What is organic saffron?

What is organic saffron? Where to buy organic saffron? Which country is the largest organic saffron producer in the world? How to distinguish organic and original saffron from fake? What is the real price of organic saffron?

Nowadays organic food products are one of the most popular products. These types of products will eventually become more demanding as they are healthy and nutritious. Saffron is one of the Iranian products, which nowadays is highly controversial since it can be used for therapeutic and export purposes. The Iranian organic saffron center, where saffron is cultivated inappropriate manner, offers its products through Mashhad and Tehran markets.

What is organic saffron?

Organic saffron is saffron that is made without any chemicals. Of course, the process of changing the organic nature of the crop should also not be used during development. Such crop production often has high costs and requires a lot of effort. In Iran and around the world, organic saffron is purchased for both home and pharmaceutical use.

The usages of organic saffron

What are the usages of organic saffron?

Organic crops are perfectly natural, free of pesticides and biodegradable as they grow under different conditions. This will also produce high-quality saffron, which has high benefits and will cause less environmental pollution. That is one of the most important goals of producing original products. Organic saffron is purchased from both domestic and pharmaceutical industries in Iran and around the world.

Where to buy organic saffron?

In Iran, the city of Gonabad has begun producing organic saffron and has even reached worldwide registration. Organic saffron is of great importance because it has a different aroma than other saffron types. The best and most desirable types of organic saffron are cultivated in many areas, including:

Torbat Jam

Torbat Heidariye

Neyshabour

Kerman

Ferdows

Of course, saffron is best produced everywhere in the world, but these are the most desirable and important areas. European countries are one of the main buyers of Iranian organic saffron. Today the organic saffron dealer sites in Iran are the distributors of this product throughout the country.

Price of organic saffron per kilo

The more balanced the saffron cultivation and climate is, the higher the quality of the saffron will be, and it can be sold at the highest price. The price of organic saffron is not fixed. There is no doubt that the price of organic saffron will be higher than that of other saffron, and this will be applied by the pricing centers and farmers functioning in this regard.

If you are a buyer of organic saffron produced in Iran, visit the sites that sell this product daily, including Nayzi, but you can stay connected to this collection if you want to get prices right now. Nayzi is also with you to do the best deals of saffron for your loved ones.

Ways to Detect Organic Saffron from Fake Saffron

You must first identify the saffron from its appearance. The stigma of the saffron at upper part is trumpet- formed and thinner at the bottom. The color of organic saffron is dark red.

Those involved in the saffron business are well aware that the taste and aroma of saffron is unique. In other words, the color and flavor of saffron is considered as a constant indicator. Hence, they are divided into different types of saffron, including Sargol, straw, Negin, bunch and white.

One way of identifying the organic saffron is that pure and original saffron always smells sweet, not tastes sweet. Taste a string of saffron. If you have a sweet taste, this is not the original saffron. Some dishonest people add honey or sugar to increase the weight of saffron. Pure saffron is either a bit bitter or has no taste.

Another way of identifying original saffron and its originality is its scent. Original and pure saffron has a fascinating and exciting smell. If you know the true aroma of honey and alfalfa, you will definitely know the original saffron aroma as it is a combination of honey and alfalfa. The fresher the saffron, the more fragrant will have.

Pour some of the saffron into the cold water, you will see the water change after a short time (5 minute), remove the saffron stigmas from the water after changing the color If the stigma itself has not changed much, your saffron is original but if stigma is completely white or almost white, it means fake saffron. On the other hand, pure saffron can slowly turn yellow or orange then red, but fake saffron that has a chemical color will quickly turn a bright red. The chemicals combined in saffron for further coloring are definitely harmful to health.

Organic saffron does not have shiny stigmas. Sometimes in the manufacture of counterfeit saffron stigmas, other plants, such as maize hair, are dyed and sold instead of organic saffron. Corn and saffron stigmas are similar, and the difference is that the saffron stigmas are curved, which can help you identify the original saffron. Saffron is similar to safflower, so don’t be fooled and carefully examine its color and fragrance.

detect organic saffron from fake saffron

Sprinkle some of the saffron on the newspaper or paper or press it between your fingers. If the oil stains remain on the paper, it indicates that the saffron is fake and maybe oil has been added to it, in order to increase its weight. The original saffron is crushed, powdered easily and has no fat.

One of the amazing ways to detect organic saffron is by simply pouring some baking soda into the water and stirring well. Then add some saffron to the solution. If the saffron is original, the water and baking soda will turn yellow otherwise the red solution will fade.

Put some saffron on the methane flame. If it is purple or orange, saffron is the original one. Fake saffron turns yellow. Also, pure saffron is not solvent in gasoline, and it should not change color if you pour some of it into gasoline.