PRC’s Next Move Is To Ruin Tortillas

It’s always something in the People’s Republik Of California

From the link

The ingredients in tortillas sold in California will soon change forever in hopes that a new ingredient will boost infant health, as critics worry the taste of the popular food could change too.

Beginning New Year’s Day, most tortillas and corn masa products sold in the state will be required to contain folic acid, a vitamin that’s vital to baby health.

But critics warn it could forever affect the taste of the state’s tacos. Even though the required dose is tiny, folic acid doesn’t taste great.

Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano put it to the test last year — and the results weren’t pretty. In a blind taste test between a regular tortilla and one loaded with the B vitamin, he and tortilla factory owners could immediately spot the difference.

Between 2017 and 2019, data showed about 28 percent of Latinas reported taking folic acid the month before becoming pregnant, while white women checked in at 46 percent, according to the California Department of Public Health.

So, the idea is that Latino women will eat more of the tortillas with the folic acid, instead of, say, recommending they take folic acid pills, readily available at any drugstore, Walmart, vitamin store, etc?

Alabama has passed its own version of the law, which goes into effect in June 2026.

So, they’re going to ruin them, too.

Some manufacturers have already been adding folic acid to their products. Mission Foods said it started fortifying its foods back in 2016, when the federal government first allowed it, and it supports the new laws in California and Alabama.

They have all sorts of weird types of tortillas, so, can’t tell you if they are good or not, as I avoid them. I like the La Banderita or Guerrero ones.