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Rudi's Gluten-Free Plain Tortillas: Longevity analysis

Updated 2026-10-19 · Rudi's

Quick answer

Occasional Choice

Rudi's gluten-free plain tortillas received a Longevity Score of 72 out of 100 (occasional choice). Whole-grain flour base with fiber, but refined starches, canola oil, added sugar, and sodium lower the overall alignment. Strengths include whole-grain flours (sorghum, brown rice, millet, quinoa, teff), fiber around 5g per tortilla, and low saturated fat, while main considerations include multiple refined starches (corn, tapioca, rice flour), canola oil and added cane sugar, and sodium about 190mg per tortilla.

Longevity Score 72/100

What helped the score?

  • Whole-grain flours (sorghum, brown rice, millet, quinoa, teff)
  • Fiber around 5g per tortilla
  • Low saturated fat

What held the score back?

  • Multiple refined starches (corn, tapioca, rice flour)
  • Canola oil and added cane sugar
  • Sodium about 190mg per tortilla

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Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details

Product facts

Product
Rudi's Gluten-Free Plain Tortillas
Brand
Rudi's
Category
Pantry & Oils (source: Mexican Dinner Mixes)
GTIN / UPC
00856750005006
Serving size
32 g (1 tortilla)
Source data — ingredients
Ingredient list from product label data (see Sources)
Healthy Food Guide analysis
Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards. See methodology under Sources.
Data last verified

Rudi's

Gluten-Free Plain Tortillas

Occasional Choice

KarbCoach Recommendation

Occasional Choice

Whole-grain flour base with fiber, but refined starches, canola oil, added sugar, and sodium lower the overall alignment.

What Stands Out

Refined Grains

Refined starches: corn starch,…

Added Sweetener

Cane sugar

Contains Seed Oils

Canola oil

Good Fiber

5g fiber

18% DV

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Key Positives

  • Whole-grain flours (sorghum, brown rice, millet, quinoa, teff)
  • Fiber around 5g per tortilla
  • Low saturated fat

Key Concerns

  • Multiple refined starches (corn, tapioca, rice flour)
  • Canola oil and added cane sugar
  • Sodium about 190mg per tortilla

Ingredient Signals

Whole-food ingredients

Whole-grain flours: sorghum, brown rice, millet, amaranth, quinoa, teff

Processing signals

Refined starches: corn starch, tapioca flour, rice flourGluten-free binders and leavening agents

Additives

Xanthan gumGuar gumMalic acidMonocalcium phosphateSodium bicarbonateMaltodextrinCultured dextrose

Seed oils

Canola oil

Added sweeteners

Cane sugar

Ingredients

Ingredient list

WHOLE GRAIN FLOURS (SORGHUM, BROWN RICE, MILLET, AMARANTH, QUINOA, TEFF), COM STARCH, TAPIOCA FLOUR, RICE FLOUR, WATER, CANOLA OIL, XANTHAN GUM, CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC MALTODEXTRIN AND ORGANIC CULTURED DEXTROSE, ORGANIC APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, GUAR GUM, SEA SALT, BAKING POWDER (MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, COM STARCH), MALIC ACID, YEAST.

Formulations can vary — check the package label for the final word.

Macronutrients

Calories

90

5% DV

Total Carbs

18g

7% DV

Protein

1g

2% DV

Saturated Fat

0.2g

1% DV

Fiber

5g

18% DV

Net Carbs

13g

5% DV

Sugar

1g

Added Sugar

1g

2% DV

Total Fat

3g

4% DV

Sodium

190mg

8% DV

Cholesterol

0mg

0% DV

Unsaturated Fat

2.8g

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Nutrition at a Glance

Nutrition at a Glance
NutrientAmount% Daily Value
Calories905% DV
Total Carbs18g7% DV
Protein1g2% DV
Saturated Fat0.2g1% DV
Fiber5g18% DV
Net Carbs13g5% DV
Sugar1g—
Added Sugar1g2% DV
Total Fat3g4% DV
Sodium190mg8% DV
Cholesterol0mg0% DV
Unsaturated Fat2.8g—

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Amounts are per labeled serving from source data. Check the package for the final values.

Longevity scores estimate how this product’s nutrition and ingredient profile fit longer-term eating patterns. Formulations can vary — check the package label. Not medical advice. Some nutrient values may be estimated when the label is incomplete.

How this product may fit different goals

The same food can look different depending on what matters most to you. Here is a general preview of how this product may align with several common goals.

  • Low-Spike Stability

    Supportive

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low-Spike Stability, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: High fiber (5g)

    This product has 3 additional signals for this goal.

