Tapioca starch is popularly used in bakeries as a gluten-free flour in bakeries and as a thickener for sauces, soups, puddings and stews. It is extracted from the roots of cassava plant and commonly known as sabudana flour in India. The root extract contains several impurities from the soil and unwanted organic compounds.

SpaceBlack Adsorbents makes high purity grades of powder activated carbon derived from wood charcoal and coal as well as granular activated carbon derived from coal and coconut shell charcoal to purify and refine the tapioca starch extract.