Tapioca flour and tapioca starch are different. Tapioca flour is a powdery particle obtained by peeling cassava, crushing and drying it, while tapioca starch is a starch obtained through entire assembly line processing. Tapioca flour is mostly used in food processing, while tapioca starch is generally used as a condiment in daily life.

1. Different manufacturing processes

Tapioca flour

It is a powdery particle obtained by crushing and drying cassava after peeling it, or it is The powdery particles obtained after peeling, drying and crushing are generally produced by family workshops.

Tapioca starch

It is starch obtained through the entire assembly line processing. The processing technology is relatively complex, including peeling, cleaning, crushing, screening, filtration, concentration, dehydration, and drying. Drying, screening, etc. to obtain fine, high-quality powdery particles are generally produced by industrial assembly lines.

2. Different uses

Tapioca flour

Tapioca flour is generally powdery particles. When cooked with water and heated, it will become transparent and have a chewy texture. blocky. Tapioca flour is mostly used in food processing, such as dessert dumplings, puddings or crystal dumplings.

Tapioca starch

Tapioca starch is in a fine powder form and will not form agglomerates when heated with water. Tapioca starch is generally used as a condiment in daily life. When cooking or making soup, tapioca starch will play a role in condensing juice. When frying some foods, tapioca starch can also be wrapped on the outer layer of the ingredients. Make fried food crispier.

3. There is a difference between raw and cooked food

1. Cassava flour

Cassava flour is roughly processed and relatively retains the toxicity of cassava, so cassava flour cannot be raw If you eat it, it contains hydrocyanic acid, which is harmful to your health.

2. Cassava starch

Potato starch is finely processed, and toxic substances present in cassava have been removed during the processing. Therefore cassava flour cannot be eaten raw while cassava starch can be used directly.

Uses of cassava flour

Tapioca starch can be used to make alcohol, fructose, glucose, maltose, MSG, beer, bread, biscuits, shrimp crackers, vermicelli, sauces and plastic fibers, plastic films, Resins, coatings, adhesives and other chemical products.

Source of the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Tapioca Flour