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Plain wraps and tortilla: what's actually in it?

The short answer: a plain flour wrap is wheat flour, water, oil and a set of softeners, raising agents and preservatives that keep it flexible in the packet. A corn tortilla is a different product — corn masa flour and water, usually with gums and preservatives, and no wheat at all in the Mission white-corn version. A "whole wheat" wrap is not automatically 100% wholemeal: Santa Maria's whole-wheat wrap is still mostly refined wheat flour, with wholemeal flour second.

This page does not give a health score, a ranking, or a "best" pick. It shows the ingredient list as printed, flags added sugar and allergens, and explains the jargon in plain English.

The headline, in 30 seconds

Flour wraps and corn tortillas are not interchangeable. Flour wraps start with wheat flour; corn tortillas start with corn masa flour. If you need gluten-free, only a corn or rice-flour wrap qualifies on its list — and "corn" on the front does not guarantee it: Old El Paso Soft Corn wraps contain wheat flour and wheat gluten as well as corn flour.
Almost every flour wrap adds a humectant (usually glycerol/glycerine) and raising agents. That is what keeps a flatbread soft and rollable after days in a packet, versus a freshly made flatbread.
Added sugar is small but present in several flour wraps — dextrose in Santa Maria and Old El Paso, sugar in Mission flour tortillas. Santa Maria's own product copy says "no added sugar" for some sizes/formats, while other Santa Maria listings include dextrose — the lists conflict by format/market, so check the pack you buy (see the Santa Maria panel).
Whole wheat does not mean wholemeal-only. Mission's US whole-wheat tortilla does start with whole wheat flour; Santa Maria's whole-wheat wrap starts with a flour mixture that is 45% wheat (refined) plus wholemeal wheat and bran.
Flavoured wraps are kept separate below. Spinach, tomato and garlic-and-herb wraps add colourings, powders and flavourings to the plain base — they are not plain wraps with a different colour.

At a glance

Product	Base flour	Added sugar?	Notable flags	Pack size (as printed)	Country of manufacture (as printed)
Santa Maria Tortilla Wrap Original — Medium	Wheat flour (72%)	No in this UK listing; dextrose appears in other Santa Maria listings — see panel	Gluten (wheat); preservative-free in FairPrice copy, but other formats list preservatives	320g (8 tortillas)	Sweden
Santa Maria Whole Wheat / Wholemeal Tortilla	Wheat + wholemeal wheat + bran	No in listings checked	Gluten (wheat); sourdough powder	not stated	not stated
Mission Flour Tortillas — Burrito / Soft Taco (US listing)	Enriched bleached wheat flour	Yes — sugar (≤2%)	Gluten (wheat), soy (shortening)	not stated	not stated
Mission Whole Wheat Flour Tortillas (US listing)	Whole wheat flour	No	Gluten (wheat)	not stated	not stated
Mission White Corn Tortillas (US listing)	Corn masa flour	No	No wheat in this list; gums + preservative acids	not stated	not stated
Old El Paso Flour Tortillas — Fajita / Super Soft (UK listing)	Wheat flour	Yes — dextrose	Gluten (wheat)	not stated	Spain
Old El Paso Soft Corn Tortillas (UK listing)	Corn flour (27%) + wheat flour	Yes — dextrose	Gluten (wheat) — NOT gluten-free despite "corn" name	not stated	not stated
Schär Gluten Free Wraps	Rice flour (no wheat)	No	Soy protein; traces of mustard; no gluten/wheat/lactose in listing	not stated	not stated
Mission Carb Balance Flour Tortillas (US listing)	Modified wheat starch + wheat flour	No (steviol glycosides instead)	Gluten (wheat), soy	not stated	not stated
Mission Garden Spinach Herb — FLAVOURED	Enriched bleached wheat flour	No	Gluten; spinach powder + colourings (Yellow 5, Blue 1)	not stated	not stated
Santa Maria Tomato Tortilla — FLAVOURED	Wheat flour (65%)	Yes — dextrose	Gluten; tomato powder 1.9%	not stated	not stated
Gran Luchito Mexican Burrito Wraps	Wheat flour (71% brand list; 60% retailer list — conflict)	Yes (sugar) in brand list; no in retailer list — conflict	Gluten (wheat); two conflicting lists — see panel	360g (10 wraps)	UK

Prices are deliberately not shown here: they change weekly and would go stale. This site compares ingredients only.

