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Re:Cassava crisis: the deadly food that doubles as a vital V... by jamesrcole on Thursday July 12, 2018 @01:19PM (#17516691)
> In ... Australia ... only available from selected specialty retailers or health food stores.

It can be found in the major supermarkets https://shop.coles.com.au/a/a-qld-fnq-townsville-aitke/every... https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/search/products?searchTer...

Re:Cassava crisis: the deadly food that doubles as a vital V... by adrian_mrd on Thursday July 12, 2018 @04:23PM (#17518306)
Sort of. Of the links you provided only one of them - at Coles New World! - is for Cassava* Flour: https://shop.coles.com.au/a/a-qld-fnq-townsville-aitke/produ... and online. I’ve never seen it at my local Coles or Woolies (or Aldis, or Foodland, or IGA, etc)

The others are Tapioca starch or other products- not the same as flour.

* and even then it is called Tapioca Flour so may not be the same thing as Cassava Flour. It is some times difficult to distinguish between Tapioca (starch-heavy?) and Cassava (starch-moderate?)

Re:Cassava crisis: the deadly food that doubles as a vital V... by jamesrcole on Thursday July 12, 2018 @08:49PM (#17519788)
You missed the "arrowroot" flour, which is actually tapioca flour https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/226010/mc-...

There seems to be a bit of disagreement out there but most of the things I've read say the flour and starch are the same thing.

Re:Cassava crisis: the deadly food that doubles as a vital V... by adrian_mrd on Friday July 13, 2018 @12:48AM (#17520574)
Thanks, good to know about the Arrowroot flour being Tapioca flour.

Yeah, it is confusing determining what is flour and starch. Doesn’t help that there are a variety of names eg Yuca (but not Yucca!), Manioca, Cassava, etc.

Re:Cassava crisis: the deadly food that doubles as a vital V... by markdown on Thursday July 12, 2018 @06:23PM (#17519115)
Why are the products labelled Tapioca Flour and Cassava Flour different?

It's the same tuber from the same plant, isn't it?

Re:Cassava crisis: the deadly food that doubles as a vital V... by Anarch157a on Thursday July 12, 2018 @07:09PM (#17519367)
Here in Brazil, we have two kinds of flour from manioc, a very coarse one used in Farofa and in a taco-shell like crunchy thing we call Tapioca, the other is a super thin one called Polvilho, used in biscuits and cheese bread. maybe they're related to the ones you know.
Re:Cassava crisis: the deadly food that doubles as a vital V... by adrian_mrd on Friday July 13, 2018 @01:21PM (#17524849)
Thanks, I think the one commonly labelled Cassava Flour (at least in Australia) is the Povilho variety.

Maybe the Tapioca vs Povilho difference refers to the bitter vs sweet varieties of the Cassava plant?

Re:Cassava crisis: the deadly food that doubles as a vital V... by phyzome on Thursday July 12, 2018 @01:31PM (#17516798)
It's probably a lot cheaper when called "tapioca" than when called "cassava", at least in North America. :-P
Re:Cassava crisis: the deadly food that doubles as a vital V... by Pfhreak on Thursday July 12, 2018 @02:22PM (#17517247)
Except "tapioca" in NA can also mean "sago", which is a totally different plant.
Re:Cassava crisis: the deadly food that doubles as a vital V... by phyzome on Thursday July 12, 2018 @02:28PM (#17517305)
Interesting, good to know! I don't think I've encountered that before.
Re:Cassava crisis: the deadly food that doubles as a vital V... by adrian_mrd on Thursday July 12, 2018 @04:27PM (#17518329)
I am confused by the difference between Tapioca and Cassava. The article doesn’t make this clear... and yeah, I can Wikipedia it ;)
Re:Cassava crisis: the deadly food that doubles as a vital V... by phyzome on Friday July 13, 2018 @03:24PM (#17525905)
As far as I can tell it's just a different common name.