Here's my low carb tortilla comparison and review. Make sure you get the right wrap for you!
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One of the important qualities of bread products is a filling platform for adding other things. You never appreciate the convenience of the humble sandwich until you start a low carb diet! Low carb tortillas are an absolute staple for me now because they can be used in so many ways: fajitas, quesadillas, wraps and more. When I started low-carbing there weren't many options available - and by the time I first wrote this post in 2014 there were six options, although at least half of those were only available from online stores.
These days, there are SO many more to chose from - it's fantastic! I see at least four different brands at my local Mariano's (Kroger) store - often with several varieties. So here are the tortillas that I am comparing, plus the size and net carb count:
- La Tortilla Factory Low Carb, 7", 3g net carbs
- Mama Lupe's Low Carb, 7", 3g net carbs
- Maria & Ricardo's Whole Wheat Plus, 6", 4g net carbs
- Tumaro's Carb Wise (formerly Let's Skip the Sandwich), 8", 5g net carbs
- Mission Carb Balance Flour Tortilla, 8", 4g net carbs
- Mission Carb Balance Whole Wheat Tortilla, 8", 3g net carbs
- La Banderita Carb Counter, 8", 5g net carbs
- Keto Tortilla Company, 6", 0g net carbs
Which tortillas have less carbs?
As you can see from the list above, the Keto Tortilla Company wins hands down. But you will also want to consider size, texture, ingredients, cost, and availability before selecting the best tortilla for you!
Low carb tortilla reviews
La Tortilla Factory - Low Carb made with Whole Wheat - buy online from Amazon
VERY dense and the cardboardiest of those I tried (yes that is a word).
Mama Lupe's Low Carb Fresh Tortillas - buy online from Amazon
Great taste - probably the winner overall in terms of size, net carbs, texture and taste.
Maria and Ricardo's FiberRich Wholewheat Tortillas - buy online from Amazon
These are the lowest in calories out of all the products reviewed. They are very light and tasty, not too cardboardy.
Tumaro's Carb Wise (formerly Let's Skip the Sandwich) - buy online from Amazon
2021 Update: Tumaro's have rebranded and they now have a ton of different flavors in their Carb Wise range. As soon as I try them I'll post the feedback here!
Mission Carb Balance Flour Tortilla Soft Taco - buy online from Amazon - or readily available in grocery stores
Mission have been my go-to brand for a long time - and I was so pleased when they reworked their recipe for their flour tortillas - they used to be 6g net and now they are 4g net carbs! They have a pleasant, everyday sort of taste that makes them very useful. Note: There are other flavors available like Spinach and Herb or Sundried Tomato Basil - and these range from 3-5g net carbs per tortilla.
Mission Carb Balance Whole Wheat Tortilla - buy online from Amazon
Really quite different from Mission's flour style - more hearty and filling as you might expect, but only 3g net carbs per tortilla!
La Banderita Carb Counter Tortillas - buy online from Amazon or in grocery stores
They're 8" wide - so joint biggest out of those that I reviewed. They're 5g net carbs each and have a light texture. Very good!
Update: La Banderita also make "street taco" size which are 4-5" wide and zero carb!
Keto Tortilla Company - buy online direct from the company
Check out the first ingredient: butter! They are smaller and denser than some of the others reviewed here, but definitely worth trying - plus they are ZERO carb!
Want to make your own? Try these coconut flour tortillas from My PCOS Kitchen!
Are low carb tortillas really low carb?
It's a question that I hear many times - are they really too good to be true? They key is the fiber content - it's usually very high and therefore the net carbs are low. If you count TOTAL carbs on your way of eating, then no, they won't be low carb.
The best way to find out is monitor whether they throw you out of ketosis - after all everyone is different, and various products affect people in different ways. I recommend getting something like the Keyto Breath Sensor for super easy monitoring!
Ways to use low carb tortillas
Once you've found which low carb tortilla you like best, try one of these delicious recipes!
- Beef Nachos
- Tortilla Chips
- Chicken Tostadas
- Fish Tacos or Tuna Tacos
- Low Carb Nacho Bar
- Chicken Tortilla Soup
- Steak Tacos with Burrata
- Cheeseburger Wrap
- Lasagna
Did I miss your favorite low carb tortilla? Let me know in the comments! And check out my guide to low carb wraps!
Sandy Hazlewood says
Too bad none are gluten free 🙁
Jason says
My personal favorite is La Banderita Carb Counter Low Carb Tortillas. They are 5 net carbs and are very close to a regular white flour tortilla in flavor. They are differnet from the La Banderita Low Carb Soft Taco version which looks more like whole wheat and tastes cardboardy.
Vicky @ Tasteaholics says
I see my favorite - Tumaro's! Thanks for the other options, I never knew about some of these 🙂
Laura says
There isn't any low carb tortillas in Spain, in fact, there isn't anything low carb 🙁 ... Could I cook them at home? if so, could you explain me how?
