Tortilla Chips Ingredients

Series Summary

A tortilla is a thin, unleavened flat bread used in Mexico, Central America, the United States and Canada. The term "tortilla" was given by the Spanish invaders of the "New Land" for its resemblance to traditional round cakes that were popular in Spain. While traditional, authentic tortillas are made from maize or corn, many varieties are made today, using flour, wheat and spinach. Today tortillas are used to make one of the most popular types of chip on the market...tortilla chips! In this free video series our expert takes you through a tortilla chip factory. Learn about the ingredients for tortilla chips, how the dough is formed and shaped, and find out how tortilla chips are cut into triangle shapes. You will also learn how tortilla chips are fried, cooled and salted. Are you interested in starting a tortilla chip factory? Learn about marketing, distribution and shipping for a tortilla chip factory or any small food factory. If you are interested in making tortilla chips or running a factory, let our expert show you everything you need to know about this fun food business.

Video Transcript

"Our Tortilla chips start with three basic ingredients. The first is our corn. This is our California corn flour. It comes in made from fresh corn, dried, milled before our use. We like to use 100% natural canola oil. The third ingredient is Sea salt. Using the first ingredient we actually take our corn mixed with water. It makes a dough. That's the first part stage of the process. Our corn, sun dried, in California. Then it's milled. It comes in to flour form. That's all that's in the product. The oil is got California oil. The sea salt, that's from the sea. 100 % all natural ingredients for all of our products. Specifically organic, organic comes here with our organic corn, organic oil and the sea salt is a natural product."