Familiar with Saffron’s Artificial Color

Familiar with Saffron’s Artificial Color

Familiar with Saffron’s Artificial Color
Director General of food and drug control reference laboratories, saying that one of the saffron fraud is the use of artificial colors, including the so-called “girl of sleep,” said: “It is a chemical and dangerous chemical product that is completely synthesized and made to The speed is dissolved in water and reddish yellow-yellow saffron.
According to ISNA, Dr. Hussein Rastegar said that the substance is called the “girl of sleep” in the native and local terms, lacking any perfume and creating only the same color as saffron. Saffron, of course, is a major export product. While the dream girl with colorful saffron color is a completely chemical and dangerous substance.

He continued: Saffron is a high and diverse use as a herbal remedy and dyestuff to decorate food products. Saffron also has several effective therapeutic effects, including anti-depressant, sucrose, nervous system enhancement, digestive system enhancement and other diverse properties. Also, along with the therapeutic effects of this herbal drug, this product is also used as a high-quality coloring material in the decorating of food.

Director of Food and Drug Control Reference Laboratories added: Saffron is a saffron, the whole of which consists of spaghetti and cream mixed with or mixed with yarn. Despite the fact that the saffron of the parsley due to the addition of the lower part of the cream to the dill of the stigma in terms of weight compared with other saffrones, such as neigbing and shrubbery, would be less than the total color, but the saffron of the nymphs is better than other saffron Is.

Rastegar stressed that the type of saffron, a dangerous chemical called sleep girl, can sometimes be used to decorate food in some food centers, with the colored characteristics of saffron as a serious and dangerous health hazard. In general, despite the many therapeutic effects of saffron, the amount of this product should not exceed its maximum. Because the conventional use of that drug and its excessive intake can also have a toxic effect.

Using 3 grams of saffron per month is appropriate for each person and using more than 5 grams of saffron in a meal causes complications such as dizziness, heart rate and nausea; high consumption of saffron during pregnancy can lead to abortion Increasing.

“This makes saffron lose its aroma and color due to light and heat,” said Director General of Food and Drug Control Laboratories, arguing that saffron should be stored in closed glasses away from light.

Rastegar added: Saffron is offered in the consumer market in various shapes, some of which have the approved form and quality, such as saffron, as the main product and export, and against saffron counterfeit products such as baby girl, saffron powder, etc. Which as harmful health products is usually offered at untrustworthy centers.

He said that the characteristics of the saffron girl’s daughter and daughter-in-law included a saffron red tulip with three to five centimeters of cream (white) attached to it, which is tucked together regularly, said, because in the past This was done by the girl child, the so-called girl of screeches.

According to the Public Relations Department of the Food and Drug Administration, he also said the saffron coloring power is between 120 and 150. In the market, this kind of saffron is less than safflower, and the main consumption is export. The color of this type of saffron is lower due to the white flavor at the bottom of the saucepan and the nougat.

source: hamshahrionline /ir