The ancient root that feeds a billion people and powers every Tapios bag.
Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is one of the most important food crops in the world. It feeds over a billion people across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It is drought-resistant, grows in poor soils, and has sustained civilizations for thousands of years in Brazil and beyond.
Despite its global significance, most people in North America have never heard of it. That is what we are here to change.
Cassava flour creates a uniquely satisfying crunch that other grain-free flours simply cannot replicate. It is naturally gluten-free, grain-free, and nut-free. It binds beautifully, bakes evenly, and absorbs flavor in ways that make every Tapios puff a genuine experience.
Unlike potato or corn-based snacks, cassava has a neutral, slightly earthy flavor that lets our real-ingredient spice blends shine without competing for attention.
All of our cassava is sourced from farms in the Brazilian cerrado practicing regenerative agriculture. This means rotating crops to restore soil health, maintaining natural ground cover to prevent erosion, minimizing synthetic inputs, protecting local watersheds, and working with the land rather than against it.
Every bag of Tapios is the result of a farming system that gives back more than it takes.
Every Tapios bag is proof that the most important crop you have never heard of makes the best snack you have ever eaten.
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Our not-so-secret ingredient
Cassava is an ancient root with a modern purpose: resilient, remarkably versatile, and deeply connected to the future of food.
Discover the rootAn ancient root with a modern purpose
Long before it filled a bag of Tapios, cassava nourished communities around the world. We chose it not only because it creates an incredible crunch, but because we believe it can help build a more diverse and resilient food system.
One root. Remarkable possibilities.
Cassava can become flour, starch, breads, snacks, tapioca, renewable films, adhesives, paper treatments, and much more. Few crops move so naturally between tradition and innovation.
More than an ingredient
An important source of food across South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia.
A versatile root that becomes neutral flour for baking, breading, and modern snacks.
Cassava starch and fermented polvilho create a light, airy texture and signature crunch.
Cassava starch can also contribute to renewable materials, packaging, paper, and adhesives.
One plant. Endless possibilities.
Cassava takes many forms, from farinha and tapioca to breads, noodles, baked goods, and the airy puffs that inspired Tapios.
An ancient South American story
Cassava was domesticated by Indigenous peoples in tropical South America thousands of years ago. Communities developed sophisticated methods to cultivate, process, and transform the root long before it traveled across the Atlantic and became a global staple.
A crop for a changing climate
Cassava can produce useful yields under drought, poor soils, and difficult growing conditions. That resilience gives it an important role in food security and climate adaptation.
When grown in diverse regenerative or syntropic systems alongside trees and other crops, cassava can be part of a farming landscape that supports soil structure, biodiversity, shade, and moisture retention.
Everything is connected
Cassava connects food, farming, communities, ecosystems, and material innovation. Its value does not end at harvest.
Explore the root
Cassava has a remarkable growth cycle, a wide range of varieties, and a global story that stretches far beyond Brazil.
Some cassava varieties can reach maturity in less than eight months, while others remain in the ground longer.
Cassava includes many cultivars adapted to different climates, soils, culinary traditions, and processing needs.
From South America, cassava became deeply important across Africa and Asia, supporting food systems, livelihoods, and industry.
The future of materials
Cassava starch can contribute to compostable films, molded fiber products, adhesives, coatings, and other emerging alternatives to conventional petroleum-based materials.
A crop that supports communities
Our vision for cassava includes stronger farming communities, greater recognition of traditional knowledge, and supply chains that reward the people caring for the crop and the land.
Our vision
We believe cassava deserves to be recognized as a strategic crop: one that can nourish people, strengthen communities, inspire better materials, and help build a more resilient food system.
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