Plain flour wraps

Santa Maria Tortilla Wrap Original — Medium (FairPrice, Sweden origin)

Pack size: 320g (8 tortillas) · Made in: Sweden (as printed)

Ingredients (UK listing for the same product family, medium/plain flour): Wheat Flour (with Calcium, Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin) (72%), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Humectant (E422), Salt, Emulsifier (E471), Raising Agent (Sodium Bicarbonate), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Sugar Beet Fiber

FairPrice Singapore lists this product (320g, 8 tortillas, origin Sweden, vegetarian) and describes it as a soft taco bread made of wheat, but the FairPrice page fetched for this page carried no ingredient section, so the list above is not a Singapore pack transcription — verify the SG pack before publishing. Allergen: wheat (gluten) Origin on FairPrice: Sweden

What to notice: other Santa Maria listings for other sizes/formats give different lists — e.g. a 10-inch listing adds wheat gluten, raising agents E450/E500, acidity regulator E296, preservatives E202/E282, stabilisers E466/E412 and oat/wheat fibre, and a 6-inch listing includes dextrose. Those cannot all be the medium pack's list. FairPrice copy for the large pack says "Preservative free!", which also conflicts with the preservative-containing format listings. This page therefore does not claim one Santa Maria list covers all sizes — check the size you buy.

Mission Flour Tortillas — Burrito / Soft Taco (US listing; Mission is sold at FairPrice Singapore)

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients: Enriched Bleached Flour (Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Vegetable Shortening (Interesterified and Hydrogenated Soybean Oils), Contains 2% or Less of: Salt, Sugar, Baking Soda, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Distilled Monoglycerides, Fumaric Acid, and Calcium Propionate and Sorbic Acid (to Maintain Freshness)

FairPrice Singapore lists Mission Wraps (including Street Tacos, 375g) and Mission Super Soft Wraps 270g/6 pcs, but no FairPrice ingredient section was retrieved for them in this pass, so this US Mission list is flagged as such — the Singapore-sold Mission pack may differ (Mission sells different formulations by market). Added sugar: sugar Allergen: wheat, soy

Old El Paso Flour Tortillas — Fajita Wraps / Super Soft Flour Tortillas (UK/Spain listing)

Pack size: not stated · Made in: Spain (as printed)

Ingredients: Wheat Flour, Water, Stabiliser (Glycerol), Sunflower Oil, Emulsifier (Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Dextrose, Raising Agents (Sodium Bicarbonate, Diphosphates), Salt

Old El Paso is the other major Tex-Mex wrap brand in Singapore supermarkets; the list above is the UK/Spain formulation (made in Spain, per the brand). No Singapore pack transcription was retrieved, so verify the SG pack — in particular whether the SG stock is the same Spanish-made formulation. Added sugar: dextrose Allergen: wheat (gluten)

Gran Luchito Mexican Burrito Wraps 360g — conflicting source lists

Pack size: 360g (10 wraps) · Made in: UK (as printed)

Ingredients (brand official, gran.luchito.com): Wheat Flour (71%), Water, Stabiliser (Glycerine), Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Sugar, Raising Agent (sodium carbonates), acidity regulator (malic acid), Preservatives (potassium sorbate, calcium propionate), Emulsifier (mono and diglycerides of fatty acids)

Ingredients (retailer variant, McGrocer / Abel & Cole / PlantX): Wheat Flour (60%), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Raising Agent (Disodium diphosphate, Sodium bicarbonate), Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum, Glycerol), Salt, Emulsifier, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate, Calcium Propionate) — no sugar

FairPrice Singapore lists Gran Luchito Burrito Wraps (360g, 10 wraps, UK origin, dairy-free, vegan per FairPrice copy). Conflict: the brand's own list gives wheat flour 71% with sugar and malic acid; retailer lists give wheat flour 60% with different raising agents (disodium diphosphate, sodium bicarbonate), xanthan gum and citric acid, and no sugar. Those read like two different formulations (or a reformulation), and this page does not choose between them: both lists are quoted, and the Singapore pack must decide. Added sugar: sugar (brand list only) Allergen: wheat (gluten)

Whole wheat wraps

Santa Maria Whole Wheat / Wholemeal Tortilla — Extra Thin / Medium (FairPrice lists "Whole Wheat Tortilla – Extra Thin")

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (Spinneys/UK-style listing): Flour mixture (wheat (45%), wholemeal wheat, wheat bran), water, rapeseed oil, humectant (E422), sourdough powder (wheat) (1.1%), salt, emulsifier (E471), acidity regulator (citric acid), raising agent (sodium bicarbonate), stabiliser (E415)

A second listing gives: WHEAT Flour (38%), Water, Wholemeal Flour (19%), WHEAT Bran (3.0%), Rapeseed Oil, Humectant (E422), Sourdough Powder (WHEAT), Salt, Raising Agent (Sodium Bicarbonate), Stabilizer (Xanthan Gum), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Emulsifier (Mono- and Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids). The two listings agree on the structure — refined wheat first, wholemeal second — but differ in percentages, so neither is quoted as the SG pack list. Allergen: wheat (gluten) No added sugar in listings checked

What to notice: "whole wheat" here means wholemeal is included, not that the wrap is 100% wholemeal. Compare Mission whole wheat below, which does start with whole wheat flour.

