Calorie battle: tapioca dadinho x stuffed tapioca –

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Tapioca is very versatile: stuffed, it is delicious with sweets and savory foods; in preparations in which the gum is immersed in oil, it turns into appetizing (and plump!) fried dumplings. And if you’re one of those people who can’t resist reading the word tapioca on the menu, it’s better to control yourself, because not everything made with cassava starch is light. Next, check out the calories present in the tapioca dadinho and in the stuffed version of the dish.

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The fried tapioca dadinho (150 g) has 484 calories. The tapioca stuffed with buffalo mozzarella (2 slices), tomato and 1 drizzle of olive oil (150 g) contains 245 calories.

*Dadinho calories provided by Bar Pasquim (SP) and tapioca calculated by nutritionist Carolina Furlani Baliere, from Muriaé (MG).