6-Inch Flour Tortilla

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, 6-Inch Flour Tortilla scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Chemical Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
• Other Additives (Monoglycerides): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

Within Tortillas & Taco Shells, this product is more processed than about 57% of the 1,406 products we've analyzed.

Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group 6-Inch Flour Tortilla's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Vegetable Shortening (Intersterified Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil). Contains 2% Of Less Of The Following: Baking Powder (Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Potassium Bicarbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Calcium Sulfate, Corn Starch, Ammonium Glutamate, Enzyme)Salt.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Natural PreservativesProcessing indicator

In this product: Calcium Propionate, Dough Conditioner (Sodium Metabisulfite).

Natural sources but industrial application.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Fumaric Acid, Tartaric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.