Tips to distinguish real and fake tapioca starch

(Baonghean.vn) - Arrowroot powder is not only known as a very good cooling drink in the summer but can also cure many different diseases. This is a valuable remedy whose supply on the market is also very abundant. However, choosing a quality arrowroot powder is not simple. Let's pocket 4 ways to distinguishReal and fake cassava starch below to be able to take full advantage of the usefulness of this precious remedy.

Identify real and fake tapioca starch with the naked eye

Real tapioca starch is a type of starch with large, sharp grains, pure white in color, with a natural aroma characteristic of tapioca starch, dry powder, not moist. When put in the mouth to bite, real tapioca starch has a crispy taste, melts quickly in the mouth and feels warm on the tip of the tongue. After the tapioca starch melts on the tongue, we will feel the smoothness and no grit at all.

On the contrary, if it is fake tapioca starch, the powder has many impurities, the powder will not have sharp edges, small particles. When observed, it does not have a natural white color, usually has no aroma or a very strong smell, when bitten, the powder will feel soft.

Identify real and fake tapioca starch when mixed with water

Dissolve tapioca starch in a cup of pure water, then pour from one cup of water to another. If you see the water is drained cleanly, and there is no residue at the bottom of the cup, then the powder is completely pure.

If you are more meticulous, you can put the whole cup of dissolved tapioca starch in the refrigerator, after 3-5 hours the tapioca starch in the cup will settle to the bottom of the cup. Pour out the water and you will see that the powder is very difficult to pry up and has an absolute white color like when the powder is dry, then that is good powder.

Real tapioca starch when mixed with water has no residue. Illustration photo.

Identify real and fake tapioca starch by heating

Take about 3 spoons of tapioca starch, 1 bowl of water, 3 spoons of sugar, dissolve the above mixture, put it on the stove and cook for 10 minutes. Stir well while cooking. When the powder is cooked, pour it into a bowl, if you see the powder is clear to the bottom, then this is definitely a type of powder with excellent quality.

If you see the powder all the way to the bottom, then this is definitely good quality powder. Illustration photo.

Identify real and fake tapioca starch by taste

The simplest way is to mix two types of tapioca starch into two separate cups and try drinking them. The quality type of starch will definitely taste better and have the characteristic aroma of tapioca starch. Poor quality starches often have a strange taste, a musty smell or no aroma.

Identify real and fake tapioca starch by smell

In addition, when buying tapioca starch, you should not buy the type of starch that has been soaked in pomelo flowers because it is very easy to get moldy, or because the counterfeiter soaked pomelo flowers to remove the moldy smell of fake tapioca starch. Therefore, you should buy very dry and crispy starch to keep it for a long time.

How to mix tapioca starch according to each use: Beauty and healing

Cassava mask for smooth, bright skin. Illustration photo.

Treat acne, melasma and anti-aging: Due to its cooling and detoxifying effects, the nutrients in kudzu powder will help eliminate toxins that have accumulated in the body for a long time, preventing acne. In addition, in kudzu, there are many active ingredients Isoflavone - a substance with an activity similar to estrogen hormone, helping to replace disordered hormones, stabilize activity and prevent the secretion of melanin pigment - the cause of dark spots on the skin.

Drink 2 cups of tapioca starch mixed with green beans and sugar every day. You should also combine it with a face mask using the formula 20g tapioca starch + 20g green beans, 1 teaspoon of honey. Mix the mixture and apply it on your face for about 20-30 minutes, then rinse with clean water to see clear results.

Fever, headache, prevention of prickly heat, acne: Every day, take 12-30gr of dried kudzu root, decoct to drink or 10-16gr of powder, mix with water to drink.

Sunstroke, headache, stomachache, vomiting: You can use 12g mixed with sugar to drink or boil water to drink according to the formula 20g cassava root, 12g mung bean, crushed.

Food poisoning: Crush fresh cassava root and lotus root, squeeze out 500ml of juice and mix together and drink gradually.

Alcohol poisoning: Kudzu flower (30g), Coptis chinensis 4g, Talc 30g, Licorice powder 15g, grind into fine powder, then mix with water, roll into balls, drink about 3g each time with cool water.

Enteritis, stomachache, diarrhea: You can mix tapioca starch with sugar to drink or use 30g of tapioca root, 20g of crushed pennywort, add water and take the juice to drink every day.

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