Grains, bread and pasta
How much protein is in corn tortilla?
One corn tortilla has about 1.4 g of protein.
That's 5.7 g of protein per 100 g, or 2.6 g for every 100 calories.
Protein per serving
| Serving | Weight | Protein | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 tortilla | 24 g | 1.4 g | 52 |
| 2 tortillas | 48 g | 2.7 g | 105 |
| 100 g | 100 g | 5.7 g | 218 |
How corn tortilla compares
Other grains, bread and pasta, ranked by how much protein you get per 100 calories.
| Food | Protein per 100 g | Protein per 100 calories |
|---|---|---|
| Whole wheat breadstore-bought | 12 g | 4.9 g |
| Whole wheat pastacooked | 6 g | 4 g |
| Bagelplain | 11 g | 4 g |
| Quinoacooked | 4.4 g | 3.7 g |
| Pastacooked | 5.8 g | 3.7 g |
| Buckwheatroasted groats, cooked | 3.4 g | 3.7 g |
| Oatsrolled, dry | 13 g | 3.5 g |
| Couscouscooked | 3.8 g | 3.4 g |
| White breadstore-bought | 8.9 g | 3.3 g |
| Popcornair-popped | 13 g | 3.3 g |
| English muffinplain | 7.7 g | 3.3 g |
| Flour tortillastore-bought | 8.7 g | 2.7 g |
| Brown ricelong-grain, cooked | 2.7 g | 2.2 g |
| White ricelong-grain, cooked | 2.7 g | 2.1 g |
| Barleypearled, cooked | 2.3 g | 1.8 g |
How it fits into a meal
For building muscle, Schoenfeld and Aragon's 2018 review of the research suggests about 0.4 g of protein per kilogram of body weight at each meal, spread over at least four meals a day. At 170 lb (77 kg), that's about 31 g a meal. One corn tortilla covers about 5% of that.
Work out your own daily and per-meal target with the protein calculator.
Nutrition data: USDA FoodData Central ("Tortillas, ready-to-bake or -fry, corn", FDC ID 175036). Actual values vary by brand, recipe and cooking method, so treat these numbers as close estimates.