Taopica is a starch sold as flour, flakes, or pearls that’s low in nutritional value. People may use it as a gluten-free wheat alternative. Tapioca is a starch extracted from cassava root. It consists ...

Tapioca flour, or tapioca starch, is gluten-free and often used in baking and cooking. If you find you don’t have any tapioca flour but a recipe calls for it, you can use any of these 6 substitutes.

Global demand for products made with tapioca starch is set to rise, supported by increased interest in products that deliver health benefits and are free from gluten and other allergens. According to ...

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have recently created a healthier form of starch in the cassava plant. Published in the scientific journal Plant ...

A natural gum can be used to improve the functionality of tapioca starch without impacting ‘clean label’ claims, according to new research. Tapioca starch is a thickening agent derived from cassava ...

CLOSTER, NJ. — American Key Food Products has expanded its tapioca product line by launching native waxy tapioca starch, a gluten-free, non-GMO ingredient high in amylopectin. Sourced from AKFP’s ...