Orville Redenbacher's Natural: Buttery Garlic

"Natural whole grain goodness with a buttery taste and a hint of garlic; no artificial preservatives, colors, or flavors. It's naturally delicious!"

Today I decided to try Orville Redenbacher's Buttery Garlic popcorn, from their Natural line. I initially thought "Oh, boy, I bet the house will smell after I cook this." Surprisingly, the only scent it gave off was butter. There was also no garlic flavor in any of the pieces I ate. Very strange. Thumbs down for yet another disappointing product from Orville Redenbacher's Natural variety.

Previous Orville Natural reviews:
Buttery Salt & Cracked Pepper

Garden Herb & Olive Oil, Lime & Salt

Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet Popping Corn

Natural Garden Herb and Olive Oil Popcorn

I really should pay attention when shopping. I didn't realize it was not "Garlic and Olive Oil" until I got home from the store. Whoops.

The taste of this popcorn was terrible. It was like eating a mouthful of sage; the box lists rosemary and "mixed flavoring." Blech. I won't buy that again.

Natural Lime and Salt Popcorn

The lime and salt popcorn was disappointing. The lime flavor was that of cheap lime syrup flavored candy. So wrong : P

Orville Redenbacher's Natural Buttery Salt & Cracked Pepper Popcorn

Today I received a sample of Orville Redenbacher's Natural Buttery Salt & Cracked Pepper Popcorn. The Redenbacher website describes the product as such:

Natural whole grain goodness with a buttery taste and a touch of cracked black pepper; no artificial preservatives, colors, or flavors. It's naturally delicious!

Two of us tasted the popcorn. The other person tried it first. Her reaction was "Ewww, it's so salty. Ick ! It's burning my tongue. Way too much salt !" Then I tried the popcorn. My reaction was "It's not burning my tongue. But it tastes like someone dumped a bunch of black pepper on it...Okay, now I get why you said it burned. Because now it's burning my tongue." So "touch of cracked pepper" is a huge understatement. The taste of whole grain was largely overshadowed by the salt and pepper. The popcorn definitely did not taste buttery or "naturally delicious."

Thumbs down for Orville Redenbacher's Natural Buttery Salt & Cracked Pepper Popcorn.