Corn tortilla vs flour tortilla
In short
One serving each: 61 calories in corn tortilla (1 medium, 28 g), 138 calories in flour tortilla (1 medium, 45 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in flour tortilla: thiamin (8.6×), folate, selenium (5.9×), sodium and 5 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
1 medium (28 g) · 1.6 g protein · 12.5 g carbs (0.25 g sugars) · 0.8 g fat
1 medium (45 g) · 3.7 g protein · 22.2 g carbs (1.7 g sugars) · 3.6 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Each dot is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in one serving of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Thiamin (B1)2% vs 19%
0.026 mg vs 0.23 mg
- Folate<1% vs 17%
1.4 µg vs 67 µg
- Selenium3% vs 18%
1.7 µg vs 10 µg
- Sodiumlimit1% vs 14%
12.6 mg vs 315 mg
- Niacin (B3)3% vs 12%
0.42 mg vs 2 mg
- Riboflavin (B2)1% vs 10%
0.018 mg vs 0.13 mg
- Iron2% vs 9%
0.34 mg vs 1.6 mg
- Saturated fatlimit1% vs 7%
0.13 g vs 1.3 g
- Protein3% vs 7%
1.6 g vs 3.7 g
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Total fat0.8 g · 3.6 g1%·5%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates12.5 g · 22.2 g5%·8%
- Fiber1.8 g · 1.6 g6%·6%
- Potassium52.1 mg · 56.3 mg1%·1%
- Calcium22.7 mg · 65.7 mg2%·5%
- Magnesium20.2 mg · 9.9 mg5%·2%
- Phosphorus87.9 mg · 92.7 mg7%·7%
- Zinc0.37 mg · 0.24 mg3%·2%
- Copper0.043 mg · 0.047 mg5%·5%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin E0.078 mg · 0 mg1%·0%
- Vitamin K0 µg · 3.2 µg0%·3%
- Vitamin B60.061 mg · 0.027 mg4%·2%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Choline3.7 mg · 3.6 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.