Description
Negin Sargol Saffron
Negin belongs to a new variety of saffron that is longer and
thicker than common saffron.
Sargol Saffron (All red saffron)
This kind of saffron is pure and contains the stigma without the
style. **5 kg of saffron flowers produces 1kg of sargol
saffron.
Pushal Negin Saffron
Pushal Sargol is a hybrid that produces saffron which is longer and
thicker than common saffron.
Pushal Saffron (Mancha saffron)
This kind of saffron contains the stigmas with a **5mm style. **1kg
of saffron flowers produces 1kg of pushal saffron.
Daste Saffron (Bunches Saffron)
This kind of saffron contains the stigma with the whole style.
Style Saffron
This kind of saffron only contains the style without the
stigma.
The history of saffron
The oldest records about the usage of saffron come from the
period referred to as the Achaemenid era where all of the
food products that were used in the palace kitchen in that time are
inscribed on a pillar. According to these inscriptions, one
kilogram of saffron was used each day in the palace
kitchen.
Due to its other properties, Saffron can also be used for medical
purposes such as:
• Helps with digestion; strengthens the stomach and is
anti-tympanites.
• Rouses sexual desire
• Is analgesic, especially for colicky pains and combats
gingivitis
• Helps to fight tumors and collections of free radicals
(thus reacting against cancerous cells).
