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Golden Saffron Lab Test Results
Know more about the saffron you choose. We share our Eurofins laboratory report so you can review the tested sample’s color, flavor and aroma, along with its synthetic dye results.
What the Results Mean for Your Saffron
Color, flavor and aroma are central to the saffron experience. Here is a simple guide to the three readings recorded in our report.
Color strength · Crocin
272Saffron’s coloring strength
This test measures saffron’s ability to produce color, one of the qualities that makes it so valued in cooking.
Flavor · Picrocrocin
100Its distinctive taste
This reading relates to the characteristic bitterness that forms part of saffron’s distinctive flavor.
Aroma · Safranal
33Its recognizable aroma
The report also measures safranal-related aroma, another important part of saffron’s culinary character.
These are laboratory readings for the tested sample, not percentages. The original report labels are crocine, picrocrocine and safranal.
No Listed Synthetic Dyes Detected
The report records the overall synthetic dye result as “absent.” Each of the six synthetic dyes listed in the test was reported as “Not Detected.”
See which dyes were tested
- Carmoisine (E122): Not Detected
- Quinoline yellow (E104): Not Detected
- Amaranth (E123): Not Detected
- Ponceau 4R (E124): Not Detected
- Sunset Yellow FCF (E110): Not Detected
- Tartrazine (E102): Not Detected
See the Laboratory Report
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