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Piracy has also reached food. Well Due to the continuous increase in the price of tortillas, there are already places where this low-quality product is sold with other ingredients.

Traditional tortillas are made in formally established tortillerías and so you can know that they have all the permits and respect quality standards in food preparation.

For the preparation of original tortillas 100 percent nixtamalized corn dough is usually usedalthough the recipe of each miller and tortilla maker differs, since some add a little corn flour to the dough.

Nevertheless, pirate tortillas are made with more cobs and not with corn.

There is currently a project to modify NOM-187, which regulates the preparation of tortillas, so that tortilla factories are obliged to inform consumers of the ingredients they use to prepare their tortillas.

States that sell pirate tortillas

Arturo Javier Solano Andalón, president of the United Groups of Industrialists of the Dough and the Tortilla of the State of Jalisco, said that, although there are still no reports in Jalisco, You do know of other states where tortillas made from other ingredients are offered. that can even put your health at risk.

The states of the country where cases of pirated tortilla sales have been detected are Durango, Coahuila and Sinaloa.

Contrary to traditional tortillas, pirates are made by people who do not have the proper training and in places that are not ideal for making them and with ingredients such as corn flour and not nixtamalized corn, water that may not be drinkable and machinery that is not adequate or clean.

price increase

According to the National Information and Market Integration System, the national average price of a kilo of tortilla was 20.84 pesos, with the highest value in Hermosillo, with 27.33, and the lowest in Tlaxcala, with 16.

In Jalisco the average price of the tortilla, according to the Ministry of Economy, is 22 pesos, although the representative of the tortilleros said that it is sold for up to 25 pesos.

Here we tell you what to do to identify good quality tortillas and avoid indulging in these pirate foods.

Check where they are purchased

It is recommended to buy the tortillas in established places where you can see the hygiene conditions and elaboration. Normally pirate tortillas are not sold in formal tortilla shops, since they are distributed mainly in taquerias and neighborhood stores.

There is more possibility that the pirate tortillas are sold in shops, butchers, chicken shopscollection offices, pharmacies and any business that is not a formal tortilla shop.

price is key

Second, price must be taken into account. The price of a kilo of tortilla is around 22 pesos on average in Jalisco, because according to tortilla makers its production cost averages 18 pesos, hence if they sell it to you cheaper you should doubt the raw materials that they used to make it.

In supermarkets, its price is slightly lower because it is made from corn flour or is subsidized by the same establishments.

Check consistency, texture and smell

You should also take into account the consistency, texture and smell. The tortillas are round and smooth on one side,the other side are soft with a thin layer of dough. You must take into account that its texture is not too rough or dry.

Check sanitary conditions

Arturo Solano Andalón, president of Grupos Unidos de Industriales de la Masa y la Tortilla, assured that in Jalisco pirate tortilla is not sold, but yes where it is made in poor quality and hygiene conditions.

“Here in the state of Jalisco we do not have any type of report of that type, nor have we realized it with the different colleagues in the union, in Jalisco. It is working normally”, he stated.

The tortilla leader recognized that there are places where a kilo of tortilla is sold below its cost of production, which represents unfair competition, but it is a tortilla of dubious quality and poor sanitary conditions.

“A large part of the tortillas that are sold on the streets house by house, in some grocery stores, butcher shops, are not sold in adequate hygienic conditions and can cause damage to public health,” he said.