Trader Joe's Handmade flour tortillas

Breakdown

4 ingredients to avoid

Trader Joe's Handmade flour tortillas scores 39/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Trader Joe's Handmade flour tortillas lists 11 ingredients, starting with Unbleached Enriched Wheat Flour, Water, High Oleic Sunflower Oil, Cultured Wheat Flour and Salt. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 39/100 Trader Joe's Handmade flour tortillas scores worse than most tortillas & wraps we have scored. A higher-scoring option in tortillas & wraps is Food for Life Ezekiel 4:9 Organic Sprouted Grain Tortillas at 95/100.