Is La Tortilla Factory Organic Tradtional Soft Taco Flour Tortillas ultra-processed?

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Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E322 Lecithins
E412 Guar gum
E450 Diphosphates

18 ingredients
11 additives
Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

wheat flour, water, palm fruit oil, contains 2% and less of each of (cream of tartar), de-oiled sunflower lecithin, non-aluminum baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate (ultra-processing marker), sodium bicarbonate, corn starch (processing marker), monocalcium phosphate), apple cider vinegar, guar gum (ultra-processing marker), honey (processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker) (cultured wheat flour), vinegar

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E336 Potassium tartrates , E336i Monopotassium tartrate , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E412 Guar gum , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E322 Lecithins.

As written on the pack

Organic wheat flour, water, organic palm fruit oil, contains 2% or less of each of: cream of tartar, de-oiled sunflower lecithin, non-aluminum baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), organic apple cider vinegar, organic guar gum, organic honey, sea salt, natural flavor (cultured wheat flour), organic vinegar.

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.
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.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0078858520995, last edited 6 July 2024), 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.