I ate most of the popcorn on the subway. It wasn’t cute, especially when pieces of popcorn started clinging to my jacket, but I didn’t care. This was superior popcorn.

I tried three different brands of salted popcorn to find out which snack was the most satisfying. I loved Lesser Evil's popcorn because it was flavorful, satisfying, and kept me reaching for more.

Lesser Evil popcorn, introduced in 2004, was acquired by Charles Coristine in 2011. Coristine was a finance guy, killing himself working 20-hour days, feeling stressed and out-of-balance.

While healthy popcorn and snacks brand Lesser Evil launched almost two decades ago, it really burst from its organic shell and onto mainstream grocery shelves in just the last few years. Now at 40,000 ...