Cassava

What Cassava does

Cassava S/A is a Brazilian privately held manufacturer of cassava (manioc) starch solutions, founded in 1954 by Victor Ohf and headquartered in Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina. The company converts raw cassava roots into a portfolio of industrial ingredients including natural starch (fécula de mandioca), modified starches, dextrins (marketed under the CADEX-CAGEL line with 30 models), maltodextrins (NEOMALT), pregelatinized starch, special flours, tapioca, and the CCB4400 cheese bread mix. Four strategically located manufacturing units in Santa Catarina, Paraná, and Mato Grosso do Sul provide a combined processing capacity exceeding 900 tons of cassava roots per day, supported by international certifications (Kosher, SEDEX/SMETA, ISO 9001, BRCGS, Non-GMO, Vegan, Renewable Energy).

The business model is B2B industrial ingredient sales with quote-based pricing, multi-year qualification cycles, and direct commercial relationships across five end-markets: food processing, adhesives, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, chemicals, and mining. Export channels reach the USA, Mexico, South Africa, UAE, and Canada. In 2020, the company opened the Cassava Lab innovation center at Rio do Sul to support application research and customer engagement in healthy eating applications. In 2022, it extended downstream into consumer products via the You-k! Foods sub-brand (gluten-free flours, mixes, pasta, and snacks). The Cassava Group also includes adjacent operating subsidiaries Bovenau (hydraulic equipment) and Unidas Veículos (Chevrolet dealership), held through Victor Ohf Administração de Bens Ltda.

Name

Cassava

Legal name

Cassava S/A

Website

https://cassava.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Cassava S/A is a Brazilian privately held manufacturer founded in 1954 that produces cassava starch derivatives, including natural starch, modified starches, dextrins, and maltodextrins, for B2B industrial customers across food, adhesives, pharma, cosmetics, chemicals, and mining, with consumer products under the You-k! Foods sub-brand.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Food Ingredients (Cassava Starch and Derivatives)

NAICS

Starch and Vegetable Fats and Oils Manufacturing (31122), Wet Corn Milling and Starch Manufacturing (311221), Grain and Oilseed Milling (3112), Food Manufacturing (311)

SIC

Grain Mill Products (2040), Food And Kindred Products (2000), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Native Starches & Flours (Corn, Potato, Tapioca, Wheat, Rice) (AFAJABAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Modified Food Starches (Acetylated, Crosslinked, Pregelatinized, Dextrins) (AFAJABAA), Starch-Based Thickeners (Native & Modified Starches, Dextrins) (AFAJAMAA), Starches & Grain Derivatives Manufacturing (cornstarch, maltodextrin, glucose solids) (AFAKABAG), Fibers, Starches & Texturizers (Resistant Starch, Maltodextrin, Inulin) (CRADAOAK)

Keywords

• Cassava starch processing
• Modified starch production
• Industrial dextrin manufacturer
• Maltodextrin food ingredients
• Manioc starch solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Rio Do Sul

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Cassava Starch and Derivatives: B2B sales of industrial ingredients including natural cassava starch (fécula), modified starches, dextrins, maltodextrins, special flours, pre-gelatinized starch, sago, and tapioca to food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical, adhesive, and mining industries.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Cassava manufactures and sells cassava-based industrial ingredients — natural cassava starch (Fécula de Mandioca), modified starches, dextrins (CADEX-CAGEL), maltodextrins (NEOMALT), pregelatinized starch (Cagel), special low-moisture starches, special flours, sago, and tapioca — to enterprise clients in the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical, adhesive, and mining industries across Brazil and international markets. The company also operates the You-k! Foods consumer sub-brand for gluten-free finished products.

Product overview

Cassava is a Brazilian food ingredients manufacturer processing cassava roots since 1954. The company operates as a single-product-line manufacturer focused on cassava starch solutions, offering natural starch (Fécula de Mandioca), modified starches, dextrins (CADEX-CAGEL), maltodextrins (NEOMALT), special starches, pregelatinized starch (Cagel), and special flours. The company also produces pre-formulated mixes like CCB4400 for cheese bread. Manufacturing spans from raw starch extraction to sophisticated derivatives including high-performance modified starches. A subsidiary brand You-k! Foods (founded 2022) offers consumer-facing gluten-free flours, mixes, pasta, and snacks under a clean label positioning. All products are marketed as GMO Free, Allergent Free, and Gluten Free.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• You-k! Foods: Consumer-facing sub-brand launched in 2022 offering gluten-free, clean label, healthy food products including flours, mixes for breads and cakes, pasta and snacks.
• CADEX-CAGEL

