How to identify the real saffron, how to tell the real saffron

1. The body is complete.

The saffron is a stamen, 1 3 cm long, and the stigma is irregularly umbel-shaped. Since it is hand-picked, the saffron can still be seen in the three stamens that are not separated. This is an important sign of saffron authenticity.

False saffron is uniform in thickness and the roots are not trumpet-shaped.

2. Observe the color.

Saffron is dark red in color, brittle after drying, and easy to break, but it is better to have a healthy body color.

3. Water soaking method.

The circle of authentic saffron has an orange-yellow ring that gradually dyes the water yellow, and the color is bright and clear. One end of the genuine product is expanded into a trumpet-shaped, and there is no oily float on the water surface, if it bubbles red, it is dyed. Fakes are made of other flowers, dyed.

After soaking in water, it will crumble, the dyed will fade quickly, and the water will turn red or orange with oily floats.

4. Smell the smell. Authentic saffron has a very special floral scent, while fake or adulterated goods have a faint taste and even no floral fragrance.

5. Taste the taste. Authentic dried saffron flowers have a bitter chewing taste.

1. Water soaking method: take a few saffron filaments, put them in hot water, and observe the discoloration of the water. Although the filaments of saffron are red, its active ingredients are yellow after soaking in water, while fake saffron can only be dyed red and remain red after soaking in water.

2. Observation method: The tip of the filament of the genuine product is swollen with a bell mouth.

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Look at the color of the soup: Authentic Iranian saffron is golden yellow when brewed in hot water for the first time, and it is golden yellow after repeated brewing, and it can be dark golden yellow when brewed with hot water. Fake saffron can be golden yellow without soaking at one brew, and the flower body is seriously faded.

Hand grinding type: Authentic Iranian saffron is soaked in hot water and kneaded by hand, the shape is relatively complete, and the hand will be dyed golden yellow, which is not easy to wash off the color. If you pinch the fake one on your hand, it will become a paste or be easy to break, and the color of your hand is orange and easy to wash off.

<> take three or two saffron sticks and dip them in water, you can see that the orange-yellow color drops in a straight line, and the water dyes yellow, but the flowers do not fade. The flowers are red, but the water is bright pale yellow. And there should be no powdery precipitation, and precipitation must be doped.

In addition, if the flowers become brown or white or other colors in a short period of time, or if they are broken, it is also fake, and the flowers should be bright red and do not fade and do not break.

Authentic saffron has a very strong floral fragrance and is very special, while fake or adulterated goods have a faint or even unsmelling taste. If you want to know the authentic taste, you may wish to go to a regular pharmacy to have a look, and you can know the authentic fragrance with the fake.

Put the saffron on the white paper, spread it out and observe carefully, ** saffron is long, dark red, no oily luster, and the yellow flower column is small for the top grade, and the quality is brittle and easy to break after drying. Although broken, each part is trumpet-shaped or put the saffron in a white bag, after shaking it a few times, the pollen of the saffron will stick to the bag, yellowish, obvious.

Use a tissue paper to take a small saffron wrap and squeeze it vigorously in the middle, the paper should not leave oil marks, otherwise it will be doped with mineral or vegetable oil.

The authenticity of saffron can be distinguished by soaking, wiping, pressing, and iodine.

1. Water soaking method: After soaking the real saffron in water, you can see that the obvious yellow active ingredients are released from the surrounding of the filament, and the water will eventually be dyed golden yellow.

2. Wipe method: The traces of genuine saffron after wiping it vigorously on white paper are yellow or orange.

3. Pressing: After pressing the genuine saffron, there will be no oil stains on the paper.

4. Iodine wine method: iodine wine does not change blue after dripping into genuine saffron.

Notes:If the traces of the wiping method are not easy to develop, you can dip the filaments in water first and then wipe them.