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Is La Banderita Soft Taco Flour Tortillas ultra-processed?

45 g Wheat flatbreads Sold in the United States

Pack of La Banderita Soft Taco 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
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed wheat flatbreads

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine, mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, vegetables shortening (partial, LY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN and COTTONSEED OILS and PALM OIL and CORN OIL), CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF THE FOLLOWING (slat), baking powder, distilled, mono- and DIGLYCERIDES, calcium propionate, sorbic acid, gum blend, fumaric acid, sugar, dough relaxer (sodium metabisulfite, corn starch, microcrystalline cellulose, dicalcium phosphate)

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E282 Calcium propionate , E297 Fumaric acid , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341ii Dicalcium phosphate , E460 Cellulose , E460i Microcrystalline cellulose , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE, MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN AND FOLIC ACID), WATER, VEGETABLES SHORTENING (PARTIAL,LY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED OILS OR PALM OIL OR CORN OIL), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: SLAT, BAKING POWDER, DISTILLED ,MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, CALCIUM PROPIONATE, SORBIC ACID, GUM BLEND, FUMARIC ACID, SUGAR, DOUGH RELAXER (SODIUM METABISULFITE, CORN STARCH, MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE, DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE),

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.

  • 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.
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.

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 149 wheat flatbreads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 33rd. 92% of the wheat flatbreads here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 149 wheat flatbreads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0027331000332, last edited 4 October 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.