Products and services

• CADEX-CAGEL Dextrin Line National leader line of dextrins and pregelatinized starches with 30 models, providing increased fluidity, solubility, brightness, and adhesiveness. Used as adhesives in Bristol board sheets, corrugated cardboard covers, postage stamps, envelopes, tubes, and fiber kegs, as well as in the food industry for tablets, chocolate powder, juice aromatizers, and other applications.
• Special Low Moisture Starch Natural cassava starch with low microbial count and extremely dry characteristics, applied as filling for sandwich cookies and used in pharmaceutical tablets and dragees. Targeted at food manufacturers and pharmaceutical excipient buyers.
• NEOMALT Maltodextrins Maltodextrin product line offering lightness, solubility, greater dispersibility, and low sucrose content. Used in aroma encapsulation, color development control, as a flavor vehicle, and in baking premixes, targeting food industry formulators.
• CCB4400 Mix for Cheese Bread Pre-formulated mix developed specifically for cheese bread production, replacing cassava starch, sour starch, and modified starches. Eliminates the need for blanching and standardizes the final product for industrial and bakery customers.
• Cagel Pregelatinized Starch Pregelatinized starch developed for production of cheese bread, cheese biscuits, and chipa at usage levels from 9–22%, and for preserving moisture in creamy cakes. Serves bakery and snack manufacturers.
• Cassava Starch (Fécula de Mandioca) Natural cassava starch (tapioca starch) serving as the company's foundational raw material, transformed into modified starches, dextrins, maltodextrins, special flours, and other derivatives across the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and chemical industries.
• Modified Starch High-performance modified starches derived from cassava, including pre-gelatinized starch, dextrins, and maltodextrins, with applications in food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and chemical industries. Cassava's Maripá unit was the first in Brazil to produce modified starches (1997).
• Special Flours Cassava-based special flour line for baking applications, produced at the Paranavaí manufacturing unit, used by bakery and food-service customers.
• Sagu (Tapioca Pearls) Cassava sago with strong receptivity in sweet dessert lines, also used in cereal processing and bakery input industry, produced at the Glória de Dourados manufacturing unit for food industry customers.
• You-k! Foods Consumer Brand Consumer-facing sub-brand established in 2022 offering gluten-free flours, mixes for breads and cakes, pasta, and snacks, positioned as clean label, healthy, and tasty products using Cassava's cassava starch expertise.

Quantifiable outcome

• National leader in CADEX-CAGEL dextrin and pre-gel production and supply
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Archer Daniels Midland (ADM): Global food processing and ingredient company with corn wet milling and starch/sweetener operations serving food, beverage, and industrial customers. Comparable through starch and modified starch products, though as part of a broader agricultural commodity and nutrition portfolio.
• Cargill: Global agribusiness and food ingredient conglomerate with extensive starch and sweetener operations serving food, beverage, and industrial customers worldwide. Comparable through food ingredient supply and starch applications, though as part of a vastly broader portfolio that includes commodities trading and animal nutrition.

Direct peers

• Roquette: Global leader in starch-based ingredients and polyols from corn, wheat, potato, and pea, serving food, nutrition, pharma, and industrial markets. Comparable through its modified starch portfolio, pharmaceutical-grade excipients, and industrial applications including adhesives.
• AGRANA: Austrian food and industrial ingredients group operating starch (from corn, potato, wheat) and fruit preparation segments serving food processors across Europe and globally. Comparable through parallel starch ingredients business model, food industry customer overlap, and similar industrial starch applications.
• Tate & Lyle: Global food and beverage ingredients company with a substantial specialty modified starch and texturizer business serving food, beverage, and industrial customers. Directly comparable through modified starch technology, customer overlap in food and industrial applications, and similar clean-label positioning.
• Budi Starch & Sweetener: Indonesian tapioca starch and sweetener manufacturer serving food, paper, textile, and industrial customers across Asia and global markets. Most directly comparable to Cassava through its cassava-specific feedstock and parallel modified starch / native starch / sweetener product lines.
• Ingredion: Global ingredient solutions company specializing in starches, sweeteners, and plant-based proteins derived from corn, tapioca, and other sources. Directly comparable to Cassava through its modified starch portfolio and food/pharma customer base, though at significantly larger scale and with corn-based primary feedstock.
• Tereos: French cooperative producing starches, sweeteners, and ethanol from wheat, corn, and cassava (including operations in Brazil via Tereos Açúcar & Energia Brasil). Comparable through cassava and other starch processing, modified starch production, and food/industrial ingredient customer base.

Regional players

• Manildra Group: Australia's largest wheat starch and gluten producer supplying food and industrial customers across the Asia-Pacific region. Comparable through its industrial starch and modified starch portfolio for food, paper, and adhesive applications, though primarily serving the Australian and APAC geographies.
• Crespel & Deiters: German wheat starch specialist producing native and modified starches for food, paper, and industrial applications across European markets. Comparable through its modified starch portfolio, food industry customer base, and industrial applications including adhesives and corrugated board.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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