Is Mission Yellow Corn Tortillas ultra-processed?

16 oz Corn flatbreads Sold in the United States and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E412 Guar gum
E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose

10 ingredients
6 additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed corn 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

Yellow corn masa flour, water, contains 2% and less of (cellulose gum (ultra-processing marker)), guar gum (ultra-processing marker), amylase, and propionic acid, benzoic acid, phosphoric acid (to maintain freshness (processing marker))

Additives: E1100 Alpha-Amylase , E210 Benzoic acid , E280 Propionic acid , E338 Phosphoric acid , E412 Guar gum , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose

As written on the pack

Yellow corn masa flour, water, contains 2% or less of: cellulose gum, guar gum, amylase, and propionic acid, benzoic acid and phosphoric 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.

E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.

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.

Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 corn flatbreads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 69% of the corn 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 13 corn flatbreads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0073731003282, last edited 2 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.