Tapioca Starch

Product Overview

Tapioca Starch is a native starch derived from the cassava root (Manihot esculenta). It is a clean-label, gluten-free ingredient that offers smooth texture, neutral flavour, and excellent thickening and binding properties. With high purity and consistent granule structure, it is suitable for a wide range of food, beverage, and nutraceutical formulations.

Applications in Food Production

• Bakery & Snack Foods: Provides structure, crispness, and moisture control in biscuits, cakes, pastries, and extruded snacks. Improves dough handling, expansion, and mouthfeel, especially in gluten-free systems. Enhances crunch and surface gloss in baked or fried snacks.
  
• Sauces, Soups & Gravies: Acts as a natural clean-label thickener with smooth, glossy texture. Delivers excellent freeze–thaw stability and consistent viscosity. Maintains clarity and texture under heating and shearing.
  
• Dairy & Plant-Based Products: Stabilises and thickens yoghurts, puddings, and dairy desserts. Improves creaminess and body in plant-based milks, smoothies, and frozen desserts. Ensures uniform dispersion and heat stability during pasteurisation.
  
• Confectionery & Fillings: Provides elasticity and clarity in jellies, gummies, and fruit-based fillings. Prevents moisture migration and crystallisation, extending shelf life. Enhances texture and chewiness in gummy and jelly systems.
• Meat, Seafood & Processed Foods: Improves binding, texture, and juiciness in sausages, nuggets, patties, and surimi products. Acts as a fat-replacer and enhances moisture retention in low-fat meat formulations. Maintains firmness and cohesiveness after thermal processing.
• Instant & Convenience Foods: Provides instant thickening and smooth hydration in soups, gravies, sauces, and instant meals. Delivers lump-free consistency with stable viscosity over reheating cycles. Ideal for dehydrated blends and ready-to-eat applications.
• Beverages & Nutritional Products: Improves mouthfeel, suspension stability, and body in fortified and functional beverages. Acts as a carrier and stabiliser for flavour oils, vitamins, and plant proteins. Suitable for gluten-free, allergen-free, and clean-label beverage formulations.
• Pharmaceutical & Nutraceutical Applications: Functions as a binder, filler, and disintegrant in tablet and capsule production. Provides smooth dispersion and neutral taste for nutraceutical powders. Complies with FCC and USP standards, suitable for direct human consumption.

Food Additive Information

• Chemical Name: Cassava Starch (Native Starch)
• Category: Thickeners & Emulsifier
• CAS Number: 9005-25-8
  

Key Specifications (Typical Values)

• Appearance: Fine white powder, neutral odour and taste
• Solubility: Dispersible in cold water; fully soluble upon heating to form viscous paste
• Functionality: Thickening agent, stabiliser, binder, texture enhancer
• Grade: Food Grade / FCC compliant