Our cassava chips are produced from our high quality fresh cassava through the process of deep-frying thinly cassava chips at the right temperature and methods to ensure its crunchy-ness and texture
Everyday, we are able to produce tons of cassava chips with different flavors such as original, black pepper, sweet corn, that have been supplied worldwide upon our clients' request as a healthy snack which is savory and satisfying.
If you would like to order, you better be quick to let us know because everyone loves it!
Cassava is a vegetable or root tuber from South America. Cassava is the main source of calories and carbohydrates, generally consumed by people in developing countries.
In Indonesia, cassava is usually processed by steaming, meeting into a compote mixture, mashed into flour, grated into combro or misro, pounded into getuk, or fried into cassava chips. One important note is that cassava must be cooked before eating. Because raw cassava contains poison.
Consuming 100 grams of boiled cassava contains 112 calories of which 98 percent comes from carbohydrates and 2 percent from protein and fat. In 100 grams of boiled cassava there are 27 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 5 percent phosphorus, 2 percent calcium, 2 percent riboflavin. Boiled cassava also contains a small amount of iron, vitamin C, and niacin.
Illustration of cassava. Dock. Shutterstock
That's just boiled cassava which is simple in processing. If you consume cassava chips, then the calories are certainly higher because they are processed with additional cooking oil and salt. So how to consume cassava that is safe and healthy?
First, don't overeat cassava. Just eat about 60 grams of processed cassava in a day and it is perfectly cooked. When processing cassava, make sure the skin is clean as it may contain cyanide. Soak the cassava in clean water before cooking to reduce the harmful ingredients in it.
Cook cassava by boiling, steaming, or roasting it. Processing cassava by frying because it will increase calories. If in doubt processing cassava from raw form, you can use a variation of cassava flour.
Presto cassava chips are made from selected cassava processed with selected spices to produce Presto cassava chips that are crispy, savory, delicious if you are interested we can send samples for you to try please contact us, thank you.
