Ingredients like tapioca flour and arrowroot flour are common in paleo baked goods, and help improve the texture greatly. The only thing is, these ingredients are relatively …
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Tapioca powder or flour is not the same as cassava flour, considering its consistency. Cassava flour has high fiber content, and tapioca flour refined from cassava flour has only starch and a very high carbohydrate content. Both are beneficial in nutless and gluten-free cooking use.
Tapioca starch differs from corn starch in terms of its source. Corn starch is sourced from corn. Corn starch is sourced from corn. And as you may have guessed; tapioca starch comes from the cassava root.
Tapioca flour is confusingly okay on the paleo diet, even though it’s a low carb diet, because that diet isn’t as restrictive when it comes to carbohydrate intake. The big difference between the paleo and keto diet is that keto requires you to maintain between 20-30 net grams of carb intake per day (maximum) in order to maintain a state of ketosis.