Roots  /  01

Where it begins.

Indonesia’s root crops are diverse, adaptable and deeply connected to local agriculture. We focus on selected crops with the potential to move beyond their origins.

Featured roots  /  five crops

Freshly harvested cassava roots with soil still clinging to the skin

Cassava

Manihot esculenta
  • Fresh
  • Dried
  • Flour
  • Starch
  • Chips / Slice
  • Snacks
Red-skinned sweet potatoes lifted from a garden bed, roots and vines attached

Sweet Potato

Ipomoea batatas
  • Fresh
  • Dried
  • Flour
  • Starch
  • Chips / Slice
  • Snacks
Purple sweet potatoes, one sliced open to reveal deep violet flesh

Purple Sweet Potato

Ipomoea batatas var.
  • Fresh
  • Dried
  • Flour
  • Starch
  • Paste
  • Chips / Slice
  • Snacks
Whole taro corms with a cut half showing speckled white flesh

Taro

Colocasia esculenta
  • Fresh
  • Dried
  • Flour
  • Paste
  • Chips / Slice
  • Snacks
A green breadfruit ripening on the branch among broad leaves

Breadfruit

Artocarpus altilis
  • Fresh
  • Dried
  • Flour

Beyond the crop

We look at what a crop can become.

Every root moves through the same question: what is it worth as it is, and what is it worth transformed? These are the forms we work in.

Fresh / Raw

Whole or minimally processed roots, available fresh or prepared for further processing.

  • Cassava
  • Sweet Potato
  • Purple Sweet Potato
  • Taro
  • Breadfruit

Dried

Roots dried to reduce moisture and extend shelf life, ready for milling, further processing or shipment.

  • Cassava
  • Sweet Potato
  • Purple Sweet Potato
  • Taro
  • Breadfruit

Chips / Slices

Roots cut into chips, slices, sticks or other formats — fresh, dried or frozen for further processing or food production.

  • Cassava
  • Sweet Potato
  • Purple Sweet Potato
  • Taro

Flour

Finely milled root products used as ingredients for baking, noodles, snacks and other food applications.

  • Cassava
  • Sweet Potato
  • Purple Sweet Potato
  • Taro
  • Breadfruit

Starch

Extracted root starch used as a functional ingredient for thickening, binding, texture and other food applications.

  • Sweet Potato
  • Cassava

Paste / Puree

Processed roots in paste or puree form, suitable for food manufacturing, sauces, fillings and other applications.

  • Purple Sweet Potato
  • Taro

Finished Food / Ready to Eat

Ready-to-eat or nearly ready-to-eat products made from Indonesian roots, including chips, crackers, baked snacks and other formats.

  • Cassava
  • Sweet Potato
  • Taro

Custom

Made-to-spec root products developed around specific product, processing, packaging or market requirements.

  • On request
Root flour pouring from a vessel into a cloth-lined drum
A stack of thin root chips falling into a dark bowl

Raw → processed → market ready

One crop,
many destinations.

A cassava root can leave the country as a fresh crate, a sack of flour, a drum of starch or a finished snack in retail packaging. Which one it becomes depends on the buyer at the other end — so we start the conversation there.

Need a form that isn’t listed?

Custom work is part of what we do. Send us the specification and we will tell you honestly whether Indonesia can supply it.

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