Re: Manoic (tapioca) flour - Is it Legal??

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At 07:34 PM 4/5/2010, you wrote:

Manoic (tapioca) flour -

(

http://www.chebe.com/) is it legal to use for

baking? Thanks for any help, Sam.

No. It's starch.

http://www.chebe.com/ch-o.htm

Manioc (tapioca) flour, modified manioc starch (100% manioc), dry

milk, iodine-free sea salt.

http://www.betuco.be/manioc/Cassava%20-%20Nutritional%20implications%20.pdf

Cassava is a starchy staple whose roots are very rich in carbohydrates, a

major source of

energy. In fact, the cassava plant is the highest producer of

carbohydrates among crop plants

with perhaps the exception of sugarcane. It has been reported that

cassava can produce 250 x

10^3 calories/ha/day compared to 176 x 10^3 for rice, 110 x 10^3 for

wheat, 200 x 10^3 for maize,

and 114 x 103 for sorghum (3,11 - 13). The chemical composition of

cassava varies in

different parts of the plant, and according to variety, location, age,

method of analysis, and

environmental conditions (table 2).

Although cassava roots are rich in calories, they are grossly deficient

in proteins, fat, and

some of the minerals and vitamins. Consequently, cassava is of lower

nutritional value than

are cereals, legumes, and even some other root and tuber crops such as

yams (table 3; 14,15).

The cassava root contains carbohydrates, 64 to 72 per cent of which is

made up of starch,

mainly in the form of amylose and amylopectin. About 17 per cent sucrose

is found in sweet

varieties, and small quantities of fructose and dextrose have been

reported (14). The lipid

content of cassava is only 0.5 per cent. Cassava is poor in proteins (1

to 2 per cent), and the

aminoacid profile of the cassava root is very low in some essential amino

acids, particularly

lysine, methionine, and tryptophan. The peel of cassava roots contains

slightly more protein

than is found in the flesh. Therefore, peeling results in loss of part of

the valuable protein

component of the root.

—

Marilyn

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