Allergens

flags are only ever added, never removed

The label we read declares: soybeans.

Check the pack on the day too, including any may contain warning. If the pack and this page disagree, the pack wins.

Ingredients, as we read them

Australian corn (76%), vegetable oil [palm oil**, antioxidant (307)], salt, natural butter flavour, natural colour (carotene).

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How we decide, including every check these numbers run through.