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Starches and starchy roots

Item No.

Commodity and description

Calories

Protein

Fat

Notes

(No. per 100 gm.)

(Percent)

Extraction rate

Can apply to other extraction rates

Percent

STARCHES AND STARCHY ROOTS


POTATOES

34

Potato (Solanum tuberosum)

70

1.7

0.1


35

Potato flour

349

8.5

0.4


36

SWEET POTATOES (Ipomoea batatas)

97

1.1

0.3



CASSAVA

37

Fresh (Manihot spp.)

109

0.9

0.2

Manioc, yuca

38

Meal and flour

338

1.5

0.6


39

YAUTIA (Xanthosoma spp.)

109

1.7

0.3

Also called tanier, malanga

40

TARO (Colocasia spp.)

86

1.5

0.2


41

YAM (Dioscorea spp.)

90

2.1

0.2


42

ARRACACHA (Arracacia xanthorrhiza)

75

1.2

0.2


43

STARCHES, PURE DRY

362

0.5

0.3

Arrowroot, cornstarch, sago, tapioca, etc.


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