Cassava chips (HQCC)

Dried cassava chips shall conform to the compositional requirements:

Parameter

Requirement

Method of Test

Moisture content, by mass, %, maximum

12

ISO 712

Total acidity, % m/m, max

1.0

Crude ash on dry matter basis %, maximum

3.0

ISO 2171

Acid insoluble ash, on dry matter basis, %, maximum

0.15

EAS 82

Crude fibre on dry matter basis %, maximum

3.0

ISO 5498

Hydrogen cyanide mg/kg, dry matter basis, max

10.0

DEAS 744

Starch content, % m/m, min

75

ISO 10520

Cassava residual pulp

During the processing of cassava starch, the residual pulp separated in the screening process is also used as an animal feed. It is usually utilized in the wet state (75-80% moisture content) in the neighborhood of the processing factory but is sometimes sun dried before it is sold. This product is considered a by-product of the cassava starch industry and represents about 10% by weight of the cassava roots.