Thank you very much in advanced 😉
Georgina says
I don't have a recipe I'm afraid - but I'm sure a quick search on Pinterest will bring up some options! Good luck!
MS. E says
There are lots of great keto ( naturally gluten free and low carb) tortilla recipes out there. Just Google "keto tortilla recipes" !!!
Mike McNeil says
I found the Tamaro's wraps a few weeks ago and have been experimenting with a lot of different fillings. I like cheap and easy and this (the low carb wrap approach) opens up a whole lot of delicious possibilities. I've made wraps with fried eggs, cheese and salsa (breakfast burrito-like), wraps with left over pork and beef roasts, left over fish, tuna and salmon salad, etc.
I've been in a deli meat and cheese rollup rut for a long time and this gets me away from all of the processed meats plus saves a lot of money. Yea!
Georgina says
Fantastic, Mike!
Beatriz says
Great review and thanks for sharing the links. We've been trying low carb varieties as we find them at local grocers. I'll keep an eye out for Mama Lupe's and Maria & Ricardo's. We haven't tried those out yet.
PJ says
I've been low-carbing since way back in 2000. In that time, I've tried a LOT of low-carb tortillas. Although I like the ingredients of La Tortilla Factory a bit more, I find the taste rather un-exciting and odd (and adding their "tomato and basil" or "garlic and rosemary" just makes things worse). My favorites, by far, are the Mission Whole Wheat ones. I totally disagree with the author saying that they are "cardboardy." Not true at all, IMHO. They are super soft, squishy (even when they are cold out of the fridge), and so satisfying texture-wise and taste-wise that I sometimes eat them plain just for a snack. If you put a little butter on one and briefly run it through the microwave, you'd swear you were eating some kind of yeasty croissant. Wow. Who needs a loaf of bread??? Enjoy!
Georgina says
Hi PJ! It's funny reading your comment - I wrote this article 1.5 years ago and the 3g net carb Mission tortillas are now my absolute favorite now! So maybe my tastes have changed, or adapted. Anyway, thank you for your comment. It is much appreciated.
Karen says
Do you have to fry them?
KJ says
I have lost 20 pounds in 7 weeks and I have the wheat mission wrap with 3 slices of hard salami and 2 slices of Swiss cheese every single day. Love the mission wraps!
Georgina says
Amazing! Well done!
Jo Ann says
Trader Joe's have a decent low carb tortilla. I don't have the wrapper here, right now, to give you the stats though. Sorry.
Kelly says
Interesting info, thanks. I buy the Mission low carb ones (3g net) because I live in a small town and that's all we have.
Just a helpful hint: If you fry them in oil, they taste fantastic! Raw, I just can't deal. Ew. But fried until they are totally crispy, topped with cheese, and occasionally some hot sauce; takes them to this "am I cheating?!?"-level. Seriously, fry them bad boys!! You won't want to eat them raw again.
Georgina says
Thanks Kelly, I use them to make chips and quesadillas too - crispy definitely works well!
RPYee says
"...fry them in oil". Uh, yeah. That would completely defeat my purpose of trying to eat healthy 🙂
Georgina says
I'm afraid I disagree, RPYee. Most oils are perfectly acceptable on a low carb diet, and this is - after all - a low carb blog. 🙂 What kind of diet plan are you following to try and eat better?
Nancy Larke says
These are the best tasting and lowest carb tortilla's I had ever tasted. . They just freeze too well. They are thin so they thaw in the refrigerator quickly. I use them for pizza crusts, sandwiches, hot dog buns, tacos etc. I found this on http://bonvera.com/join/product/ML036035100804 and its really very delicious.
Jasmine says
I'm currently pregnant, and has generational diabetes. I test my blood glucose everyday after each meal. Mission's low carb options are no way to have such low carbs as they claim. I can consume about 25 grams of carbs each day with a normal glucose reading, but one piece of misson's carb balance (6g option) gets my number high.
Chicago35 says
Thanks for this info.
Venus Childress says
This is exactly why I'm looking at comparisons. I read recently that we should be careful of processed foods labeled low carb because many times, they really aren't low carb.
Why do these companies have to lie?
Dana Jordan says
Just found your opinions and just got back on the low carb wagon. Thanks for the info! Not sure if I can find Mama Lupe's in Tulsa, but have bought it in Oklahoma City. We'll see what my local grocer and Shipt can manage!
Georgina says
Good luck!!
Dolores says
You can buy them on Amazon.
Gibson says
I buy Mama Lupe's at Sam's Club in Tulsa.
Georgina says
That's good to know, thanks!
April says
The Tumaros were just too sweet for me. It seems like in the last 6 months or so the Mission Whole Wheat have gotten sweeter (or I have gotten more sensitive to the sweetness). I contacted them and they said they haven't changed the recipe... I use the Mission Whole Wheat for peanut butter roll ups (9 inch version, cut in half) and for making a thin crust pizza when it's later or I just don't feel like cooking. I use Mama Lupe's for enchiladas and such. One of these days I'll get into making my own, but it's just so convenient to pick them up at the store.
