Corn tortilla vs flour tortilla
In short
Gram for gram, there are 40% more calories in flour tortilla than in corn tortilla (306 vs 218 in 100 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in corn tortilla: magnesium (3.3×), fiber, vitamin B6 (3.7×), phosphorus and 2 more. More in flour tortilla: folate, thiamin (5.4×), selenium (3.7×), sodium (16×) and 8 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
5.7 g protein · 44.6 g carbs (0.88 g sugars) · 2.9 g fat
8.2 g protein · 49.4 g carbs (3.7 g sugars) · 8 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Bar length is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in 100 g of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short difference in length is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Folate5 µg · 149 µg1%37%
- Thiamin (B1)0.094 mg · 0.5 mg8%42%
- Selenium6.1 µg · 22.3 µg11%41%
- Sodiumlimit45 mg · 700 mg2%30%
- Niacin (B3)1.5 mg · 4.4 mg9%28%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.065 mg · 0.28 mg5%22%
- Iron1.2 mg · 3.6 mg7%20%
- Saturated fatlimit0.45 g · 2.9 g2%15%
- Magnesium72 mg · 22 mg17%5%
- Fiber6.3 g · 3.5 g23%13%
- Vitamin B60.22 mg · 0.059 mg13%3%
- Phosphorus314 mg · 206 mg25%16%
- Zinc1.3 mg · 0.53 mg12%5%
- Total fat2.9 g · 8 g4%10%
- Vitamin K0 µg · 7.2 µg0%6%
- Copper0.15 mg · 0.1 mg17%12%
- Calcium81 mg · 146 mg6%11%
- Protein5.7 g · 8.2 g11%16%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates44.6 g · 49.4 g16%·18%
- Potassium186 mg · 125 mg4%·3%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin E0.28 mg · 0 mg2%·0%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Choline13.3 mg · 7.9 mg2%·1%
From USDA FoodData Central: Corn tortilla (Survey (FNDDS) 2707823), Flour tortilla (Survey (FNDDS) 2707824). Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. Missing values are never shown as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.