Is President's Choice Tortillas Protein ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Flavouring
- Gluten
- E412 Guar gum
- E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- 24 ingredients
- 8 additives
- Nutri-Score A
Less processed wheat flatbreads
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Water, Enriched wheat flour, Wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), Pea protein, Fava bean protein, Oat hull fibre, Flaxseed, Vegetable oil (processing marker), Wheat bran, Salt (processing marker), Yeast, Wheat germ, Fumaric acid, Potassium bicarbonate, Sodium phosphate, Potassium sorbate (processing marker), Calcium propionate, Vegetable mono- and diglycerides, Cellulose gum (ultra-processing marker), Guar gum (ultra-processing marker), Xanthan gurn, Stevia extract, Natural flavour (ultra-processing marker), Enzymes
Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E282 Calcium propionate , E297 Fumaric acid , E412 Guar gum , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E501 Potassium carbonates , E501ii Potassium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
Water, Enriched wheat flour, Wheat gluten, Pea protein, Fava bean protein, Oat hull fibre, Flaxseed, Vegetable oil, Wheat bran, Salt, Yeast, Wheat germ, Fumaric acid (contains palm oil), Potassium bicarbonate, Sodium phosphate, Potassium sorbate, Calcium propionate, Vegetable mono-and diglycerides, Cellulose gum, Guar gum, Xanthan gurn, Stevia extract, Natural flavour, 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.
- 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.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
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.
- 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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 149 wheat flatbreads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 101st. 92% of the wheat flatbreads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0060383043407, last edited 5 August 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.