Mission Super Soft Whole Wheat Flour Tortillas (US listing)

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients: Whole Wheat Flour, Water, Canola Oil, Contains 2% or Less of: Cultured Wheat Flour (Cultured Organic Wheat Flour, Organic Vinegar), Salt, Vital Wheat Gluten, Baking Soda, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Wheat Bran, Distilled Monoglyceride, Guar Gum, Cellulose Gum, Fumaric Acid, and Calcium Propionate and Sorbic Acid (to Maintain Freshness)

Unlike Santa Maria, this list genuinely starts with whole wheat flour. Same caveat as other Mission panels: US listing, SG pack to verify. Allergen: wheat

Corn tortillas

Mission Super Soft White Corn Tortillas (US listing)

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients: Corn Masa Flour, Water, Contains 2% or Less of: Cellulose Gum, Guar Gum, Folic Acid, and Propionic Acid, Benzoic Acid and Phosphoric Acid (to Maintain Freshness)

The shortest list on this page, and the only wheat-free one among the Mission/Old El Paso tortillas. Retailer listings describe it as certified gluten-free. No wheat in this list No added sugar

Old El Paso Soft Corn Tortillas (UK listing) — read this one carefully

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients: Corn Flour (27%), Water, Wheat Flour, Stabiliser: Glycerol, Wheat Gluten, Sunflower Oil, Dextrose, Raising Agents: Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Emulsifier: Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Salt, Preservative: Potassium Sorbate, Acid: Citric Acid

Despite the name, corn flour is only 27% and wheat flour + wheat gluten follow — this is a wheat-corn blend, not a gluten-free corn tortilla. Anyone buying "corn" for gluten reasons should buy the Mission white-corn list above (and still check the SG pack), not this one. Added sugar: dextrose Allergen: wheat (gluten)

Gluten-free and low-carb wraps (separate rows, not plain flour)

Schär Gluten Free Wraps (FairPrice lists "Schar Wraps – Gluten Free")

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients: Rice flour, water, vegetable margarine (palm fat, water, canola oil, salt, emulsifier: mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, acid: citric acid, natural flavour), humectant: sorbitol, vegetable fibre (psyllium), soya protein, rice starch, thickeners: guar gum, carob seed flour, salt, acid: tartaric acid, preservative: potassium sorbate

Open Food Facts listing, cross-checked against a second retailer listing with the same core list (rice flour, water, vegetable margarine, sorbitol, psyllium, soy protein). Allergens: soybeans; traces of mustard (and milk in one listing). Allergen: soy No wheat, no gluten, no lactose (per listing)

Mission Carb Balance Flour Tortillas (US listing)

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients: Water, Modified Wheat Starch, Wheat Flour, Vital Wheat Gluten, Wheat Gluten Isolate, Vegetable Shortening (Interesterified And Hydrogenated Soybean Oils), Salt, Calcium Propionate (To Maintain Freshness), Distilled Monoglycerides, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Baking Soda, Sorbic Acid (To Maintain Freshness), Fumaric Acid, Cellulose Gum, Steviol Glycosides

Water comes first here, and the flour is largely modified wheat starch + gluten — a reformulated low-carb structure, not a plain flour wrap with less sugar. Sweetener is steviol glycosides, not sugar. Allergen: wheat, soy

Flavoured variants — kept separate, not merged into plain rows

Mission Garden Spinach Herb Flour Tortilla Wraps — FLAVOURED (US listing)

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients: Enriched Bleached Flour (Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Vegetable Shortening (Interesterified and Hydrogenated Soybean Oils), Seasoning (Spinach Powder, Onion Powder, Spices, Garlic Powder, Sunflower Oil, Yellow 5 Lake, Blue 1 Lake, and Natural Flavor), Contains 2% or Less of: Salt, Baking Soda, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Fumaric Acid, Calcium Propionate and Sorbic Acid (to Maintain Freshness)

The green colour comes substantially from Yellow 5 + Blue 1 colourings in the seasoning, not from spinach alone — spinach powder is one item in the seasoning blend. Allergen: wheat Flavoured — not plain

