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Flour Tortillas

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0016916201837 · Mexican-dinner-mixes. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0016916201837 · Serving size 1 TORTILLA (37 g)

The verdict

Flour Tortillas scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 30 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 30-component label is layered, beginning with Enriched Bleached Flour, Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 30 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

16201837 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Flour Tortillas label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 30 ing. REG-PART 40% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 16% LEAD-RARE Dimethylpolysiloxane PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …201837 · July 2026

12 of 30 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Dimethylpolysiloxane). Source sheet 16201837 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 935 products we've scored in the Mexican-dinner-mixes category, the average safety score is 97.6/100. Flour Tortillas scores 2.4 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.6/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Mexican-dinner-mixes products

Flour Tortillas lists 30 ingredients on its label

30 84th percentile a longer ingredient list than 84% of the 871 products we track

0–2: 1 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 26 products (3%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (6%). Below this entry. 6–8: 77 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 67 products (8%). Below this entry. 10–12: 54 products (6%). Below this entry. 12–14: 46 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 53 products (6%). Below this entry. 16–18: 45 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 53 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 50 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 46 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 49 products (6%). Below this entry. 26–28: 63 products (7%). Below this entry. 28–30: 49 products (6%). Below this entry. 30–32: 33 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. 32–34: 43 products (5%). Above this entry. 34–36: 14 products (2%). Above this entry. 36–38: 21 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 6 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 21 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Mexican-dinner-mixes product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

871 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 30 (84th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
1 products (0%)
2–4
26 products (3%)
4–6
54 products (6%)
6–8
77 products (9%)
8–10
67 products (8%)
10–12
54 products (6%)
12–14
46 products (5%)
14–16
53 products (6%)
16–18
45 products (5%)
18–20
53 products (6%)
20–22
50 products (6%)
22–24
46 products (5%)
24–26
49 products (6%)
26–28
63 products (7%)
28–30
49 products (6%)
30–32
33 products (4%)
32–34
43 products (5%)
34–36
14 products (2%)
36–38
21 products (2%)
38–40
6 products (1%)
40 and above
21 products (2%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 871 Mexican-dinner-mixes products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Enriched Bleached Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Malted Barley Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Water
10
Vegetable Shortening
11
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil And Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil
12
Beef Fat
13
Soybean Oil And Partially Hydrogenated Beef Fat
14
Tocopherol And Bht
15
Added To Help Protect Flavor
16
Dimethylpolysiloxane
LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Prior Sanctioned
17
Antifoaming Agent
18
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
19
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
20
Milk
21
L-cysteine Hydrochloride
22
Yeast
23
Sorbitan Monostearate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe Approved
24
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
25
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
26
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
27
Calcium Acetate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
28
Sodium Meatabisulfite
29
Microcrystalline Cellulose And Dicalcium Phosphate
30
Dough Conditioners

Full Ingredient List

Enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, and folic acid), water, vegetable shortening (partially hydrogenated soybean oil and partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil), beef fat, soybean oil and partially hydrogenated beef fat, tocopherol and bht (added to help protect flavor), dimethylpolysiloxane, (antifoaming agent), and contains 2% or less of: salt, whey (milk), l-cysteine hydrochloride, yeast, sorbitan monostearate, ascorbic acid, calcium propionate, potassium sorbate, calcium acetate (to preserve freshness), sodium meatabisulfite, microcrystalline cellulose and dicalcium phosphate (dough conditioners).

Other products containing Added To Help Protect Flavor

Added To Help Protect Flavor is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Mexican-dinner-mixes

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Flour Tortillas has a longer ingredient list than 84% of its Mexican-dinner-mixes category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0016916201837: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.