About Tapioca and It's Production

Tapioca and It's Production - Tapioca is basically a root starch derived from the cassava, or yuca plant. It's often used to thicken soups and sweeten the flavor of baked goods, and it makes a dandy pudding.  The cassava plant is native to South America and the West Indies, where its thick, fibrous roots are used in a variety of forms: bread flour, laundry starch, an alcoholic brew, and of course, tapioca pudding. As the Encyclopedia Britannica tells us, it was probably first harvested by the Mayans.

The First Mocaf in the World

The First Mocaf in the World | agriculture commodities | Indonesia breaks the world record again thanks to the invention of Dr Achmad Subagio, a researcher of the Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Jember University, who successfully invented mocaf, the latest processed product made from cassava Manihot esculenta.

This invention is not a trivial thing since mocaf is able to substitute wheat flour on account of its aroma and taste which are equal to wheat flour. To make 1 kilo of noodles, as an example, mocaf 50 % substitute wheat flour. Meanwhile, to make cookies, the wheat flour may be completely substituted with mocaf.