Hello, I'm staff member Mmi (^^)

Tapioca has been a big hit in Japan for some time now.
The third tapioca boom that occurred about three years ago is probably still fresh in people's memories.
Several tapioca drink shops have opened near our office, and we (mostly the men) often go there to buy some during lunchtime.

Do you know what tapioca is made of?

The raw material for tapioca is cassava, a type of tuber native to South America.
Tapioca is made from starch produced from cassava.

In fact, cassava is the second most important staple food in Africa after corn.
Africa accounts for roughly half of the world's production, with Nigeria being the number one producer!

In Africa, most cassava is consumed as food, but starch produced from cassava is also used in a wide range of products, including tapioca, which became popular in Japan.
In addition to food products such as pão de queijo, chewy sweets, and fish cakes, the products are used for a wide range of purposes, including animal feed, industrial starch, and raw materials for biomass fuel.

In recent years, cassava has been attracting attention as an industrial raw material, particularly for use as industrial starch and biomass fuel, and Nigeria is also aiming to increase cassava production, not just for food but also for industrial use.

The third tapioca boom in Japan has calmed down, but demand for cassava, the raw material, is likely to continue to increase in the future.

I think I'll have tapioca today for the first time in a while.

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