Charlotte says
I found on my low carb that I started losing taste for sweets to. Used to have friends who gave me a hard time that one wouldn't hurt me. But if you introduce sweetness back in then your start craving it.
TheManFromTaco says
I like the Mission whole wheat "carb balance" tortillas. I use them for so many things: burritos/wraps, faux pizzas, chips, etc.
Too bad nobody has been able to come up with a low net carb corn tortilla! Sometimes you just want that corn flavor, you know?
Georgina says
Agreed!
Darcy says
"Probably more of a wrap than a tortilla" What's the difference between a wrap and a tortilla?
Georgina says
LOL I'm not absolutely sure why I wrote that! Maybe because it's larger than the others? Sorry!
Carolyn Marquette says
My husband and I have been low carb since 1998, and have both kept off 35 lbs. I bought cases of La Tortilla Factory tortillas over the years, but now we are hooked on the Ole' brand High Fiber Low Carb tortillas, they are bigger and each one has 11 grams of Fiber, with 5 carbs....and I eat one for breakfast with egg and some kind of meat, chicken, pork, etc. and sometimes avocado...then another for lunch with tuna salad and grated cheese, etc. I panicked last week when WalMart didn't have ANY....so ordered them from Amazon, but of course yesterday there they were back at WalMart.
This low carb has been excellent for both my husband and I and the tortillas are such a good substitute for bread. Stay with it everyone!! 🙂
Georgina says
And I thought *I* was a long-time low-carber at nearly 11 years! I'm so inspired by you both!
Brandy Heassler says
Do you happen to know what ingredients are modified from normal tortillas, to make the carb-less tortillas less carbs? On wheat, I assume it's some of the wheat grain / fiber... but what else?? If it's protein, is it like protein powder, supplement, bean??? I've always been curious, hoping you may have insight.
Thank you, Brandy
Georgina says
Here's the ingredients list for the 4g net carbs small tortillas from Mission Carb Balance: Water, Modified Wheat Starch, Enriched Bleached Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Wheat Gluten, Vegetable Shortening (Interesterified and Hydrogenated Soybean Oils), Wheat Gluten Isolate, Contains 2% or Less of: Salt, Baking Soda, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Cellulose Gum, Distilled Monoglycerides, Natural Flavor, Sucralose, Fumaric Acid, and Calcium Propionate and Sorbic Acid (to Maintain Freshness).
But the ingredients will be different for each brand - although nearly all low carb tortillas include gluten.
Abby Todaro says
You have to try La Banderita Carb Counter low carb tortillas. I have tried many and these taste the closest to a real tortilla. Trust me!
Amber says
Do any of these tortilla options "crisp"? I want to make chimichangas and quesadillas. The Mama Lupes Low Carb that we normally buy do not crisp up.
Georgina says
I use the Mission tortillas and I've not had any problems with them crisping up. What method do you use? Here's how I do mine: https://stepawayfromthecarbs.com/homemade-low-carb-tortilla-chips/
Hef says
Thank you for all the great info on low carb tortillas. I orderd some Mama Lupe brand, and will also look for the Mission Carb Balance Spinach Herb variety at my local market.
Chloe says
Thanks so much for compiling all of these! I’m curious if you have thoughts on which ones taste the closest to a standard white flour tortilla? Everyone has different preferences I suppose, and I actually really can’t stand the whole wheat, grainy flavor of Mission’s tortillas. Which ones from your list would you recommend for the most basic white flour flavor?
Georgina says
When you've tried Mission, have you tried the "flour tortillas" as opposed to the whole wheat versions? They are way less grainy. If you have tried the flour ones but are still not a fan, I'd recommend La Banderita - not whole wheaty or grainy at all!
Bridget says
La banderita now has a snack size flour tortilla that is 3 net carbs and the perfect size for tacos.
Georgina says
They sound great, I'll look out for them, thanks!
Mike says
Unfortunately the ingredients in these are not good for you. Just because it’s low carb doesn’t mean it’s healthy. Has a lot of preservatives and additives like dextrose or gmo corn in it. Aren’t there almond flour tortillas out there?
Georgina says
I'm always on the lookout for more low carb tortillas that aren't prohibitively expensive and as easy to buy as possible. If I find any I'll add them here!
Sean says
Mission is the clear winner here. I’ve tried them all. Ole even and mission has the best flavor and carb ration. Ole and tortilla factory get about as hard as rocks when heated like a quesadilla type deal. Mission does not.
Nancy says
I visited a friend in Georgia, and we got Fiesta Fit Flour Low Carb Tortillas at Ingles Market. Very good and equal to La Banderita. La Banderita is always out of stock. I'm from New Jersey so if I can't find La Banderita, I use Mission.
Jen says
La Banderita is the only one that uses Extra Virgin Olive Oil so that is very im portant to me and they taste great. I get the really small ones too