Mission® Foods Unveils NachoTron 3000 at 2011 Border Showdown
11-10-2011 Mission® Foods brings together its passion for tortilla chips and football as it announces the unveiling of NachoTron 3000 – the world’s first interactive, competitive nacho-making machine at the 2011 Border Showdown game between the Kansas Jayhawks ...

Mission® Unveils New Artisan Style Tortillas

10-17-2011 New Mission® Artisan Style Tortillas combine unique and flavorful whole grains into hearty varieties including Corn & Whole Wheat Blend, Ancient Grains, Multigrain and Flaxseed and Blue Corn Blend.

Mission Menus Challenge
06-28-2010 Mission Foods announces Mission Menus Challenge with Celebrity Chef Sara Moulton.
Win a $10,000 Kitchen appliance makeover.

Visit MissionMenusChallenge.com for more information about the c...

New Mission® Whole Wheat Flour Tortillas
06-23-2010 All new Mission® Whole Wheat Flour Tortillas are 100% whole wheat and contain 30g of whole grain per serving - more than half the recommended daily value. The newest product in Mission's better-for-you product line, Mission Flour Tortillas have earne...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.
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