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Is El Milagro Flour Tortillas ultra-processed?

28 g Sold in the United States

Pack of El Milagro Flour Tortillas

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 11 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

wheat flour, water, shortening (interesterified soybean oil, WITH DISTILLED mono- GLYCERIDES ADDED), and RICE FLOUR, the following less than 2%, salt, baking powder (corn starch, sodium aluminum phosphate, and SODIUM BICARBONATE), mono- and DIGLYCERIDES, gluten, sugar, preservative blend (calcium propionate, sodium propionate, potassium sornate, citric acid), yeast, cellulose gum, butter buds (maltodextrin, natural butter flavor), dough conditioner (sodium metabisulfite), soy lecithin

Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E281 Sodium propionate , E282 Calcium propionate , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E541 Sodium aluminium phosphate

As written on the pack

BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, SHORTENING (INTERESTERIFIED SOYBEAN OIL, WITH DISTILLED MONO GLYCERIDES ADDED. ), AND RICE FLOUR. THE FOLLOWING LESS THAN 2% - SALT, BAKING POWDER (CORN STARCH, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, AND SODIUM BICARBONATE), MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, GLUTEN, SUGAR, PRESERVATIVE BLEND (CALCIUM PROPIONATE, SODIUM PROPIONATE, POTASSIUM SORNATE AND CITRIC ACID), YEAST, CELLULOSE GUM, BUTTER BUDS (MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL BUTTER FLAVOR), DOUGH CONDITIONER (SODIUM METABISULFITE), SOY LECITHIN.

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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0038622624472, last edited 25 March 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.