Safe shopping guarantee Saffron is open
The “safe shopping guarantee” in this 2013 report referred to a proposed saffron purchasing fund for farmers, not a blanket guarantee offered to online shoppers. ... Read More...
Sellers Union President Saffron Khorasan Razavi:Do not leave the country without any saffron
This 2013 interview with the president of the Khorasan Razavi saffron sellers’ union was about quality control, labour and export readiness. Its translated headline sounds ... Read More...
Half the price of saffron in international markets and custom errors
This 2013 report was about a saffron customs-value dispute, not a sudden 50% collapse in the price buyers paid. Iranian exporters argued that the official ... Read More...
Saffron Ingredients: What Gives Saffron Its Color, Taste and Aroma
Saffron ingredients are led by three natural compounds: crocins for colour, picrocrocin for bitterness, and safranal for aroma. They are present in the dried red ... Read More...
Saffron production statistics
Saffron production statistics are often reduced to one headline: Iran grows roughly 90% of the world’s saffron. That is a useful starting point, but it ... Read More...
Symptoms of an overdose of saffron
Possible saffron overdose symptoms can include nausea, vomiting, stomach upset, headache and dizziness, but symptoms alone cannot tell you whether an exposure is dangerous. Human ... Read More...
Saffron and cancer
Research on saffron and cancer is scientifically interesting, but saffron is not a proven cancer treatment. Researchers have found effects in laboratory cells and animal ... Read More...