Is Casa Mendosa Tortillas Original ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 18 ingredients
- 10 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed wheat flatbreads
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Enriched wheat flour, Water, Canola and modified palm and palm kernel oil shortening, Sugar (processing marker), Vegetable mono- and diglycerides, Salt (processing marker), Baking soda, Sodium acid pyrophosphate (ultra-processing marker), Vinegar, Calcium propionate, Potassium sorbate (processing marker), Fumaric acid, Guar gum (ultra-processing marker), Potassium chloride, cellulose (ultra-processing marker), L-cysteine hydrochloride, Enzymes, Wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E282 Calcium propionate , E297 Fumaric acid , E412 Guar gum , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E460 Cellulose , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
Enriched wheat flour, Water, Canola and modified palm and palm kernel oil shortening, Sugar, Vegetable mono - and diglycerides, Salt, Baking soda, Sodium acid pyrophosphate, Vinegar, Calcium propionate, Potassium sorbate, Fumaric acid, Guar gum, Potassium chloride, Modified cellulose, L-cysteine hydrochloride, Enzymes, Wheat gluten
What makes it ultra-processed
Cosmetic additives
Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
- E460 Cellulose A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
3 ingredients that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Among 149 wheat flatbreads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 130th. 92% of the wheat flatbreads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0063400170100, last edited 23 July 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
- NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.