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Popcorn At The Movies

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Diva1 Enthusiast
Diva1
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I know this is probably a question asked over and over but can we eat popcorn at the movie theater....I have a feeling that I should bring my own...

anyone? :P

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Eric-C
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I know this is probably a question asked over and over but can we eat popcorn at the movie theater....I have a feeling that I should bring my own...

anyone? :P

Even though I had zero reaction to soy, butter, dairy, etc...that stuff kills me.

Don't know if it has gluten but it has an immediate and profound effect :)

Mskedi Newbie
Mskedi
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Even though I had zero reaction to soy, butter, dairy, etc...that stuff kills me.

Don't know if it has gluten but it has an immediate and profound effect :)

Same here. I react at Regal/Edwards, but not at AMC, oddly enough. I have no idea why there would be gluten in popcorn or the butter flavor, and maybe I'm reacting to something else entirely, but I won't touch it anymore.

I wonder if they would let me bring my own popcorn in if I explained the problem?

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CeliacMom2008
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We take popcorn in all the time. My son actually doesn't like plain popcorn, even movie popcorn (I on the other hand could eat it every day!). So we just take a ziplock with his favorite (SmartPop White Cheese, Trader Joes Kettle Corn, Pirate's Booty, etc.). He also doesn't like pop, so I take a Propel or whatever drink he wants. I just slip it into my purse and pull it out when the lights go down. He almost always buys M&Ms and hubby and I always get drink and popcorn, so I don't feel like we're jipping the theater out of anything. He wouldn't buy the popcorn or pop anyway.

There was an article in either Gluten Free Living or Living Without recently I think that listed the theaters whose popcorn they had checked for gluten. And just FYI, I don't have Celiac, and Rave Theater popcorn with or without butter always gives me a gurgly tummy. Hubby too.

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lovegrov
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I've yet in 8 years to find a theater popcorn that has gluten. That's not a guarantee to anybody, but I don't worry about theater popcorn.

richard

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DownWithGluten
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Not all movie popcorn is gluten free from my experience. The two theaters near me, we'd called ahead and they said they were and it was fine. I ate their popcorn and all was well. Then I went to another state, and we went to see a movie. I can't remember what the company was. I asked the people if they knew whether it was gluten free, and of course they were clueless. They showed me the ingredients on the flavoring tub which didn't mean much. I didn't see WHEAT jumping out, but we all know that's not always safe. But I thought, oh screw it, I'll just eat it, I'm sure it's fine. And it wasn't, not at all. That was the first and one of only 2 times in the past 3 years that I've had a gluten attack since going gluten free.

Now I am spurned and won't even eat it at the places that I used to safely. It's just not worth the risk at all to me. So, that's my experience.

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Darissa Contributor
Darissa
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I went to our local theater and asked to talk to the Manager over the food. They were very nice and allowed me to see the box of the popcorn/oil mixture that they use. I got the information off of the box and called the company the next day. I did find out that the popcorn my local theater uses is actually gluten free. We were very thankful!

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sunnybabi1986
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I eat the popcorn at my local theater all the time without any problems...ask to speak to a manager so that you can look at the ingredients in the butter. If there is something in it that raises a red flag, I'm sure they would have no problem with you bringing your own!

msmini14 Enthusiast
msmini14
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We take popcorn in all the time. My son actually doesn't like plain popcorn, even movie popcorn (I on the other hand could eat it every day!). So we just take a ziplock with his favorite (SmartPop White Cheese, Trader Joes Kettle Corn, Pirate's Booty, etc.). He also doesn't like pop, so I take a Propel or whatever drink he wants. I just slip it into my purse and pull it out when the lights go down. He almost always buys M&Ms and hubby and I always get drink and popcorn, so I don't feel like we're jipping the theater out of anything. He wouldn't buy the popcorn or pop anyway.

There was an article in either Gluten Free Living or Living Without recently I think that listed the theaters whose popcorn they had checked for gluten. And just FYI, I don't have Celiac, and Rave Theater popcorn with or without butter always gives me a gurgly tummy. Hubby too.

Everytime my husband gets popcorn at Rave his stomach always cramps up and he doesnt even have celiac. I have tried a little bit here and there and it upset my stomach every time too. I bring my own in now and my dh still eats the popcorn lol, with his slushi!

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