According to Tortillas.com
  • The word "tortilla" comes from the Spanish word "torta" which means round cake.

Fun Factoids about Mission Foods
  • How many tortillas are made in a day/a year?


        • Tortillas per day: 10,226,261
        Tortillas per year: 29,247,106,909

Nutritional Information
  • Some types of Flour tortillas are a low-fat food and contain iron along with other B vitamins. They have about 115 calories with 2 to 3 grams of fat per serving.

Tortilla Facts
  • Gruma, the parent company of Mission Foods, revolutionized the tortilla-making process by creating Maseca corn flour that allowed for convenient mass production of corn tortillas while preserving their authentic taste. And this process is sti...

Tortilla Trends
Tortilla sales trail white bread sales by only two percent, making them the second-most-popular bread type in America, even more popular than whole wheat bread, bagels, and rolls. Tortilla sales have doubled to more than $6 billion in the last decade...
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