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Cassava starch is relatively free from fibre. It is obtained by wet extraction from tubers , while flour is obtained by direct drying of the tuber pieces and pulverising Typically starch contains 98% starch and less than 0.5% fibre while it is around 75% starch and 1-3% fibre in the flour.

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Casava starch, while present in casava flour, is more effective in its refined form due to higher concentration... It should be noted that in order for casava flour to be used as an effective thickener it will need to be mixed with fat to form either a burre manie or roux

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What is the difference between tapioca dextrin and maize starch

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Maize flour is made from maize starch. The starch is the ingredient, the flour is the product.

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Corn starch is made from corn. Tapioca is made from cassava root.

They have different thickening properties. It really depends on what you're adding it too.

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