ATLAS DIRECTORY · Microwave · store label
Market Pantry
Target's house butter bag. A control sample.
- Score
- —
- Kernel
- store-brand microwave
- Origin
- United States
- Best for
- Target control bag
- Buy
- Target
Last popped / last updated Aug 2026
What holds
- Shows up in the microwave tests we opened
- The door is Target
What doesn't
- Not a farm
- Mid-to-bottom in those same tests
The kernel
Market Pantry is Target's store label. The Daily Herald / Washington Post 2026 test called the Butter bag a butter bomb — flavorful to some, chemical to others. Parade had it near the bottom of fourteen.
The pot
The pot is Target's house butter bag. A control sample if you already shop there.
Hulls
Hulls are house-brand yellow. Flavor system, not a farm.
Company
Target's house bag. Flavor system, not a farm.
- Parent
- Target store label. Not an independent popcorn company.
Sources: Daily Herald / WaPo test
Where to buy
- Target. Butter microwave was fifth in the Daily Herald / WaPo test.
No affiliate hop. No Stripe. Official and search links only.
How we score
Directory listing. Unscored until Barron tastes it. Other testers' rankings are cited, not copied. Tiny But Mighty stays #01. Farm varieties outrank flavor labs. Read the method in the how we score guide and on the about page.
The record
Unscored. The door is Target.
Directory listing. Target's popcorn. Fifth in the 2026 WaPo/Daily Herald test.
Brand site: target.com.