Masa Taquera is a high-lime masa with a higher pH and overall elasticity. It produces a tortilla that puffs easily and holds up under pressure. Masa Taquera is made from commercially grown, non-GMO Mexican corn. Heirloom Masa Harina is comparatively more delicate in composition, with a neutral pH and more nuanced flavor profiles. It is made from heirloom corn grown by smallholder farmers in Mexico who sell Masienda their surplus. It's available in four colors (white, blue, yellow, and red).

Factors such as yield, labor, varietal uniqueness, climate risks, freight costs, and batch production sizes all contribute to the price difference between these two masa product lines. For example, Masa Taquera is made with non-GMO corn from Mexico that is grown commercially at scale using modern tools like irrigation and mechanized harvesting, which serve to de-risk and optimize each growing cycle. Our Heirloom Masa Harina, by contrast, is produced with manually cultivated (i.e., hand-planted, harvested, shelled, etc.) heirloom corn within subsistence farming communities across remote parts of Mexico. In addition to being lower-yielding, these heirloom corn varietals are grown in rain-fed conditions, which can further exacerbate yield volatility and serve to elevate raw ingredient costs. Notwithstanding their differentiated supply chains and pricing, both our Masa Taquera and Heirloom Masa Harina are positively fuego (fire).

Heirloom Masa is a great choice if you are interested in a nuanced flavor profile or looking for a range of colors for applications such as taco specials or menu items like gorditas, tetelas, sopes, tamales etc. If you are cranking out hundreds of tortillas per service, need to pre-cook and hold tortillas, and/or have a delivery component to your business, we encourage you to work with Masa Taquera.

Masa Taquera is made with non-GMO corn. However, it is not certified organic at this time.

A 44 lb bag of Masa Taquera makes approximately 1,300 to 1,600 tortillas.