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Fruit Veg Fact

Also call:  Kamoteng kahoy, Manioc, Ubi kayu 

A root crop, has a long, coarse brown tubers when peel it reveals a fibrous white flesh.

Originate in America and now cultivated widely in the tropical Africa, Asia and America. The tapioca flour or starch is from the Cassava roots.

Select clean and a regular shape Cassava, avoid soft or dryness at the end. Store can be indefinite depending on the dry place.

Cassava can be boiled, steamed, baked and eaten like any roots vegetables. Cassava can be used to make flour which is then used to make bread products, curry sauce, cakes, stew dishes or paste. 

High in carbohydrate, excellent source of vitamin C, fibre, and magnesium. Quite a nutritional vegetable.

SERVING SIZE:  100 grm                              
* ENERGY:                     504 kj               * CALCIUM:           91 mg                   
* PROTEIN:                                             * VITAMIN A:                         
* FAT:                                                    * VITAMIN B:                             
* CARBOHYDRATES:         27 grm            * VITAMIN C:         48 mg                    
* DIETARY FIBRE:               3 grm            * MAGNESIUM:      66 mg
* SODIUM:                          0 grm            * PHOSPHORUS:    70 mg
* IRON:                           3.6 mg             * POTASSIUM:      764 mg
* NIACIN EQUIV:              1.6 mg

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Last modified: July 19, 2003