Flour and starch

[ostrich]

This might be a dumb question, but are tapioca flour and tapioca starch the same thing? I can't find the starch, but I finally found the flour. Same thing with potato start/flour.
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[aklap]

Hi Os,

Nope - a very common question!

Here's some more info:

http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=110349

http://www.missroben.com/id1148.html - Scroll down till you find:

[Amy Higgins]

Tapioca starch is basically a root starch derived from the cassava, or yuca plant. Because of its light texture and sweet taste it's often used to thicken soups and sweeten the flavor of baked goods(cookies, pastries, and quick breads), and it makes a dandy pudding. Tapioca flour is heaver in texture and thicker, containing more of the fiber from the plant. The flour is used in bread flour, and some varieties of pasta. If you are using a recipe that calls for tapioca starch you need to use tapioca starch or your baked good will not come out right. I get my tapioca starch from a place called www.naturallyglutenfree.com , I think they sell both the flour and the starch.

Amy

[ostrich]

Woo, thanks guys! I was getting really confused for awhile. It sucks that I can't switch between flour and starch, I'm having such a hard time finding GF baking goods...
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[The Edifying Conscience]

Ostrich,
First I didn't read the links Al posted. For what it's worth I treat tapioca starch and tapioca flour as if they were the same. I didn't know there was any difference in the two.

Potato starch and potato flour are two very, very different products. I use a lot of potato starch, but never use potato flour. I don't even keep it in the house.
TEC

[aklap]

I have never seen Tapicoa starch AND flour as 2 individual products [doesn't mean that it doesn't exist,but I've never seen them]. I think it is 1 product and it's called 2 different things. Unlike the potato starch and flour - 2 different things.
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[The Edifying Conscience]

"This might be a dumb question, but are tapioca flour and tapioca starch the same thing? I can't find the starch, but I finally found the flour. Same thing with potato start/flour.
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aklap

PostPosted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:01 am
Hi Os,

Nope - a very common question!..."

Al, from you post. I thought you were answering O's question by saying No they are not the same thing. I think we're on the same page in that we both think tapioca starch and flour are the same.

TEC

[The Edifying Conscience]

[aklap]

yeah...my answer was confusing.

the NOPE was for "this is a dumb question".

Sorry 'bout that...my bad.
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[ostrich]

LOL, thanks for the help everybody! I'll have to print this all out and take it with me when I go food shopping.
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