About Saffron
Planting saffron in Iran is 3000 years old.
This colorful and precious plant is perennial, without stems and has onions, and because it is made in desert soil, it is known as red gold or desert gold.
For every 150 flowers, one gram of saffron and for about 147,000 fresh flowers, one kilogram of dry saffron is obtained.
Due to its excellent taste, color and aroma, saffron has many applications in the production of food, medicine and chemical products, and due to the limitations of cultivation and production, it is one of the most expensive products.
Iran, with an average production of 100 tons per year, ranks first in saffron production. Spain is in second place with an average production of 25 tons, followed by India, Russia, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Taiwan, China, France, Italy, Germany, Australia and Greece with an average production of 25 tons.
The main center of cultivation of this plant is the desert and low water areas of southern Khorasan and the history of saffron cultivation in this region dates back to 700 years ago.
Saffron is one of the few plants that are grown in harsh biological conditions. Due to the historical place of saffron in Iran and its origin is also Iran, this plant is one of the special attractions of Iran.
Saffron is a medicinal and industrial plant. The saffron flower, which is called the stigma or red part of the root, is light red at the beginning of harvest, but gradually turns dark red. Its freshness has a pleasant aroma and gives the food its taste and pleasure
ABOUT GONABAD SAFFRON
In Iran, 188000 hectares are under saffron cultivation which is 16,807 hectares are cultivated area in south khorasan and about 3500 hectares of saffron cultivation area is related to the city of Gonabad.
Gonabad saffron and its high quality are known to the whole world.
Gonabad saffron world Registration in "FAO " proved to every one that Gonabad saffron is the best type of Iranian saffron in terms of aroma, taste, smell and amazing coloring powder.
yashi hied ando, coordinator of the Agricultural Heritage system called " I would like to congratulate the people of Iran for registering the saffron production system of this country as an important world agricultural heritage in the food and Agricultural organization of the united Nations.
He added that " this is a great victory for Iranian farmers who have a long history in producing this product and have been able to produce this product well and with very high quality with intelligence, and manning the saffron planting system through subterranean water(Qanat _ based saffron Farming system in Gonabad, Iran ).
Our collection supply all kinds of saffron from Gonabad and Qaenat with the quality standard.
All kinds of saffron products are prepared by our experts team and elite engineers in Mashhad and packaged according to the customer's order and brand.
It is packaged and sent to different countries under health standards and licenses.