Santa Maria Tomato Tortilla Wraps — FLAVOURED (UK foodservice listing)

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients: WHEAT flour (65%) (WHEAT flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, rapeseed oil, WHEAT fibre, tomato powder (1.9%), raising agent (E500, E450), acidity regulator (E296), dextrose, WHEAT GLUTEN, preservative (E282), salt

Tomato powder is 1.9% — a flavoured variant of the plain Santa Maria base, with dextrose and a preservative that the plain medium UK listing does not show. Added sugar: dextrose Allergen: wheat (gluten) Flavoured — not plain

Seen but not verified — do not panel until checked:

Mission Super Soft Wraps 270g / 6 pcs and Mission Wraps – Street Tacos 375g (FairPrice Singapore) — FairPrice listing names confirmed, but no ingredient section was retrieved in this pass. SG pack needed; do not assume the US Mission list above matches.
Santa Maria Tortilla Wrap Original – Small (8 pcs) and Large (6 pcs, 371g) — FairPrice listings confirmed; ingredient lists vary by size/format in overseas listings, so each size needs its own SG pack check rather than borrowing the medium list.
Old El Paso Stand 'N Stuff Soft Flour Tortilla Boats — UK listing exists (wheat flour, water, stabiliser glycerol, rapeseed/sunflower oils, raising agents, emulsifier, dextrose, salt); SG availability not confirmed, so not panelled as a Singapore product.
Don Don Donki, Meidi-Ya, Le Petit Depot, Mustafa, Little Farms, Giant, Sheng Siong, Cold Storage, RedMart, Lazada, Shopee wrap ranges — no wrap-specific inventory was completed for these channels in this pass beyond FairPrice; in-store/online checks needed. Japanese flour tortillas and Mexican imports sold at Donki/Meidi-Ya are the likeliest gap.
Mission Sun-Dried Tomato Basil, Sweet Hawaiian, and other US flavoured variants — US lists exist but SG availability not confirmed; not panelled here.

Nutrition — what the numbers say

Salt = sodium × 2.5: the Sodium column shows sodium as printed, with the salt equivalent in brackets. Where a source prints salt only, sodium is shown with ≈ as salt ÷ 2.5. Sugars figures are total sugars as printed, not added sugars: the ingredient list remains the evidence for added sugar (dextrose or sugar). Rows are grouped by basis — per 100 g first, then per-serving rows, each flagged in the Basis column. Per-serving figures are quoted exactly as printed and are not converted to per 100 g, so a per-serving row must not be compared directly with a per-100 g row. No Nutri-Grade is assigned here, and no health score or ranking is given.

Product	Basis	Energy	Protein	Total fat	Saturated fat	Carbohydrate	Sugars	Sodium (salt equiv.)
Santa Maria Tortilla Wrap Original (Large, 371 g listing)	Per 100 g	1277 kJ (302 kcal)	8.3 g	4.9 g	1.2 g	55 g	2.0 g	≈551 mg (salt 1.38 g as printed)
Santa Maria Whole Wheat / Wholemeal Tortilla	Per 100 g	1171 kJ (280 kcal)	8.0 g	5.5 g	1.5 g	47 g	2.4 g	≈480 mg (salt 1.2 g as printed)
Santa Maria Tomato Tortilla (flavoured)	Per 100 g	1182 kJ (280 kcal)	7.6 g	5.1 g	0.7 g	49 g	2.3 g	≈284 mg (salt 0.71 g as printed)
Schär Gluten Free Wraps	Per 100 g	1258 kJ (299 kcal)	7.1 g	6.2 g	3.1 g	49 g	1.5 g	≈400 mg (salt 1.0 g as printed)
Mission Flour Tortillas (Super Soft Taco)	Per serving (1 tortilla, 49 g) — per serving, not per 100 g	140 kcal	4 g	3–3.5 g	1.5 g	24 g	1–2 g	410–420 mg (salt 1.03–1.05 g)
Mission Whole Wheat Flour Tortillas	Per serving (1 tortilla, 45 g) — per serving, not per 100 g	130 kcal	4 g	3 g	1 g	22 g	2 g	280 mg (salt 0.70 g)

Conflicts / flags: Santa Maria Original sugars are 2.0 g per 100 g in the large-pack listing and 2.5 g in the medium-pack Ocado listing, with salt 1.38–1.4 g — size/format variation, consistent with the ingredient-list variation already flagged on this page, so check the size you buy. Mission Flour Tortilla sugars are 1 g in one source and 2 g in another for the same 49 g tortilla, and sodium 410 vs 420 mg. All Mission rows are US listings, as are their ingredient panels — the SG pack must be verified.

