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Saffron nutrition facts

Saffron is one of the highly prized spices known since antiquity for its color, flavor and medicinal properties. It is the dried "stigma" or threads of the flower of the Crocus sativus plant. It is a bulbous perennial plant that belongs to the family of Iridaceae, in the genus, Crocus, and known botanically as Crocus sativus.

This exotic spice is a native of Iran Plateau and today cultivated worldwide in many countries, particularly in Spain, Italy, France, Greece, Turkey, Iran, and in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

 

 

The Crocus sativus plant grows to about 15-20cm in height and bears lavender colored flowers during each season which lasts from October until November. Each flower features perianth consisting of a stalk, known as “style,” connecting to three “stigmas” or threads to the rest of the plant. These orange-yellow colored stigmas along with the "style" constitute "saffron" a prized condiment spice.

Good saffron crop production demands cold, dry climate with well-drained rich fertile soil and irrigation facilities or sufficient amount of rainfall. The flowers harvested during the early-morning hours and soon their stigma separated, allowed to dry, and packed for marketing.

Saffron has a distinct flavor that comes from chemical compounds in it such as picrocrocin, and safranal. It also contains a natural carotenoid chemical compound, crocin, which gives saffron its golden-yellow hue. These traits along with its medicinal properties make it a valuable ingredient in many cuisines worldwide.


Big volume of Saffron production is from Iran in the world and almost 90 percent of Worldwide Saffron is from Iran, but it goes bulk to other countries like UAE, Germany and Spain and gets packed there under their name and re-exports.

In Iran, Saffron plants in North East, north, and Centre. Our production is from Centre of Iran. Our Production is under strict monitoring of Health Organization and we pack it as regular in One gram packed. However, regarding our client order, it is possible to pack it in other size as well.

We studies Europe market and try to pack in the fantasy shape compatible with Europe styles.