What are the end products of cassava roots？

When being asked about what are the end products of cassava root, what will come to you first? We may think of all kinds of food made from cassava, animal feed or industrial products produced by cassava, like garri, cassava flour, cassava starch, cassava chips, etc..

Yes, these are important end products of cassava root. But actually, cassava can be processed into flour or starch, and cassava flour can be further used for bread making, while cassava starch can also be further made into glucose, fructose, or used for food, beverage, medicine, textile, paper making, etc. So there is no definite answer for what are the end products of cassava root.

What are the end products of cassava?

But basically, the end products of cassava roots include the following:

1. Food

Now, 65% of the harvested cassava is used for food in the world. This can be further divided into two types, one is cassava being directly made into food, the other is cassava being processed into cassava flour, starch, garri and then used for food.

a) Cassava is eaten directly. To eat cassava directly, cassava is generally peeled and cut into pieces, and then cooked by baking or boiling. After this processing, the cassava can be safely consumed.

And cassava can also be processed into the following food.

Cassava pastry: Cassava roots can be made into cakes, biscuits, fans, and other foods.

Garri: Cassava is cleaned, peeled and grated into mash, after 2 or 3 days' fermentation, it is dewatered and fried to crisp. It can be eaten directly or consumed with water and honey.

Fufu: Traditionally, cassava is boiled and ground into mash, and then serve it with stews or soups.

Cassava food

b) Cassava is processed into starch and flour first, and then be made into food.

Cassava flour food: Cassava be processed into flour first, and then be made into bread by mixing with wheat flour. Except for bread, cassava flour can also be used to make cookies, candy, pasta and couscous.

Cassava starch food: Process cassava into starch, and then used in as canned foods, frozen foods, dry mixes, baked goods, snacks, seasonings, soups, sausages, dairy products, meat and fish products and baby food.

Cassava flour and starch can be further made into other food

2. Animal feed

Cassava roots are high-energy feed ingredients. The rough dry cassava flour and cassava chips can be used as an ideal feed for livestock and poultry, instead of all the cereal ingredients in the compound feed.

Cassava can be used for animal feed and suger industry

3. Industrial products of cassava root:

Used in the sugar industry: produce glucose, fructose, etc.

Fermentation industry: making alcohol, drinking wine, various organic acids, amino acids, cassava protein, etc. , citric acid, glutamic acid, lysine,

Chemical industry: manufacturing sorbitol, mannitol, emulsifiers, coatings, etc. It is especially desirable for the manufacture of degradable plastic articles.

The above are the end products of cassava roots, but cassava starch, cassava flour, garri and cassava chips are still the main end products of cassava roots. Their economic value and market demand are higher, and compared with their deep processing industrial products, their investment is relatively lower, therefore the current cassava processing is dominated by these products. If you want to process cassava roots into these products, welcome to contact Doing Company, we can supply you with professional cassava processing equipment.