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Cassava has many advantages for starch production. High level of purity. Excellent thickening characteristics. A neutral (bland) taste. Desirable textural characteristics....

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Starch has a number of commercial and industrial applications and these invariably find their way into our routine life. In our clothes. Our stationery. Our food. And in a host of other ways....

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Cassava is a long tuberous starchy root about two inches around and eight inches long. The root has a brown fibrous skin and snowy white interior flesh. Other names for cassava are yuca, manioc, mandioca, yucca root, casabe, and tapioca...

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Modified tapioca starch is a food additive which is prepared by treating starch or starch granules, causing the starch to be partially degraded....

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Tapioca flour comes from the root of the cassava plant. It basically the same thing as tapioca pearls, like you would use for pudding, but tapioca flour has been ground into a a flour....

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Potato starch–also known as potato flour – is extracted from potatoes.To extract the starch, the potatoes are crushed and the starch grains are released from the cells. The starch is then washed out and dried to powder. ...

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Wheat starch is the carbohydrate component that is left after processing wheat flour to remove the protein portion....

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Starch, a complex carbohydrate, isn’t your enemy. Your body uses starch to provide glucose to all cells....

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Corn starch usually is refined by a process called wet-milling. This refining process breaks down the corn's kernel then the endosperm to result in pure starch. It's a complex process that uses specialized equipment to extract and dry the starch...