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What is Saffron?

Saffron is a spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as the “saffron crocus”. The vivid crimson stigmas and styles, called threads, are collected and dried to be used mainly as Food seasoning, coloring agent and medicinal. It plays an important role in the consumer culture of different regions of the world, such as Middle East Countries, Spain, Italy, and India and so on.

Food Applications ⇓
Saffron is used as a spice, a color, and an aroma of food.In recent years, the use of saffron has been increasing due to the tendency of the community to use natural supplements instead of chemical and synthetic types in food as a natural colorant and flavor.The color of saffron and its taste increase appetite Today, saffron is widely used in cooking, confectionary, dairy industries (ice cream, butter, cheese, etc.), various drinks (beverages, saffron tea and energy drinks, etc.( as a dyestuff and flavoring agent.

Chemical and Industrial Applications
From ancient times, saffron was considered to have different properties like other spices.Nowadays, based on scientific research, which has been followed by the extensive use of saffron in traditional and herbal medicine, it has attracted many properties of saffron and the effectiveness of its compounds.Many researchers and practitioners of medical science

Pharmaceutical applications
Because of the unique characteristics of saffron, it can be used in various industries.Today, natural colors have a lot of fans around the world due to consumer safety and the lack of negative effects on the health of the body.For many years, natural colors have been used in the dyeing industry.Saffron is also used because of specific compounds in health care, as well as the production of fragrant and fermented substances.

Buy Best Saffron Types at Nutex

When buying saffron, you may have noticed that there are many different saffron types. While there is only one saffron crocus flower, you may wonder why there are different saffron types in the market. The answer is simple; these different saffron types represent different quality levels of the same saffron flower and thread. The process of picking flowers and separating the filaments and also the length of threads, among other factors, affect the quality of saffron and its type. Here, at Nutex, we provide the best quality types of saffron. You can see the most commonly used classification of saffron types known worldwide below:

Super Negin Saffron

The best quality type of saffron in the world, Super Negin Saffron is the premium all red saffron. While not much different from Negin Saffron, Super Negin saffron has a bit larger threads. Moreover, compared to the other grade A saffron types, Super Negin Saffron has more coloring power; but this extra coloring power is not so much that all consumers can notice it.

Negin Saffron

Negin Saffron is also one of the best quality types of saffron that is produced from grade 1 saffron and contains only the red parts of the stigma. In Negin and Super Negin saffron, three threads of the same flower come connected in one piece. So, when you are going to buy saffron, note that with the same weight, Negin and Super Negin Saffron types take more space in the package.

Sargol Saffron

Another grade one saffron, Sargol Saffron only contains the red parts of the stigma but the treads are shorter than Negin and Super Negin Saffron. The three stigmas of a flower are also not connected to the style in Sargol. Sargol saffron is called All-Red Saffron as it only has the red parts of saffron stigma. This type of saffron is also called Coupe in the Spanish market.

Pushal Saffron

Like Sargol, Pushal Saffron also has the red parts of saffron stigma. The difference is that Pushal threads contain a bit of the yellow style as well. So, the coloring power is lower than Super Negin, Negin, and Sargol saffron. Note that while Pushal saffron has yellow styles, these yellow styles should not be larger than the red stigmas; otherwise, the saffron is called Bunch.