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  • Heart-Healthy Eating

    Supportive

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Heart-Healthy Eating, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: Low saturated fat (0.2g)

    This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.

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  • GLP-1 Eating Support

    Mixed

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing GLP-1 Eating Support, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.

    A tradeoff: Lower protein (1g)

    This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.

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  • Low Sugar Lifestyle

    Mixed

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low Sugar Lifestyle, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.

    A tradeoff: Sweetener signals (Cane sugar)

    This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.

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  • Appetite & Portion Awareness

    Supportive

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Appetite & Portion Awareness, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: Modest calories per serving (90 kcal)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Athletic Fueling

    Supportive

    Athletic Performance

    For someone prioritizing Athletic Fueling, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: Carb fueling ingredients (Mentions "rice". See ingredients for details.)

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Understanding the Longevity analysis

What the Longevity analysis evaluates

The Longevity analysis looks at how a food fits broader dietary patterns over time. It combines nutritional composition with processing and ingredient-quality considerations, including ideas that originated in Meal Power Points and Food Integrity. The Longevity Score summarizes that wider picture on a 0–100 scale. It is educational context for packaged foods, not medical advice and not a guarantee of health outcomes.

Nutrients, balance, processing, and ingredients

Nutritional composition matters: protein, fiber, carbohydrates, glucose-related characteristics, fats, sodium, and micronutrients all influence how a food may support or challenge different dietary goals. Processing level and ingredient quality still count, because formulation can change the practical meaning of an otherwise tidy nutrient panel. Longevity treats those dimensions together rather than as a single nutrient number.

Who may prioritize Longevity

People following low-carbohydrate, keto-style, high-protein, glucose-conscious, or longevity-focused eating patterns often start with the Longevity analysis. It is also useful when you want one place that connects macros and micros with how processed the food is and how the ingredient list reads. The Longevity Score is designed for that broader comparison across products.

How Longevity differs from Food Integrity

Food Integrity is the focused analysis of processing, ingredients, additives, purity, and transparency. Longevity is the broader analysis of nutritional composition, metabolic and dietary characteristics, processing, and ingredient quality. A strong nutritional profile may still deserve closer Food Integrity review when additives, oils, sweeteners, or processing level raise questions the nutrient panel does not answer on its own.

Why the analyses overlap—and why to review both

The overlap is intentional. Food Integrity–related characteristics contribute to Longevity, while Food Integrity remains separately useful for deeper formulation detail. The two views are meant to complement each other, not cancel each other out. Some people reasonably prioritize one analysis based on their goals; reviewing both can reveal tradeoffs that one score alone may not show.

Common questions about this product

Is Rudi's Gluten-Free Plain Tortillas highly processed?

Food Integrity lists processing level as Highly processed. That reflects formulation and processing signals from the ingredient analysis — not a medical or regulatory classification.

Why are the Longevity and Food Integrity scores different?

Longevity emphasizes nutrition per serving and longer-term dietary alignment. Food Integrity emphasizes ingredients, additives, processing, and label transparency. The same product can score differently on those lenses.

How much fiber is in one serving?

Rudi's Gluten-Free Plain Tortillas shows about 4.99g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.

Does it contain added sugar?

Rudi's Gluten-Free Plain Tortillas: 1g added sugar per serving; sweetener signals include Cane sugar. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.

What helped the Longevity Score?

Key positives called out in the analysis include: Whole-grain flours (sorghum, brown rice, millet, quinoa, teff); Fiber around 5g per tortilla; Low saturated fat.

What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?

Key concerns noted include: Multiple refined starches (corn, tapioca, rice flour); Canola oil and added cane sugar; Sodium about 190mg per tortilla.

Who might evaluate this product differently?

People prioritizing different goals (for example lower carbs, higher protein, or minimally processed eating) may weigh the same pantry & oils differently. Use the goal preview on this page, then personalize in KarbCoach for your priorities.

Other published analyses in Pantry & Oils, selected from the same Healthy Food Guide catalog.

Source data and Healthy Food Guide analysis

  1. Public label databases (including USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts) — Possible sources for package ingredients and nutrition.
  2. Healthy Food Guide analysis (Longevity and Food Integrity) — Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards.
  3. How the Longevity Score is calculated
  4. How the Food Integrity Score is calculated
  5. Scoring models: KarbCoach Longevity and Food Integrity.
  6. Independent analysis. No manufacturer affiliation.
  7. Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions. Full sources and safety details.
Label accuracy and safety information

Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions.

Sources, citations & safety

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