The moisture content of the cassava root tuber was approx. 58%(Table 1). The starch content of the total solids was approx. 85% (dryweight basis). Hence, the starch content of the cassava cake was approx. 36% (fresh basis), similar to the 34.7% reported by Charleset al. (2004). The remaining 15% of the total solids consisted mainlyof non-starch polysaccharides (both soluble and insoluble cell wallmaterials); as there are only trace levels of protein, lipids and ashin cassava tuber (Blagbrough et al., 2010).