SUMMARY

1. Saffron of Corrèze : Culinary Features of Saffron SATIVOR®
2. Pure Saffron of France : How to use Saffron SATIVOR® ?
3. Saffron First Grade : Superior Quality of Saffron SATIVOR®
4. Saffron & Fraud : How to buy Saffron without being fooled ?
5. Where to buy Best Saffron SATIVOR® ?
6. Learn More about Saffron with La Paradisière

1. Saffron of Corrèze : Culinary Features of Saffron SATIVOR® SUMMARY

Saffron SATIVOR® is 1st Grade ISO 3632 Saffron (NEGIN A, SARGOL A, MONGRA).
It is characterized by its sweetness, subtlety, presence, floral tones, nobility, magnitude, and length in mouth.
The sensations it creates appear suddenly in nose and mouth, and persist gently for a few minutes, giving you extended pleasure.
SATIVOR® is particularly recommended for gastronomic & medicinal uses.

Did you know that more than 100 chemical substances are found in the volatile fraction of our saffron ?
This chemical complexity is at the origin of its outstanding aromatic richness.
The following organoleptic description of Saffron SATIVOR® comes from a Sensory Analysis by twenty expert judges.

General aspect : Overall Pleasant, High Purity

Colour : Beautiful, Intense, Deep Red

Coloring strength : Very Strong

General olfactogustive character : Pleasant, Ample, Aromatic, Fleshy, Long, Noble, Mysterious, Pervasive, Powerful, Handsome

Scent : Pleasant, Fairly fresh, Intense, Complex

Odor Tones : Sweet (candied fruit, honey), Fruity (lime, orange, pear, apple, apricot, plum, dry fig, raisins, walnuts), Sweet flower (carnation, violet, honeysuckle, broom, orange tree, magnolia), Dry herbs (dead leaf, hay, tobacco), Fungic-Humic (cep, truffle, underwood), Woody (green wood, pencil wood, old wood, sandalwood), Resins (eucalyptus, pine, fir), Resinous spice (pepper, nutmeg, cumin), Sweet spice (cinnamon), Aromatic (verbena, shallot, candied onion), Roasted (caramel, toast), Animal (leather), Lactic (cream), Mineral (iron, dry clay), Chemical (rubber, medicine, soap), Alcoholic (cognac)

Flavor : Pleasant, Complex, Persistent, Powerful, Rich

Flavor Tones : Sweet (beeswax, honey), Fruity (lemon, lime, bitter orange, pear, green apple, guava, melon, blackcurrant, prune, almond, walnut), Sweet flower (daffodil, carnation, honeysuckle), Aromatic flower (geranium, lavender), Fresh herb (wood moss), Dry herb (tobacco, tea), Fungic-humic (fresh mushroom, underwood), Woody (green wood, old wood, sandalwood), Resins (pine, fir), Resinous Spice (cumin, juniper, pepper), Sweet Spice (vanilla), Aromatic (celery, tarragon, rosemary, sage, thyme, onion, sweet pepper), Roasted (toasted almonds, toast, smoke), Animal (leather, musk), Mineral (chalk, iron, wet stone, dry clay), Chemical (rubber, medicine, soap)

Taste : Moderately pleasant, Bitter, Slightly Salty, Sweet, and Acid

Effect in the mouth : Rather pleasing, Pungent, Slightly astringent, Slightly harsh

2. Pure Saffron of France : How to use Saffron SATIVOR® ? SUMMARY

3. Saffron First Grade : Superior Quality of Saffron SATIVOR® SUMMARY

Saffron SATIVOR® is made for Gastronomic, Medicinal, Cosmetic and Dyeing uses.

It contains only whole stigmas extracted from the flower of Crocus sativus. The stigmas are the Cream of Saffron, the most concentrated part with coloring and aromatic molecules. Because of its high purity, Saffron SATIVOR® has higher concentration of active compounds, giving it undisputable culinary, medicinal, cosmetic and tinctorial properties.

Quality Assessment

The superior quality of Saffron SATIVOR® is assessed every year after harvest.
Samples are sent to an independent laboratory.
These analyzes attest that Saffron SATIVOR® complies with the Highest Grade of ISO 3632 international standard (NEGIN A, SARGOL A, MONGRA).
This is why we can claim to provide you with one of the best Saffrons available in the market.

Remark : The analysis report is available to our Customers upon request

Saffron SATIVOR® & its competitors

The biochemical profile of Saffron SATIVOR® puts it far above the threshold for First Grade ISO 3632 (international) and ISIRI 259-2 (Iran), as well as national average of French, Moroccan and other producing countries' productions.
This possibly comes from our special Terroir, the Crocus sativus strains we selected for our farm, the care we give to our land, plant, and yield, and to our original and secret methods of production.

Why we keep track of Production year with Saffron SATIVOR® ?

Saffron is like Wines for the Connaisseur, its qualities will vary from year to year.
But above all, the temporal traceability of saffron allows you to acquire a fresh product.
Furthermore, it tells you where the spice stands in its life cycle, therefore in its aromatic power.
Saffron SATIVOR® gives the best of itself within 4 years following harvest.

4. Saffron & Fraud : How to buy Saffron without being fooled ? SUMMARY

Did you know that twice the amount of yearly saffron harvest is sold each year in the world ?

Amazing ! Saffron has always been the most adulterated spice, which makes it difficult to buy quality saffron - or even real saffron !
The risk of fraud is further increased with imported saffron, with cheap and powdered saffron, and with saffrons purchased abroad in touristic areas.
Fraud on Red Gold has always been commonplace !

Fraud can occur :
■ by mixing (little saffron, much else)
■ by substitution (zero saffron)
■ or by poor quality (old saffron, moistened saffron, whole pistils of Crocus sativus, etc.)

Fraud may be gross (Figure 2) or much more sophisticated and hard to detect (Figure 3)...

Figure 2. Classic safflower fraud (right) sold for genuine saffron (left)

Figure 3. Comparison between Saffrons of different quality
Old (left), False (center), True High Quality (Right)
Dehydrated aspect (top), Rehydrated aspect after 7h of maceration in water (bottom)
Note the coloring power of Saffron SATIVOR® and its fresh stigma aspect when rehydrated, compared to other samples

5. Where to buy Best Saffron SATIVOR® ? SUMMARY

Buy Saffron SATIVOR® directly from La Paradisière, Your Saffron Specialist.
With SATIVOR®, registered trademark of La Paradisière, the traceability is total from the field to your plate.

La Paradisière is a Saffronry specialized in the cultivation of Crocus sativus and in the production of Saffron.
La Paradisière has set up its Saffron fields in Corrèze (Nouvelle Aquitaine), in an exceptionally preserved nature classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, close to the protected ecosystems of the Dordogne Valley (NATURA 2000), and away from human sources of pollution.

Genuine Saffron Stigmas Cat 1 ISO 3632

Genuine Saffron - no adulteration
Highest Purity - Stigmas only, the most powerful part of the spice
Aromatic Richness - drying methods that preserve all components of the volatile fraction
Small production - best working conditions, improved quality, total control of production steps
Vintage - No old stocks, great freshness
Total Traceability - directly from the Farm
Neat - constantly maintained under optimal conditions of preservation, from drying to sale
French Terroir - Saffron of France, the gastronomic nobility of a tradition, the image of your company, the radiance of your work
Respectful of Nature - Grown with the help of living organisms and nature, without chemicals

Special Requests

Saffron wholesale :
Thanks to our network of saffron farmers, we help you find the quantities of genuine 1st grade saffron you are looking for
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