Is Maria & Ricardo's CarbBueno Whole Wheat Tortillas ultra-processed?

Flatbreads Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Gluten
Vegetable fiber
E322 Lecithins
E415 Xanthan gum

19 ingredients
6 additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed 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

water, wheat fiber (ultra-processing marker), wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), whole wheat flour, wheat flour (wheat flour, vinegar), avocado oil (processing marker), oat fiber (ultra-processing marker) (wheat bran), salt citric acid, soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), sodium bicarbonate, yeast, guar cum, xanthan (ultra-processing marker), GUM, baking powder, sodium acid pyrophosphate monumei can phosphagenstarch

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

WATER, WHEAT FIBER, WHEAT GLUTEN, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, CULTURED WHEAT FLOUR (CULTURED WHEAT FLOUR, VINEGAR), AVOCADO OIL, OAT FIBER, : WHEAT BRAN, SALT CITRIC ACID, SOY LECITHIN, SODIUM BICARBONATE, YEAST, GUAR CUM, XANTHAN, GUM, BAKING POWDER (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE MONUMEI CAN PHOSPHAGENSTARCH, CONTAINS: WHEAT AND SOY

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.
E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.

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.
Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 345 flatbreads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 219th. 75% of the 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 345 flatbreads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0035305245825, last edited 17 September 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.