As observed numbers only, keeping bases separate: among per-100 g rows, sugars run from 1.5 g (Schär Gluten Free Wraps) to 2.4 g (Santa Maria Whole Wheat), and sodium from about 284 mg (Santa Maria Tomato) to about 551 mg (Santa Maria Original Large). The two per-serving Mission rows are 410–420 mg sodium per 49 g flour tortilla and 280 mg per 45 g whole-wheat tortilla — per-tortilla figures, not comparable with the per-100 g rows. These are observed panel figures, not a ranking.

Seen but not verified (nutrition): Mission White Corn Tortillas, Old El Paso Flour Tortillas (Fajita / Super Soft), Old El Paso Soft Corn Tortillas, Mission Carb Balance Flour Tortillas, Mission Garden Spinach Herb (flavoured), Gran Luchito Mexican Burrito Wraps — no nutrition panel was verified for these in this pass, so no figures are shown for them.

How to read an ingredient list — the jargon, in plain English

Masa flour / corn masa flour: Corn flour made from corn that has been soaked in an alkaline solution (nixtamalisation) and ground — the traditional base for corn tortillas. Different from plain cornflour/cornstarch used for thickening.
Enriched bleached flour: Refined wheat flour with vitamins/minerals added back (niacin, iron, thiamine, riboflavin, folic acid in the Mission lists) and bleached. "Enriched" does not mean wholemeal.
Humectant (glycerol / glycerine, E422; sorbitol): Keeps the wrap moist and flexible in the packet. Almost universal in packet wraps; its presence is why a packet wrap bends without cracking.
Raising agents (sodium bicarbonate, diphosphates, E450/E500): Leavening that gives a slight lift. Tortillas are flatbreads, not yeast-risen loaves, so these replace yeast in most packet wraps.
Dextrose: A form of glucose — an added sugar, even though it does not say "sugar" on the list. Santa Maria and Old El Paso lists use dextrose where Mission uses "sugar".
Vital wheat gluten / wheat gluten: Concentrated wheat protein added for stretch and chew. Its presence confirms the product is not gluten-free, even in a "corn" wrap.
Calcium propionate / sorbic acid / potassium sorbate (preservatives): Mould inhibitors that extend packet life. Their presence varies by format — Santa Maria's FairPrice copy claims preservative-free for one pack while other formats list preservatives, so check the pack.
Wholemeal vs whole wheat: The same idea (flour milled from the whole grain), different labelling traditions. What matters is position and percentage: first ingredient and a percentage, versus a blend where refined wheat comes first.

What this page is not

Not a health score, not a ranking, and not a "best wrap" pick. A shorter list is not automatically better — corn tortillas are short because they are a different food.
Not a taste test, and not a price comparison.
Not complete. Several panels use overseas listings for brands sold in Singapore, flagged as such, because FairPrice's fetched pages carried no ingredient section for wraps. The SG pack check is the single most important pre-publish step for this page. Nutrition added 5–6 November 2026: per-100 g standard where the source gives per-100 figures, per-serving figures flagged and not converted, total sugars as printed (not added sugars), sodium with salt equivalent (salt = sodium × 2.5).
Not covering naan, chapatti, pita or roti — those are separate flatbread categories, even though FairPrice groups them with wraps.

Sources and method

Checked 5–6 November 2026 from: NTUC FairPrice product/listing pages (Santa Maria Original Medium/Large/Small, Whole Wheat Extra Thin, Schär Wraps Gluten Free, Mission Wraps Street Tacos, Gran Luchito Burrito Wraps); Ocado/Tesco UK listings for Santa Maria and Old El Paso; US retailer listings (Publix, Kroger banners) for Mission flour, whole wheat, white corn, Carb Balance and Garden Spinach Herb; Open Food Facts for Schär wraps. Full per-fact source list is in the accompanying research notes. Where a full Singapore pack list could not be verified, the page says so instead of filling the gap, and overseas lists are flagged as overseas. Re-audit 5 November 2026: added the Gran Luchito Mexican Burrito Wraps panel (two conflicting lists quoted, SG pack to decide); 12 products panelled, up from 11. No nutrition panel was verified for Gran Luchito. Mission Street Tacos and Santa Maria Garlic & Herbs SG packs remain unverified, and Donki/Meidi-Ya/Mustafa/Giant/Sheng Siong/Cold Storage/RedMart/Lazada/Shopee wrap ranges were not inventoried online in this re-audit either — an in-store check is still needed for those channels.