When buying saffron, many people are concerned about its authenticity. Here, I will introduce the method of identifying the authenticity of saffron. Welcome to reading.

How to identify the authenticity of saffron 1, soaking method;

Take a sample and put it in a glass of water. Slowly, you can see something orange around the saffron falling in a straight line. Gradually, the water was dyed yellow and the color was bright and clear. One end of the genuine product expands into a trumpet shape, and there is no oily floating object on the water surface. If the red is soaked, something is mixed with the dyed color.

2, smell:

Authentic saffron has a very special floral fragrance, while fake or adulterated. The taste of the goods is so weak that it can't even be smelled.

3. Observation method:

The stigma of crocus sativus has three pistils, and the style is slender, and the medicinal part is crocus sativus pistil. Because it is picked by hand, three cores can still be seen in the saffron, which is also an important symbol to distinguish the authenticity of the saffron. Deep red in color, fragile and easily broken after drying. If it is, it is either fake or bad. Fake ones don't need to be elaborated. Bad mainly refers to mixing water. Illegal profiteers often mix water with saffron for profit. Too much or uneven moisture will form a lump after drying.

The identification method of saffron 1 depends on whether it is a stamen or a trumpet (the stamen is tubular and hollow);

2. Smell: Smell whether the fragrance is strong (saffron has a taste through packaging);

3. Shake it: See if there is pollen in the pocket;

4. Soaking: whether the water is clear and yellow, and whether the flowers change color after soaking in water (some flowers do not sink to the bottom, and the flowers do not fade after soaking 1 hour).