Corn tortilla vs flour tortilla

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Same weightSame caloriesOne serving

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 46 g of corn tortilla or 33 g of flour tortilla. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in corn tortilla: fiber (2.5×), magnesium (4.6×), phosphorus (2.1×), vitamin B6 (5.2×) and copper (2.1×). More in flour tortilla: folate, thiamin (3.8×), sodium (11×), selenium (2.6×) and 2 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Corn tortilla100 cal

45.9 g · 2.6 g protein · 20.5 g carbs (0.4 g sugars) · 1.3 g fat

Flour tortilla100 cal

32.7 g · 2.7 g protein · 16.1 g carbs (1.2 g sugars) · 2.6 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 calories 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.

0%12.5%25%
  • Folate2.3 µg · 48.7 µg
    1%12%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.043 mg · 0.16 mg
    4%14%
  • Sodiumlimit20.6 mg · 229 mg
    1%10%
  • Selenium2.8 µg · 7.3 µg
    5%13%
  • Fiber2.9 g · 1.1 g
    10%4%
  • Magnesium33 mg · 7.2 mg
    8%2%
  • Phosphorus144 mg · 67.3 mg
    12%5%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.03 mg · 0.092 mg
    2%7%
  • Vitamin B60.1 mg · 0.019 mg
    6%1%
  • Niacin (B3)0.69 mg · 1.4 mg
    4%9%
  • Copper0.071 mg · 0.034 mg
    8%4%

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Where they are alike

Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.

  • Protein2.6 g · 2.7 g5%·5%
  • Total fat1.3 g · 2.6 g2%·3%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.21 g · 0.96 g1%·5%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Carbohydrates20.5 g · 16.1 g7%·6%
  • Potassium85.3 mg · 40.8 mg2%·1%
  • Calcium37.2 mg · 47.7 mg3%·4%
  • Iron0.56 mg · 1.2 mg3%·7%
  • Zinc0.6 mg · 0.17 mg5%·2%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin E0.13 mg · 0 mg1%·0%
  • Vitamin K0 µg · 2.4 µg0%·2%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Choline6.1 mg · 2.6 mg1%·<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.

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