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> In ... Australia ... only available from selected specialty retailers or health food stores. It can be found in the major supermarkets https://shop.coles.com

> In ... Australia ... only available from selected specialty retailers or health food stores. It can be found in the major supermarkets https://shop.coles.com.au/a/a-qld-fnq-townsville-aitke/everything/search/Tapioca https://shop.coles.com.au/a/a-qld-fnq-townsville-aitke/every... https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/search/products?searchTerm=Tapioca https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/search/products?searchTer...

phyzome 8y ago
It's probably a lot cheaper when called "tapioca" than when called "cassava", at least in North America. :-P
- Pfhreak 8y ago
  Except "tapioca" in NA can also mean "sago", which is a totally different plant.
  - phyzome 8y ago
    Interesting, good to know! I don't think I've encountered that before.
- adrian_mrd 8y ago
  I am confused by the difference between Tapioca and Cassava. The article doesn’t make this clear... and yeah, I can Wikipedia it ;)
  - phyzome 8y ago
    As far as I can tell it's just a different common name.
adrian_mrd 8y ago
Sort of. Of the links you provided only one of them - at Coles New World! - is for Cassava* Flour: https://shop.coles.com.au/a/a-qld-fnq-townsville-aitke/product/bobs-red-mill-whole-tapioca-flour https://shop.coles.com.au/a/a-qld-fnq-townsville-aitke/produ... and online. I’ve never seen it at my local Coles or Woolies (or Aldis, or Foodland, or IGA, etc) The others are Tapioca starch or other products- not the same as flour. * and even then it is called Tapioca Flour so may not be the same thing as Cassava Flour. It is some times difficult to distinguish between Tapioca (starch-heavy?) and Cassava (starch-moderate?)
- markdown 8y ago
  Why are the products labelled Tapioca Flour and Cassava Flour different? It's the same tuber from the same plant, isn't it?
  - Anarch157a 8y ago
    Here in Brazil, we have two kinds of flour from manioc, a very coarse one used in Farofa and in a taco-shell like crunchy thing we call Tapioca, the other is a super thin one called Polvilho, used in biscuits and cheese bread. maybe they're related to the ones you know.
    - adrian_mrd 8y ago
      Thanks, I think the one commonly labelled Cassava Flour (at least in Australia) is the Povilho variety. Maybe the Tapioca vs Povilho difference refers to the bitter vs sweet varieties of the Cassava plant?
- jamesrcole 8y ago
  You missed the "arrowroot" flour, which is actually tapioca flour https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/226010/mc-kenzie-s-arrowroot-tapioca-flour https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/226010/mc-... There seems to be a bit of disagreement out there but most of the things I've read say the flour and starch are the same thing.
  - adrian_mrd 8y ago
    Thanks, good to know about the Arrowroot flour being Tapioca flour. Yeah, it is confusing determining what is flour and starch. Doesn’t help that there are a variety of names eg Yuca (but not Yucca!), Manioca, Cassava, etc.

phyzome 8y ago

It's probably a lot cheaper when called "tapioca" than when called "cassava", at least in North America. :-P

Pfhreak 8y ago
Except "tapioca" in NA can also mean "sago", which is a totally different plant.
- phyzome 8y ago
  Interesting, good to know! I don't think I've encountered that before.
adrian_mrd 8y ago
I am confused by the difference between Tapioca and Cassava. The article doesn’t make this clear... and yeah, I can Wikipedia it ;)
- phyzome 8y ago
  As far as I can tell it's just a different common name.

adrian_mrd 8y ago

Sort of. Of the links you provided only one of them - at Coles New World! - is for Cassava* Flour: https://shop.coles.com.au/a/a-qld-fnq-townsville-aitke/product/bobs-red-mill-whole-tapioca-flour https://shop.coles.com.au/a/a-qld-fnq-townsville-aitke/produ... and online. I’ve never seen it at my local Coles or Woolies (or Aldis, or Foodland, or IGA, etc) The others are Tapioca starch or other products- not the same as flour. * and even then it is called Tapioca Flour so may not be the same thing as Cassava Flour. It is some times difficult to distinguish between Tapioca (starch-heavy?) and Cassava (starch-moderate?)

markdown 8y ago
Why are the products labelled Tapioca Flour and Cassava Flour different? It's the same tuber from the same plant, isn't it?
- Anarch157a 8y ago
  Here in Brazil, we have two kinds of flour from manioc, a very coarse one used in Farofa and in a taco-shell like crunchy thing we call Tapioca, the other is a super thin one called Polvilho, used in biscuits and cheese bread. maybe they're related to the ones you know.
  - adrian_mrd 8y ago
    Thanks, I think the one commonly labelled Cassava Flour (at least in Australia) is the Povilho variety. Maybe the Tapioca vs Povilho difference refers to the bitter vs sweet varieties of the Cassava plant?
jamesrcole 8y ago
You missed the "arrowroot" flour, which is actually tapioca flour https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/226010/mc-kenzie-s-arrowroot-tapioca-flour https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/226010/mc-... There seems to be a bit of disagreement out there but most of the things I've read say the flour and starch are the same thing.
- adrian_mrd 8y ago
  Thanks, good to know about the Arrowroot flour being Tapioca flour. Yeah, it is confusing determining what is flour and starch. Doesn’t help that there are a variety of names eg Yuca (but not Yucca!), Manioca, Cassava, etc.