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FOOD:
Tapioca starch is widely used in making foods, baby
food, bread, instant noodle,noodle,seasoning.
SWEETENER: Glucose, lactose and fructose made
from tapioca starch are used as substitutes for sucrose
in beverages, jams and canned fruits.
MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE: Tapioca starch is the
prime ingredient in making MSG.
MEDICINE:
Tapioca
starch is used to mix with active pharmaceutical materials
to make capsules and tablets.
TEXTILE: Tapioca starch is used in 3 stages
of textile processing:
-the sizing stage to make yarn smooth
-the printing stage to make the colors even and the
finishing stage to make the colors even
-the finishing stage to make the fabric durable and
shiny.
ANIMAL FOOD: Tapioca is one of the ingredients
for animal compounding.
ALCOHOL:
Tapioca is also used to produce liquor, industrial
and medical alcohol.
PAPER: Tapioca starch is used in the stage
of paper pressing and the stage of flattening and
polishing to improve the quality of the paper. It
is also used to thicken some kinds of paper, such
as calendar paper and package paper.
GLUE:
Tapioca starch is a very important raw material
in making glues.
PLYWOOD:
Glue made from tapioca starch is a key material
in plywood manufacturing. The quality of plywood depends
heavily on the glue
BIO-DEGRADABLE PRODUCTS: Tapioca starch can
be used as a substitute to plastic to mix with bio-degradable
polymer to produce a packaging material.
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