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SAFFRON NAME IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES
| Botanical
Name |
Crocus
Sativus L |
| Family
Name |
Iridaceae
|
| Commercial
Part |
Stigma
|
| Arabic
|
Zafran
|
| Chinese
|
Fan
Hung-Hua |
| Dutch
|
Saffraan
|
| French
|
Safran
|
| German
|
Safran
|
| Italian
|
Zafferano
|
| Japanese
|
Safuran
|
| Portuguese
|
Acofrao
|
| Russian
|
Shafran
|
| Spanish
|
Azafran
|
| Swedish
|
Saffran
|
| Indian
Languages: |
|
| Bengali
|
Jafran
|
| Gujarati
|
Keshar
|
| Hindi
|
Zaffran
|
| Kannada
|
Kumnkuma
kesari |
| Kashmiri
|
Kong
|
| Malayalam
|
Kunkumapoove
|
| Marathi
|
Keshar,
Kesara |
| Punjabi
|
Kesar,
Zafran |
| Sanskrit
|
Keshara,
Kunkuma, Aruna, Asra, Asrika |
| Tamil
|
Kungumapoo
|
| Urdu
|
Zafran,
Jafranekar |
SAFFRON
TYPES
ISO:
Category I, Category I, Category III and Category IV
Iran: Sargol (1
Kg saffron/ 105 Flowers), Pushal (1 kg saffron/101 kg flowers),
Negin and Daste (Bunch 1 Kg saffron /78 kg Flowers)
Greek: Coupe
Kashmir, India:
Mongra (Coupe 220~240 coloring power), Lacha
Spain: Mancha, Sierra,
and Rio
Chemical
Parameters of Saffron [to judge saffron qualities]:
| Characteristic
|
Requirement
|
| Saffron
in filaments |
Saffron
in Powder form |
|
Moisture
and volatile matter, % (m/m), max |
12
|
10
|
|
Total
ash, % (m/m), on dry basis, max. |
8
|
8
|
|
Acid-insoluble
ash, % (m/m),
on dry basis, max.
Categories I and II
Categories III and IV |
1,0
1,5
|
1,0
1,5
|
|
Solubility
in cold water, % (m/m), on dry basis, max. |
65 |
65
|
|
Bitterness,
expressed as direct reading of the absorbance
of picrocrocine at about 257 nm, on dry basis, min.
Category
I
Category II
Category III
Category IV |
70
55
40
30
|
70
55
40
30
|
|
Safranal,
expressed as direct reading
of the absorbance at about 330 nm, on dry categories.
min.
max. |
20
50
|
20
50
|
|
Colouring
strength, expressed as direct reading
of the absorbance of crocine at about 440 nm,
on dry basis, min.
Category I
Category II
Category III
Category IV |
190
150
110
80
|
190
150
110
80
|
|
Total
nitrogen, % (m/m), on dry basis, max.1) |
3.0
|
3.0
|
|
Crube
fibre, % (m/m), on dry basis, max.1) |
6
|
6
|
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