Cassava crisis: the deadly food that doubles as a vital Venezuelan crop (2017)

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?

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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.

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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?

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