Medicine and Health – What Saffron Are Dangerous?
The director general of the Food and Drug Administration reference laboratories, stating that one of the frauds of saffron is the use of synthetic dyes, including substances called sleeping girl, said: This substance is a dangerous chemical product that is made in a completely synthetic way and Dissolves rapidly in water and produces a saffron reddish-yellow color.
Announcing this news, Dr. Hossein Rastegar said: This substance is called a sleeping girl in the local terminology, it does not have any perfume and only creates a color similar to saffron. Of course, girl saffron is the main saffron and export product. While the sleeping girl with the color characteristics of saffron is a completely chemical and dangerous substance.
He continued: Saffron as a herbal medicine and dye for decorating food products, has high and varied uses. Saffron also has several effective therapeutic effects including anti-depressant effects, rejuvenation, strengthening the nervous system, strengthening the digestive system and various other properties. In addition to the therapeutic effects of this herbal medicine, this product is also a widely used dye in food decoration.
The director general of the Food and Drug Control Reference Laboratories added: Bunch or girl saffron is a saffron in which the whole part of the stigma and the cream are wrapped or tied together with a thread. Despite the fact that the girl saffron will have less color in terms of weight than other saffrons due to the addition of the lower part of the cream to the dye part of the stigma, but the girl saffron is better than other saffrons due to less fraud. Is.
Rastegar emphasized: The type of saffron is a dangerous chemical called sleeping girl, sometimes with the color characteristics of saffron as an important and dangerous fraud on health, sometimes it can be used to decorate food in some food preparation centers. In general, despite the numerous therapeutic effects of saffron, the consumption of this product should not be more than its allowable. Because its normal use has medicinal properties and its overuse can also have a toxic effect. Consumption of three grams of saffron per month is suitable for each person and using more than five grams of saffron in a meal causes side effects such as dizziness, decreased heart rate and nausea; Also, high consumption of saffron during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.
The director general of the Food and Drug Control Reference Laboratories, stating that saffron should be stored in closed jars away from light, said: These cases cause saffron to lose its aroma and color due to light and heat.
Rastegar added: Saffron is offered in different forms in the consumer market, some of which have an approved shape and quality, such as saffron, as a main and export product, and in contrast, counterfeit saffron products such as sleeping girl, saffron powder, etc. can be Named as harmful products of health are usually offered in unreliable centers.
He said that the characteristics of the saffron girl and the sleeping girl, including the red stigma of the saffron, along with three to five centimeters of cream (white) attached to it, which are regularly put together, are twisted into a thread. This was done by little girls, so-called screw girls.
According to the announcement of the public relations of the Food and Drug Administration, he also said: the coloring power of saffron is between 120 and 150. In the market, this type of saffron is less than Pushal and Negin saffron and its main consumption is in exports. The amount of color of this type of saffron due to having white cream at the bottom is less than Negin and Pushal saffron.
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