1. What is cassava flour called in supermarkets?
Tapioca flour is called cassava starch and cassava starch in supermarkets. Different brands of cassava flour have different names. Domestic brands of cassava flour are called cassava starch in supermarkets, while imported cassava flour brands are sometimes called cassava flour or tapioca starch in supermarkets.
2. What can cassava starch do?
Tapioca starch can be used to make alcohol, fructose, glucose, maltose, MSG, beer, bread, biscuits, shrimp crackers, vermicelli, sauces and plastics Fiber plastic films, resins, coatings, adhesives and other chemical products.
3. The difference between cassava flour and sweet potato flour
1. Different concepts: cassava flour, also called Thai cornstarch, is a starch made from cassava. Or the starch extracted from the roots of cassava, which must be soaked in water and cooked before it can be eaten; sweet potato powder, also called sweet potato powder, is a powder ground from sweet potatoes. It is generally gray and slender strips, crystal clear, and can be melted in Water is a common whole grain product.
2. Different methods: Cassava flour can be used to make steamed cakes and boiled sugar water. It is most commonly used to make snacks, especially Chinese snacks, such as dumplings; sweet potato flour is often used to make noodles, and can also be used to make noodles. Used to make Chinese snacks, such as sweet potato cakes, fried crispy pork, jelly, etc.
3. The shapes after cooking are different: cassava flour will become transparent after cooking and has an elastic texture; sweet potato flour will become sticky after being heated and has strong stickiness.
4. Different ingredients: The ingredients of potato starch contain hemproside. This ingredient will decompose under the action of gastric acid after consumption and produce a substance that is toxic to the human body - hydrogen cyanide. Acid; sweet potato flour does not contain any toxins.