Tapioca: also known as Thai flour, is the name of a starch, extracted from cassava or tapioca roots of the starch, which will be transparent when cooked with water and heat, with elasticity, but tapioca generally contains hydrocyanic acid, poisonous, must be soaked in water and cooked to be able to eat. Sweet potato flour: also known as groundnut flour, made from sweet potato processing, generally gray long thin strips, crystal clear, similar to the fans, the main content is starch, is a common coarse grain products.

First, the difference between cassava flour and sweet potato flour

1, the concept is different: cassava flour, also known as Thai flour, is a starch made of cassava as a material, starch extracted from cassava or tapioca roots, must be boiled after soaking in water to be able to eat; sweet potato flour, also known as sweet potato flour, is made from sweet potato flour ground into a powder, generally gray! Long, thin, crystal clear, can be melted in water, is a common coarse grain products.

2, the practice is different: tapioca can be used to make steamed cakes, boiled sugar water, the most common is used to make snacks, especially Chinese snacks, such as dumplings; sweet potato flour is often used to make noodles, will also be used to make Chinese snacks, such as groundnut cake, fried crispy meat, do cold noodles.

3, cooked in different forms: tapioca, after cooking will become transparent form, the taste with elasticity; sweet potato flour will be heated to present a viscous form, with a strong viscosity.

4, the composition is different: the composition of the potato flour contains Ma Yan bitter glycosides, this ingredient will be consumed in the gastric acid under the action of decomposition and the production of a poisonous substance - hydrocyanic acid on the human body; sweet potato flour does not have any toxin.

Second, tapioca and sweet potato flour containing nutrients what is the difference

1, tapioca contains plant fiber, vitamin A, rich in potassium, rich in sugar, fat, volatile oil, carotene, vitamin B1, vitamin A, anthocyanin, vitamin B2, calcium, iron and other nutrients. There are two main types of cassava: bitter cassava (which is used exclusively for the production of tapioca) and sweet cassava (which is eaten similarly to potato).

2, every 500 grams of sweet potato can produce about 635 kilocalories of calories, containing 14.5 grams of sugar, 11.5 grams of protein, phosphorus 100 mg, 1 gram of fat, 2 grams of iron, calcium 90 mg, 0.5 mg of carotene, and contains vitamin B1, B2, C and linoleic acid, niacin and so on. Sweet potato is also rich in lysine, of which the content of vitamin B1 and B2 are 6 times higher than rice and 3 times.