How Discarded Tortillas Became A Billion-Dollar Industry Thanks To One Woman

How Discarded Tortillas Became A Billion-Dollar Industry Thanks To One Woman

Everybody hates food waste. Back in the 1940s, the discarded tortillas that came off of an automatic press were converted into a now beloved snack.

How Discarded Tortillas Became A Billion-Dollar Industry Thanks To One Woman - Dining and Cooking

Bhofack2/Getty Images A lot of your favorite foods were invented by women, including tortilla chips. Without Rebecca Webb Carranza, popular tortilla chip brands like Tostitos, Santitas, and Xochitl would not exist. Carranza passed in 2006 at 98 years old. While she didn’t make much money off [...]