Structure, properties, and potential applications of waxy tapioca starches - A review

摘要

Background: Waxy tapioca starches, successfully developed less than two decades ago, have unique function alines. In Africa, cassava is principally used as a staple food, whereas in Asia, cassava is mostly processed into starch. Tapioca starches, which are isolated from cassava, are heavily traded comparable to maize, potato and wheat starches.