10 Things to Make with a Package of Tortillas
Tortillas may not be the first thing to come to mind when you’re planning your meals, but they should be a staple in your pantry because there are so many ways you can use them – breakfast tacos, wraps, casseroles, burritos and more. Here are 10 Thin...

Author/Dietician
Elizabeth Somer, M.A.
3-2010 Elizabeth Somer is a registered dietician who has carved a unique professional niche as one of the few, if not only, dieticians who is well-versed in nutrition research. For 25 years, she has kept abreast of the current research, packaging that infor...

Mission Foods Hits a Home Run for Chicago Baseball Fans
02-2010 The Tortilla Giant Mission Foods Becomes the Official Tortilla and Tortilla Chip of the Chicago White Sox.

Mom 2.0 Summit: An Open Conversation Between Moms & Marketers
2-26-2010 Mission Foods sponsored the second annual Mom 2.0 Summit: An Open Conversation Between Mom & Marketers. A sold-out event held at the Four Seasons hotel in Houston, Texas, Mom 2.0 welcomed more than 350 attendees from all over the country, including t...

According to Tortillas.com
  • The word "tortilla" comes from the Spanish word "torta" which means round cake.

Fun Factoids about Mission Foods
  • How many tortillas are made in a day/a year?


        • Tortillas per day: 10,226,261
        Tortillas per year: 29,247,106,909

Nutritional Information
  • Some types of Flour tortillas are a low-fat food and contain iron along with other B vitamins. They have about 115 calories with 2 to 3 grams of fat per serving.

Tortilla Facts
  • Gruma, the parent company of Mission Foods, revolutionized the tortilla-making process by creating Maseca corn flour that allowed for convenient mass production of corn tortillas while preserving their authentic taste. And this process is sti...

Tortilla Trends
Tortilla sales trail white bread sales by only two percent, making them the second-most-popular bread type in America, even more popular than whole wheat bread, bagels, and rolls. Tortilla sales have doubled to more than $6 billion in the last decade...
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