Cassava<\/strong><\/span> Kepoyoan on cassava can be caused by the physiological process that is the enzymatic browning reactions that lead to a sense of cassava become bitter and hard texture.<\/span> Other damage can be flaky skin, bruises and cuts, microbiologically characterized by the growth of mold is accompanied by the emergence of odor and discoloration.<\/span> Biologically characterized by the presence of bite marks \/ holes.<\/span><\/p>\n No specific quality requirements for commodity cassava, but there is little difference between the characteristics of cassava for direct consumption and characteristics of cassava for industrial purposes.<\/span> Characteristics of cassava for direct consumption and for industry as shown in Table 3.<\/span><\/p>\n Table 3. Characteristics of cassava for direct consumption and Industry<\/span> strong> Sweet Potatoes<\/span>
\n Manioc or cassava is an important source of carbohydrate after rice, maize, and sago.<\/span> Cassava is the botanical name Manihot esculenta Crantz but better known by the name Manihot utilissima.<\/span> Cassava can be used directly as a staple food or processed into semi-finished products in the form of starch cassava (tapioca), dried cassava and cassava flour.<\/span> Damage that occurs in cassava is the changing color of the tuber flesh that there is a bluish color, the process is usually called kepoyoan.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n Sweet Potato (Ipomea batatas) is also called sweet potato is one of tubers that have long been known and is also consumed by the people of Indonesia.<\/span> Sweet potato is a food source of carbohydrates and calories (energy) is quite high.<\/span> Aside from being a source of carbohydrates, sweet potatoes also contain other nutrients with a fairly complete nutritional composition as shown in Table 4.<\/span><\/p>\n