In Spanish language, “tortilla” means little cake. Mexican people are fond of eating flatbread. Now other countries have started serving Mexican market with tortilla. Meat is important ingredient in preparing Mexican tortillas.
You might have seen it in your own culture but in different shape. It has two types. One resembles with omelette having different ingredients and other kind resembles with flat thin cake made of wheat flour. Mexican tortilla is made from maize flour, which is a staple food. Texture of tortillas is not similar. Maize texture is thicker and wheat mixture thinner and easy to mould due to its gluten content.
Again, its making is different according to taste. People of Panama like to deep fry it and South American make small flat cake and cook over ember. Maize tortillas are less in calories which is 2.5 grams / a cup. You can get reasonable amount of sodium, calcium, potassium, fiber, iron and vitamin B.
Tortilla Nutritional Value, Data, Information, Content, Label, List and Benefits
Measure 1
Weight 19 g
Energy 41kcal
Energy 173kj
Protein 1g
Carbohydrate 8g
Total Sugar tr g
Total Dietary Fiber 1.2 g
Total Fat 1g
Saturated Fat 0.1 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Calcium 15mg
Iron 0.2mg
Sodium 9mg
Potassium 35 mg
Magnesium 14mg
Phosphorus 60mg
Thiamin tr mg
Riboflavin 0.01mg
Niacin 0.4 NE
Folate 1 DFE