Cassava and sweet potato have 3 main differences: shape, characteristics and uses.
1. Shape: sweet potato and cassava both contain “yam” in their names, and the common point is that they are both root crops, and can be used for food and processed into feed. Can observe the shape of the two kinds of potatoes, there are some differences. Sweet potatoes, as the name suggests, have a red skin with white or yellow starch inside. Cassava appearance is brown skin.
2. Characteristics: sweet potato in most areas of China can be planted, can be eaten raw or cooked to eat, can be ground into powder, can be made into food. And cassava is mainly grown in Guangdong, Fujian, Hainan and other places, can not be eaten raw, can only be cooked and eaten.
3. Use: sweet potato is a very common coarse food in China, in addition to sweet potato can be used for the production of dried sweet potato, sweet potato flour, sweet potato ice-cream, can be used to make starch, alcohol. Cassava is a staple food for most poor African families and is consumed through baking, roasting and boiling, and is also used for starch, industrial raw materials, etc.