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
Each dot 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 gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Folate1% vs 37%
5 µg vs 149 µg
- Thiamin (B1)8% vs 42%
0.094 mg vs 0.5 mg
- Selenium11% vs 41%
6.1 µg vs 22.3 µg
- Sodiumlimit2% vs 30%
45 mg vs 700 mg
- Niacin (B3)9% vs 28%
1.5 mg vs 4.4 mg
- Riboflavin (B2)5% vs 22%
0.065 mg vs 0.28 mg
- Iron7% vs 20%
1.2 mg vs 3.6 mg
- Saturated fatlimit2% vs 15%
0.45 g vs 2.9 g
- Magnesium17% vs 5%
72 mg vs 22 mg
- Fiber23% vs 13%
6.3 g vs 3.5 g
- Vitamin B613% vs 3%
0.22 mg vs 0.059 mg
- Phosphorus25% vs 16%
314 mg vs 206 mg
- Zinc12% vs 5%
1.3 mg vs 0.53 mg
- Total fat4% vs 10%
2.9 g vs 8 g
- Vitamin K0% vs 6%
0 µg vs 7.2 µg
- Copper17% vs 12%
0.15 mg vs 0.1 mg
- Calcium6% vs 11%
81 mg vs 146 mg
- Protein11% vs 16%
5.7 g vs 8.2 g
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.