How to Substitute for Potato Starch and Potato Flour

By Christine

Don't be fooled just because potato starch and potato flour both have the word "potato" in them!

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Find out what and how to substitute for them in your gluten-free baking and cooking.

Are potato starch and potato flour the same thing?

Potato starch, potato flour - they're both made from potatoes, so can you alternate one for the other?

Nope. Both are actually very different.

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How to Substitute Potato Starch and Potato Flour

The best way to make substitutions when baking gluten-free is by matching the weights of your ingredients.

For potato flour:

You may have to adjust the moisture in your recipes depending on the flour you use.

Starches don't cause as much trouble as flours do! You have a few starches to choose from besides potato—cornstarch, tapioca, and arrowroot—and they are pretty much interchangeable when you are baking with them.

For potato starch:

For Potato Starch, I really like Anthony's Organic Potato Starch. It's super light and I like that it's organic. At about $12 for a 2 lb. bag, it will last a long time.

The best brands of Potato Starch and Potato Flour

For Potato Flour, I use Bob's Red Mill. It's around the same price as the potato starch and seems to be readily available in most grocery stores.