Why do store bought tortillas keep A LOT longer at room temperature than store bought sliced bread?

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When it comes to taste, texture, and mold, tortillas last a whole lot longer than your standard sliced bread. I have noticed that this is true for both corn or flour tortillas. Why is that?

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Water content and surface. Tortillas are very dry and flat, so there’s no water and very little space to grow for mould. Sliced bread has more water and because of all the yeast air bubbles and being sliced has a lot of surface for the mould to latch onto.

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