Red Gold Saffron
Red Gold Saffron
Saffron is famous for its health flower, the king of spices and red gold. Botanically, saffron has many properties. The growing and flowering season of saffron is in autumn and the time when its leaves are growing is winter, while most plants grow and flower in spring. Saffron withers in this season
In autumn and early morning, most people go to saffron fields to harvest saffron. Seeing purple flowers on dry, grassless ground is not without grace
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How to harvest saffron
Saffron plant with beautiful purple flowers and red stigma and funnel is one of the most beautiful flowers. The stigma of the colored branch has a pleasant aroma. From this section, saffron is the most expensive spice in the world
Saffron flowers should be collected immediately and the red stigmas should be separated and dried carefully under special conditions so that the quality and properties of saffron do not change
To prepare one kilogram of dried saffron, you have to have between one hundred thousand and two hundred thousand saffron flowers, and a worker has to work 40 hours to pick 150,000 saffron flowers
Saffron properties
Saffron is a valuable and useful plant that is found in most industries, including the pharmaceutical industry; Used in food and industry. In ancient times, famous Iranian physicians such as Zakaria Razi, Abu Ali Sina and Abu Reihan Biruni used the medicinal properties of saffron to treat various diseases
The presence of carotenoids in saffron is one of the anti-cancer agents of this plant.
Saffron is also useful for disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s and is suitable and effective for treating various diseases such as colds, indigestion, jaundice, hepatitis and diabetes. Saffron has anticonvulsant properties, is sedative and is useful for insomniacs. This spice is effective for strengthening memory and helping learning. Contains vitamins B1, B2, B6 and vitamin C
Other properties of this fragrant and colorful spice include its antidepressant properties. Drinking a cup of brewed saffron tea can make a person feel happy and joyful. Red Gold Saffron
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Of course, observing the consumption of saffron, like any other food, is one of the remarkable points, because consuming 3 grams of saffron during a month is beneficial and more than 5 grams is harmful
According to the US Food and Drug Administration (FAD), saffron is a natural and authorized coloring agent and its use as a natural food flavoring and flavoring is unrestricted
From ancient times until today, saffron was used because of its beautiful color to decorate and prepare desserts, ice cream and to flavor stews
In industry, saffron was widely used for works of art such as gilding, calligraphy, bookbinding and carpet weaving
Also, due to the importance and purity of this plant, it was used to write and decorate the Quran and prayers in the color of this plant
In recent years, researchers have been able to make extracts from this plant by studying and researching it, which has gained a lot of value due to its antioxidant properties
Today, in addition to Iran, China, India, Malaysia, Taiwan, France, Italy and Germany are the producers of this product
In recent years, Spain has been recognized as the second largest producer of saffron in the world. This is while this country is one of the countries importing saffron from Iran Red Gold Saffron
At present, due to the excellent quality of Iranian saffron, some countries buy Iranian saffron in bulk and import it into international markets under the name and packaging of their country
