Avoid

Sonora Tortillas

by Hy-Vee

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075450168952 · Hy-Vee · Mexican-dinner-mixes. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0075450168952 · Serving size 1 TORTILLA (80 g)

The verdict

Sonora Tortillas by Hy-Vee scores 25/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 41 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 41-component record, beginning with Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

25/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 41 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

30/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

25/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

50168952 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sonora Tortillas label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 25/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 41 ing. REG-PART 49% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Phosphoric Acid PHOTO-FINISH Strawberry muffin mix · ±0 BOOK-OFF …168952 · July 2026

20 of 41 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Phosphoric Acid). Source sheet 50168952 · 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 · Read with nearest score peer: Strawberry muffin mix · Nearest score peer is Strawberry muffin mix at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

The composite for this product falls in the lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Sonora Tortillas: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Sonora Tortillas25/1002. Strawberry muffin mix: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Strawberry muffin mix25/1003. Frosted Whole Grain Oat Cereal With Marshmallows: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Frosted Whole Grain Oat C…25/1004. Strawberry Sugar Wafers: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Strawberry Sugar Wafers25/1005. Sugar Wafers: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sugar Wafers25/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Sonora Tortillas (25/100 on 41 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Sonora Tortillas
25/100
Strawberry muffin mix
25/100
Frosted Whole Grain Oat Cereal With Marshmallows
25/100
Strawberry Sugar Wafers
25/100
Sugar Wafers
25/100

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. Sonora Tortillas scores 72.6 points below that category average (25/100 vs. 97.6/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick 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

Sonora Tortillas lists 41 ingredients on its label

41 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% 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%). Below this entry. 32–34: 43 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 14 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 21 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 6 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 21 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 41 (98th 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

How the 25/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 41 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Malted Barley Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
6
Thiamin Mononitrate
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Water
10
Soybean Oil
11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
Mono And Diglycerides
13
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
14
Preservative
15
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
16
Baking Powder
17
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
18
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
19
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
20
Monocalcium Phosphate
21
Fumaric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe Approved
22
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
23
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
24
Guar Gum
25
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
26
L Cysteine
27
Dough Conditioner
28
Enzyme
29
Sodium Metabisulfite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT
GRAS
30
Vegetable Purees And Extracts
31
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
32
Organic Basil
33
Onion
34
Sun Dried Tomato
35
Natural Flavor
36
Yeast Extract
37
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
38
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
39
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
40
Phosphoric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
Cut Back GRAS
41
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, soybean oil, salt, mono and diglycerides, calcium propionate (preservative), sugar, baking powder (cornstarch, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate), fumaric acid, wheat gluten, potato starch, guar gum, xanthan gum, l cysteine (dough conditioner), enzyme, sodium metabisulfite (dough conditioner), vegetable purees and extracts (garlic, basil, onion), sundried tomato, natural flavor, salt, soybean oil, yeast extract, yellow 5, yellow 6, red 40, xanthan gum, phosphoric acid, potassium sorbate (to preserve freshness).

Other products containing Vegetable Purees And Extracts

Vegetable Purees And Extracts is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 6 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Mexican-dinner-mixes

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Sonora Tortillas

Neighbours outside Hy-Vee in the same lower screening band as Sonora Tortillas (25/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hy-Vee; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Phosphoric Acid is the first flagged ingredient selected from Sonora Tortillas's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 41-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Phosphoric Acid. Open Phosphoric Acid
  • Compare Sonora Tortillas's 3 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

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

Barcode 0075450168952: 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.