Is Homestyle flour tortillas ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 23 ingredients
- 7 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, vegetable shortening (processing marker) (interesterified, hydrogenated soybean oils (processing marker)), contains 2% and less of (salt (processing marker)), sugar (processing marker), baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate (ultra-processing marker), distilled monoglycerides, enzymes (processing marker), cellulose gum (ultra-processing marker), fumaric acid, and calcium propionate, sorbic acid (to maintain freshness (processing marker))
Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E297 Fumaric acid , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
enriched bleached flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, vegetable shortening (interesterified and hydrogenated soybean oils), contains 2% or less of: salt, sugar, baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, distilled monoglycerides, enzymes, cellulose gum, fumaric acid, and calcium propionate and sorbic acid (to maintain freshness),
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.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
- E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
6 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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Enzyme Enzymes carry out traditional processes such as cheese making and baking.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0073731002353, last edited 28 July 2020), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- 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.