Hi,
Thank you very much for your question. Tapioca is a starchy, granular
foodstuff prepared from cassava roots and used as a vegetable, in
bread or as a thickening agent in liquid foods, notably puddings.
‘Tapioca’ is a Brazilian word, which translates as ‘juice of cassava’.
A description of Cassava follows in the extract below:
"Cassava is a perennial woody shrub with an edible root, which grows
in tropical and subtropical areas of the world like Asia and southern
Africa. It grows to about 8 feet in height, has broad, shiny leaves
roughly the shape of a human hand and attractive white and pink
flowers. Many varieties of this species - divided into two groups:
sweet and bitter cassava - are cultivated in the tropics for their
starchy, tuberous roots. These can be processed into tapioca, ground
to produce manioc or cassava meal (Brazilian arrowroot), used as
animal fodder or cooked and eaten as a vegetable..."
Tapioca - Introduction
http://www.foodmarketexchange.com/datacenter/product/feedstuff/tapioca/detail/dc_pi_ft_tapioca_01.htm
As to the question of what Tapioca Chips are, the following extract
provides a good explanation:
"Tapioca chips are chopped, sun-dried cassava. Tapioca chip factories
are small-scale enterprises, typically located close to plantations,
with simple equipment, mainly a chopper. 2-2.5kg of fresh root (with
25% starch content) are required to produce 1 kg of chips (14%
moisture content). Chips are sold to pelleting manufacturers who
either directly export the chips/pellets or sell to traders...Chips
are transformed into pellets to reach more uniformity and not to
create air pollution caused by dust carried in chips. Nakhon
Ratchasima has the highest chip and pellet production in
Thailand...The high carbohydrate content of cassava chips is of value
for biotechnological conversion, and this utilization will secure a
continued future for the cassava chip industry..."
Production of tapioca - Type of products
http://www.foodmarketexchange.com/datacenter/product/feedstuff/tapioca/detail/dc_pi_ft_tapioca_0401.htm
What can be done with Tapioca Chips? Where is it used?
Tapioca has several applications which are categorised as:
1) Application in food industries
2) Application in the glucose industry
3) Application in composite flours
4) Application in mechanical leavening
5) Application in animal feed
6) Application in nonfood use
7) Application in fermented products
You can find a detailed description of each of these applications at
the following link:
http://www.foodmarketexchange.com/datacenter/product/feedstuff/tapioca/detail/dc_pi_ft_tapioca_05.htm
Besides these, on the beaches of Tamil Nadu, India, Tapioca Chips are
a popular dish served salted and with chilli powder.
More on the uses of tapioca:
"Tapioca chips are processed from raw tapioca roots into dry chip
form. For application of the animal feed industry, the chips are
normally pelletized into tapioca pellets or into meals for mixing with
other feed ingredients. However, tapioca chips are also used widely in
China, Brazil as well as Korea in the making of alcohol as a
substitute to molasses..."
Tapioca Chips and Pellets
http://www.thaiwah.com/pellets.htm
Additional Links:
Exporters of Tapioca:
http://www.stcgroup-th.com/tapioca/
Further information on tapoica:
http://www.stcgroup-th.com/tapioca/products.html#chips
Search Strategy:
"Tapoica Chips"
I hope this answers your question in detail. Thank you once again for
your query.
Warmest Regards,
Shiv Reddy |
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