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Is Trader Joe's Sonora style flour tortillas ultra-processed?

18 oz (1 lb 2 oz), 510 g Wheat flatbreads Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Sonora style flour tortillas

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 1 additive

Less processed wheat 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

wheat flour, water, sunflower oil, CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF mono- AND DIGLYCERIDES (to preserve), sea salt, sugar (to preserve), dextrose, to preserve, molasses, baking powder (monocalcium phosphate sodium bicarbonate cornstarch)

Additives: E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids.

As written on the pack

WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, SUNFLOWER OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES (TO PRESERVE), SEA SALT, CULTURED SUGAR (TO PRESERVE), CULTURED DEXTROSE (TO PRESERVE. MOLASSES, BAKING POWDER (MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE SODIUM BICARBONATE CORNSTARCH). CONTAINS WHEAT.

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.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 149 wheat flatbreads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 34th. 92% of the wheat 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 149 wheat flatbreads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00775199, last edited 3 October 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.