Does cinema sold popcorn contain MSG?

Answer 1

I think it is...or it will not taste so good

Answer 2

I worked in a cinema in the summer and here's what went into the popcorn;

Salted (made on site)
corn kernels, salt and rapeseed oil.

Sweet (came in bags already popped and just needed warming)
corn kernels, cane sugar and rapeseed oil

I don't know if this is the same for all cinema chains but I was surprised at how short the ingredient list was.

Answer 3

Popcorn makes you thirsty, so which you need to purchase a drink. in simple terms additional money for the owner! to boot the human beings inthe lower back rows wouldn;t have the skill sto see around all those actual hats!

Answer 4

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Answer 5

It shouldn't do because the flavours it comes in (salt and sugar) are themselves preservatives.

Answer 6

Please, call them up and ask. My Dad has severe allergies to MSG (monosodium glutanate). Don't risk your health by asking here.

Answer 7

depending on the humour of the low paid teenagers selling it, it usually contains spit, or semen.

Answer 8

What the fluck is MSG?

Answer 9

No clue, but it sure tastes good.

Answer 10

Las Vegas -- They can account for almost 50 percent of a theater's profits and about 90 percent of a moviegoer's heartburn: Movie house concessions are often an indigestible combination of popcorn, soda and Raisinettes.

Yet a new crop of theater snacks is zooming in on good taste, and concession stands will soon offer gourmet coffees, fresh-baked pretzels, made-to-order pizzas and high-end chocolates.

General Cinema, one of the nation's biggest theater chains, next week will open a new 18-screen facility in Yorktown, Ill., serving light entrees, champagne and wine. The new Pacific Theatres multiplex in the Los Angeles suburb of Chatsworth sells Pink's hot dogs, considered a delicacy by many L.A. diners.

A movie house makes 45 to 55 percent of its income from concession stand sales. While upscale snacks have been offered for years in some cinemas in major cities, the rest of the nation's theaters are only slowly beginning to follow suit.

"Moviegoers are looking for quality products at a good price," says Joe Arancio of Denver's Pretzelmaker. "Popcorn and candy -- that's the end of it. There are no fresh items." Arancio's gourmet pretzels cost theater owners about 12 cents and sell for $2.25.

At this month's National Association of Theater Owners convention here, the best-known concessions claimed the most square footage on the exhibition floor. But tucked between Pepsi-Cola, Morrison Farms Popcorn, Nestle and American Licorice were several smaller food companies serving up new concepts in movie theater munchies.

One of the more popular stops on the convention floor was Wetzel's Pretzels, a Pasadena, Calif., outfit that has started selling its all-natural, hand-rolled pretzels in five cinemas. The company was attending the theater owners' convention for the first time showing off such flavors as "Almond Crunch," "Sinful Cinnamon" and "Three Cheese."

"It's part of the whole health food trend," says Rick Wetzel, whose pretzels are baked and then shipped frozen. "It's low-fat. So if someone is looking for something low-fat, they're not going to buy popcorn or candy. They might buy a diet soda -- and that's it."

Wetzel said 14 different chains expressed interest in his snack at the convention.

Since coffee orders have become as complicated as the tax code -- what exactly is a grande decaf low foam latte with an extra shot? -- Acorto has designed an espresso machine anyone can operate. Acorto's 2000i machine, which makes 30 different espresso-based beverages, even has little pictures of what each coffee drink looks like. The concession clerk simply pushes the right button and within 30 seconds out comes a cappuccino.

For each order, the machine grinds its Seattle's Best Coffee beans, steams and froths the milk, dumps the grounds and cleans itself if left idle for half a minute.

"More and more people are becoming espresso conscious so the demand is there," says Rita Roettele, a sales manager for Acorto, of Bellevue, Wash. "Theater owners see so many people walking in the doors with Starbucks cups and they want a little bit of that business."

The Acorto line has been creeping into theaters over the past three years. "It was a slow start, but now it's picking up pace," Roettele says. The profit margins, while not as good as popcorn and soda, are still favorable. One espresso costs about 32 cents to produce and sells for a suggested $3.

The Eisenberg Gourmet Beef Hot Dog is designed to taste better than any tube steak you can buy in a grocery store. "A unique blend of fresh seasonings, spices and a secret family smoking process," the hot dogs contain no phosphates, fillers or MSG and are not sold in any markets, the Eisenberg Sausage Co. of Chicago says.

"It's a product developed out of customer awareness of what it is they're really eating with most hot dogs," Eisenberg's Ed Weinshenker says. "The average hot dog can be a mixed bag of almost anything. You have to be a microbiologist to read a food label these days.

"We want to bring the consumer back to the concession stand -- they can't buy this hot dog in any stores," Weinshenker says. The Gourmet Beef Hot Dog is sold by 14 theater chains in all 50 states.

For audiences tired of standard candy, Godiva Chocolatier has begun marketing its gourmet bars, including dark chocolate with raspberry and milk chocolate with honey-roasted almond. The bars (and plain and hazelnut-flavored coffees) are peddled in carved cherry wood Cafe Godiva displays made to resemble the entrance to the upscale candy boutiques.

"We don't want to interfere with popcorn and soda sellers. We want to fill our own niche," says Ben Weiss, whose Brewed Awakenings of New York is selling the Godiva line to theater owners for the first time. "The image of Godiva is what sells. Clearly, our niche is the higher end. We like to think we have a higher quality product."

Many of today's movies are so long you almost need a meal to make it through the show. Pizzas of Eight thinks it has the right light repast.

Also new to the convention, the St. Louis company sells ovens and equipment so moviegoers can order individual pizzas. "Movie theaters in general make most of their money on concessions and their patrons are looking for something a little bit more advanced than a hot dog," says Pizzas of Eight's Abe Smith. He says it takes less than three minutes for a concession worker to assemble a pizza and less than seven minutes to bake it.

Pizzas of Eight are now installed in convenience stores, roller rinks and bowling alleys. "Movie theaters," Smith says, "are a natural extension."