Tapioca is a dish of the year that reflects the world. December 5, 14:50
In fact, “Tapioca” was chosen as the “one dish of the year” to choose the food that most reflects the world. As a tapioca drink became a so-called “instagram”, it became a boom and the stores that handled it spread throughout the country.
“One dish of the year” is a food information research company, “GourNavi Research Institute”, which selects “food” that symbolizes things based on the number of searches and questionnaires on the Internet. doing.
At that time, “Spice Curry”, “Tapioca”, “Cheese Gourmet” and “Fermented Food Menu” were nominated, and “Tapioca” was selected as a result of selection.
Tapioca is characterized by its texture, which is a processed food made from starch extracted from a cassava plant.
It became a boom as drinks containing tapioca, mainly milk tea, were “instagram”, and the word “tapiru” expressing drinking drinks with tapioca became a buzzword.
According to research firms, this means that the number of searches on Tapioca's Internet has increased 70 times compared to 3 years ago, and the number of stores handled has increased 3 times compared to 1 year ago. .
Mr. Mihoko Ikenaka from GourNavi Research Institute said, “I evaluated the fact that it became a social phenomenon beyond the boom. I think it will be used more than drinks in the future.”