Is Old El Paso Flour Tortillas Tacos & Fajitas ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 30 ingredients
- 8 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed breads
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, vegetable shortening (processing marker) (palm oil, canola, and soybean oil (processing marker)), glycerin (ultra-processing marker), contains 2% and less of (baking powder, sodium aluminum phosphate), baking soda, mono- and diglycerides (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), potassium sorbate (processing marker), calcium propionate (preservatives (processing marker)), fumaric acid, hydrogenated vegetable oil (ultra-processing marker) (soybean, palm, cottonseed), salt (processing marker), wheat starch (processing marker), enzymes
Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E282 Calcium propionate , E297 Fumaric acid , E422 Glycerol , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E541 Sodium aluminium phosphate
As written on the pack
enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, vegetable shortening (palm oil, canola, and/or soybean oil), glycerin, contains 2% or less of: baking powder (sodium aluminum phosphate, baking soda), mono and diglycerides, salt, potassium sorbate and calcium propionate (preservatives), fumaric acid, hydrogenated vegetable oil (soybean, palm and/or cottonseed), dough conditioner (salt, wheat starch, enzymes),
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.
- E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
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.
- Hydrogenated oil Hydrogenation turns liquid oil into a solid fat that resists going rancid.
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.
- E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- 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.
Among 2,390 breads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1759th. 71% of the breads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0046000273419, last edited 24 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.