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Tapioca

Tapioca is cassava-derived starch sold as flour, pearls or granules, used to thicken foods and create chewy or tender cooked textures.

Tapioca — illustrative ingredient image

About Tapioca

Tapioca is starch extracted from cassava roots and sold in several forms; it is not the whole cassava root. Common forms include flour or starch, small pearls, and larger granules, which behave differently in cooking.

Tapioca starch is pale and fine, while pearls become soft and gelatinous when cooked in liquid. It is used to thicken foods and to make chewy or tender textures in baked and cooked preparations. The form and particle size affect hydration and cooking time.

Ingredient type
whole food

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tapioca

English

Tapioca, raw

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Tapioca nutrition & diet

Tapioca nutritional value

Reference: Tapioca, raw

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories
359kcal
Protein
0.4g
Carbs
95.0g
Fat
0.1g

Official national food-composition reference. The displayed food form is part of the estimate; cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Dry tapioca starch, dry pearls, and cooked tapioca differ in water content and are not directly comparable by weight. Added ingredients in prepared products also matter.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Composition of foods integrated dataset (CoFID), 2021 — 11-027 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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