ATLAS DIRECTORY · Microwave
Newman's Own
A dressing company that also makes a microwave bag.
- Score
- —
- Kernel
- commodity microwave
- Origin
- Connecticut
- Best for
- charity-pitch grocery bag
- Buy
- grocery microwave
Last popped / last updated Aug 2026
What holds
- Profits leave as grants
- Shows up in chef and staff tests
What doesn't
- Not a farm
- The pitch is the charity
The kernel
Newman's Own is a charity company that also sells microwave popcorn. Eat This ranked the Butter bag just under Orville's Ultimate Butter and called the flavor natural. Taste of Home had it in the ten. Delish's SERP blurb called Touch of Butter a budget pick.
The pot
The pot is a grocery microwave. Paul Newman and A.E. Hotchner founded the company in 1982. Profits go to charity. The kernel is grocery yellow. The people of record are the company founders, not a popcorn farm.
Hulls
Hulls are ordinary bag hulls. The charity line is why some people pick the box. The eat is still a butter bag.
Company
A charity company that also sells a microwave bag. The corn is ordinary grocery yellow.
- Founder
- Paul Newman and A.E. Hotchner (the company). Popcorn is one SKU.
- Since
- Newman's Own 1982. Microwave popcorn is a later grocery line.
- Parent
- Newman's Own. Profits to charity — Eat This quotes the box: let's give it all away.
Sources: Eat This Not That microwave ranking · Taste of Home microwave test
Where to buy
- Grocery. Eat This and Taste of Home both tested the butter microwave bag. Delish called Touch of Butter a budget pick.
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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. newmansown.com.
Directory listing. Eat This liked the butter. Taste of Home tested it. No Atlas number.
Brand site: newmansown.com.