Mission Soft Taco Flour Tortillas — DUMP
Munch or Dump rates Mission Soft Taco Flour Tortillas by MISSION DUMP — score 20/90.
Made with hydrogenated soybean oil and enriched bleached flour, stacked with dough conditioners and preservatives. This is refined, engineered bread, not a real tortilla.
Why this verdict
- Contains hydrogenated and interesterified soybean oil shortening
- Enriched bleached refined white flour is the #1 ingredient
- Added sugar plus emulsifier and multiple preservatives
- Refined starch with only 1g fiber, barely any real nutrition
Ingredients (10)
- ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (moderate) — Refined, bleached white flour stripped of fiber and germ, then partly re-fortified with synthetic vitamins. Spikes blood sugar fast.
- Vegetable Shortening (Interesterified and Hydrogenated Soybean Oils) (harmful) — Industrially hydrogenated and interesterified fat. Hydrogenation is a red flag for artery health even when labeled 0g trans fat per serving.
- Sugar (moderate) — Added refined sugar; spikes blood sugar and turns a milky base into a dessert.
- Salt (moderate) — Adds sodium; fine in moderation but the main reason to watch portion size.
- Baking Soda (safe) — Standard leavening agent, harmless in these amounts.
- Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (moderate) — Leavening acid and dough conditioner; a processing additive, not nutrition.
- Distilled monoglycerides (moderate) — Emulsifier used for softness and shelf life; a marker of industrial processing.
- Fumaric acid (safe) — Acidity regulator used to control pH; generally benign.
- calcium propionate (moderate) — Mold-inhibiting preservative for extended shelf life.
- Sorbic Acid (moderate) — Additional preservative to prevent spoilage.