Physicochemical characteristics of samples were summarized in
Table 1. Moisture contents (% total weight) of rice flour (RF) and
tapioca starch (TS) were approximately 7% and not significantly
different (pP0.05). The protein content of RF was 6.56 ,
while none was detected in TS since small amount of protein
(0.7–1.2%) generally found in cassava flour was removed during
starch extraction. The amylose and fat
contents of RF was higher than those of TS.