Is sweet cassava really nontoxic? How do you distinguish sweet cassava from bitter cassava? If you eat it wrong, you will overeat.

Today, when I was searching for information about cassava in Baidu, I saw an article introducing sweet cassava, saying that sweet cassava is a variety of cassava and can be eaten directly raw.

In order to prevent this irresponsible fallacy from spreading, and to prevent my dear compatriots from eating sweet cassava poisoning by mistake, Hao felt obliged to clarify this problem. If you eat something wrong, you are probably finished.

On the morning of March 14, 2005 10:47:00, Netease News released a news report that "Filipino primary school students ate sweet cassava and 27 people died of food poisoning". As of press time, this poisoning incident has caused 27 students to die, 35 students are in serious condition, and 105 people were hospitalized.

The poisoning incident was caused by children eating fried sweet cassava. Two vendors selling fried sweet cassava ate some fried sweet cassava in front of the police in order to prove that their food was non-toxic. They were also poisoned on the spot and were taken to the hospital.

Seeing this, I want to ask, do you still dare to believe that sweet cassava is nontoxic? Still dare to believe that sweet cassava can be eaten directly?

Cassava can be divided into bitter cassava and sweet cassava according to taste. These two kinds of cassava are actually toxic and should not be eaten raw, but bitter cassava is more toxic and sweet cassava is less toxic.

Bitter cassava is poisonous and bitter, but it has high yield and high starch content. It is usually used to process starch, so it is not suitable for people to eat directly as food. Sweet cassava has low toxicity and sweet taste, but its yield and starch content are low, so it is usually used as a food crop for people to eat.

Some people may eat sweet cassava directly, but there is no toxic reaction. This is because the toxicity of sweet cassava is relatively small, and there will be no toxic reaction when eaten in a small amount, and it will also be poisoned if eaten directly.

The method of distinguishing sweet cassava from bitter cassava is also very simple-

Sweet cassava is also called bread cassava. The outermost epidermis is reddish brown and can be easily torn to expose the fleshy endothelium below. The upper surface of this endothelium is pale pink, and it is milky white near cassava pulp.

The endothelium of sweet cassava is also easy to peel, and it is also easy to peel raw cassava in circles. The flesh of sweet cassava is usually milky white or yellow, but milky white is usually the most common.

Toxic bitter cassava is extremely rare in the market, because it is so toxic that no one dares to pretend to be sweet cassava. The outermost epidermis of bitter cassava is grayish brown, which is closely combined with endothelium and is not easy to tear. The endothelium and pulp of bitter cassava are white, and they are not easy to peel off.

After proper cooking, sweet cassava can not only completely remove toxicity, but also become a sweet, soft and delicious food, which will be unforgettable once eaten.

About how to remove the toxicity of sweet cassava and how to eat it, I will introduce it slowly in future articles. Please pay attention to my Baidu bear's paw, and I will gradually make you an expert in diet and health.

According to the owner of Yisheng Taobao Store in Yi Shi, the starch processed with bitter cassava is mainly used in industrial production, and can only be used in food industry after refining and detoxification. Because cassava starch is cheap, industrial cassava starch is cheaper. Unscrupulous profiteers often mix a lot of cheap cassava starch into sweet potato starch. They made enough money, but our health was stolen.

After tapioca starch is mixed with sweet potato starch, the food made is unpalatable, and the vermicelli processed with this starch is not strong enough. If tapioca starch is mixed, it will be harmful to health. So try not to eat sweet potato starch and sweet potato vermicelli mixed with cassava starch. In the next article, we will talk about how to distinguish adulterated sweet potato starch from sweet potato vermicelli.