Nutrition for Tortilla

Tortilla Nutrition Summary

One tortilla (24 grams or 0.85 oz) contains 52 calories and 1.4 grams of protein. Tortilla consist of 46% water, 45% carbohydrates, 6% protein, and 3% fat.

Tortilla is an excellent source of a few nutrients, including carbohydrates and calcium. It also contains significant amounts of dietary fiber, magnesium, potassium and phosphorus.

In one tortilla:

• Calories: 52
• Protein: 1.4 g
• Sugar: 0.2 g
• Dietary fiber: 1.5 g
• Fat: 0.7 g, (Saturated: 0.1 g)
• Sodium: 10.8 mg

There is no significant amounts of cholesterol in tortilla.

See the Tortilla Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Tortillas, ready-to-bake or -fry, corn.

Calories in Tortilla

Tortilla has 52 calories per tortilla or 217 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from carbohydrates, fat and protein.

78% of calories in tortilla are from carbohydrates, 12% of calories are from fat and 10% of calories are from protein.

Calories from Carbs

Calories from Fat

Omega-6 in Tortilla

Calories Similar to Tortilla

Some other baked goods with similar calories to tortilla by weight:

• English Muffin: +1 calories
• White Bread: +5 calories
• Whole Wheat Bread: +11 calories
• Baguette: +13 calories

Protein in Tortilla

A great source of protein, a single tortilla contains 3% of recommended daily values or 1.4 grams of protein. In addition, tortilla contains significant amounts of all 9 essential amino acids.

• Protein: 1.37 g
• Tryptophan: 0.01 g
• Threonine: 0.05 g
• Isoleucine: 0.05 g
• Leucine: 0.17 g
• Lysine: 0.04 g
• Methionine: 0.03 g
• Phenylalanine: 0.07 g
• Valine: 0.07 g
• Histidine: 0.04 g

Protein Similar to Tortilla

Some other baked goods with similar amounts of protein to tortilla by weight:

• Graham Crackers: +0.2 grams
• Macaroons: -0.6 grams
• English Muffin: +0.7 grams
• White Bread: +1.2 grams

Vitamins and Minerals in Tortilla

An good source of nutrients, tortilla contains abundant amounts of calcium. In fact, a single tortilla contains 2% of recommended daily values or 19.4 milligrams of calcium.

Vitamins in tortilla (1 tortilla):

• Vitamin a: 0.1 ug
• Thiamin: < 0.1 mg
• Riboflavin: < 0.1 mg
• Niacin: 0.4 mg
• Vitamin b6: 0.1 mg
• Vitamin e: 0.1 mg
• Folate: 1.2 ug

Minerals in tortilla (1 tortilla):

• Calcium: 19.4 mg
• Potassium: 44.6 mg
• Iron: 0.3 mg
• Magnesium: 17.3 mg
• Zinc: 0.3 mg
• Selenium: 1.5 ug
• Phosphorus: 75.4 mg
• Copper: < 0.1 mg
• Manganese: 0.1 mg
• Choline: 3.2 mg

There is no significant amounts of pantothenic acid, vitamin c, vitamin b12 or vitamin k in tortilla.

Similar to Tortilla for Calcium

Here are some other baked goods with similarly abundant amounts of calcium to tortilla:

• Graham Crackers: -0.96 MG
• Whole Wheat Bread: +5.3 MG
• Baguette: -7 MG
• Macaroons: -18 MG

Tortilla Nutrition Chart

Tortilla in Cooking

Tortilla is in the top 10% of most popular ingredients for recipes. Most recipes call for one or two chips of tortilla.