Tapioca milk residue

Tapioca milk residue is a by-product of tapioca root in preparation of sago. Tapioca tubers after deskinning and soaking in water are fed into the crusher and milk is obtained. The heavier starch particles are collected for sago preparation while the lighter starch particles which cannot get together to form the crystals of sago are collected by a different process and dried. The dried second grade starch is known as tapioca milk residue.

Nutritive value

It contains about 3-4% protein and 60-70% starch. It can be used up to 20-25% in ration of cattle (Banerjee, 2000).