Starch production techniques help cassava processors protect their profits. Validated RNRRS Output.
Abstract
This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID's 10-year Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS) programmes.
Summary for Project title: R6316: Small scale starch extraction and storage to improve process efficiency.
Some 60% of the water used in producing starch from cassava can be recycled using a hydrocyclone (a device that separates particles in a liquid suspension). The savings from water extraction offset production costs, and the technology can prove especially useful in areas with growing water shortages. Low concentrations of acetic acid (2%) can also help cassava processors to protect their profits, preventing the growth of micro-organisms in stored starch and thereby helping to maintain its quality. This knowledge addresses two of the major constraints to the cassava starch industry in India, and can be applied in other cassava-producing countries.
The CD has the following information for this output: Description, Validation, Current Situation, Environmental Impact. Attached PDF (8 pp.) taken from the CD.
Citation
CPH39, New technologies, new processes, new policies: tried-and-tested and ready-to-use results from DFID-funded research, Research Into Use Programme, Aylesford, Kent, UK, ISBN 978-0-9552595-6-2, p 110.