Safrante in the World

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Quality & Safety

Otherwise known as “red gold”, saffron is the world’s most expensive spice. But, as an object of desire it can also be a victim of fraud. Low quality saffron is often traded on international markets, and the specifications for pure saffron are not always respected.

GRUPO ENDRA FOODS S.L. offers to our customers the highest guarantee of quality basing on 4 main points:

  • Our saffron is ruled under the International Standard ISO 3632-1:2011.
  • We are HACCP certified.
  • We have been one of the first and few saffron specialist companies in Spain to obtain one of the most rigorous food safety certification in the World: the BRC.
  • All our batches are analyzed in external laboratories accredited by ENAC (Entidad Nacional de Acreditación), the body designated by the Government to assess technical competence in accordance with international standards.


IFS Standards help to comply with all legal food and non-food safety and quality requirements and give common and transparent standards to all concerned suppliers and service providers as well as a concrete and strong answer to the high safety and quality expectations of customers.

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The BRC Standards guarantee the standardisation of quality, safety and operational criteria and ensure that manufacturers fulfil their legal obligations and provide protection for the end consumer. BRC Global Standards are now often a fundamental requirement of leading retailers.

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Important Tips About Saffron:

The best way to ensure that the product is 100% pure are the Food Safety Certifications that the supplier may give. GRUPO ENDRA FOODS S.L. is one of the few saffron companies worldwide which currently has two of the most stringent: IFS (International Food Standards) and BRC (British Retail Consortium), both being recognized schemes by GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative).

  • Be wary of products that are too cheap, since 100% pure saffron is not a cheap spice.
  • Also be wary of products whose shelf life is very long, in proper storage conditions the lifetime is around 4 years.

IFS Standards help to comply with all legal food and non-food safety and quality requirements and give common and transparent standards to all concerned suppliers and service providers as well as a concrete and strong answer to the high safety and quality expectations of customers.

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The gardenia fraud in the saffron industry

The great adulteration that is taking place in the saffron industry, especially in its derivatives, whether extracts or concentrates, by using a plant called Gardenia Jasminoide. Product imported from China. Illegal product for the food industry, since its use is prohibited in Europe, the United States, Canada, etc. But due to the coincidence that both gardenia and saffron have crocin and are analyzed at the same 440nm value by photo-spectrometry, it has been difficult to identify which saffron extracts or concentrates were adulterated and which were not.

This fact may be considered as a crime, and nowadays, with a simple geniposide analysis, for example, at the Microbiological Laboratory in Murcia, or at Cepra Lab in Bologna, such adulteration is immediately detected. Safrante Global Company enforces the counter-analysis of all saffron derivatives, extracts or concentrates.

If the geniposide is detected in the saffron extract or concentrate, we can deduce that it would be an adulterated product and not admitted for consumption by authorities responsible for protecting the public health, since the saffron raw material lacks this compound.

Furthermore, as it is a product that, according to various studies, is identified as harmful to health, so when developing, supplying, distributing, dispatching or marketing adulterated product, it would be committing a crime against “Public Health”, which can be condemned with penalties in prison, business closing down or heavy fines from the authorities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m92S7YXniqA&t=12s (Op. Sativus)

https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20170330/azafran-adulterado-extractos-gardenia-comienza-invadir-mercado-europeo/1513767.shtml (RTVE article)

https://pubag.nal.usda.gov/catalog/5585811 (USDA article)

 

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Color

Safrante Specialty Foods S.A. is a saffron specialist company. Our work over the years with this spice, creating derived products, and experimenting with the different organoleptic capacities of this plant has resulted in a patented process to obtain a 100% natural yellow color based on natural crocin of saffron, a carotenoid that provides an intense yellow color. It is free of artificial colorings, does not contain gluten and is resistant to cooking and freezing processes. The stability and durability of the color is much higher than that of its natural competitors (e.g. beta-carotene and curcumin). It is totally soluble in water and alcohol, even at low temperature, leaving no residues in the final product.

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Safrante 2.5. Pale yellow

Suitable for yogurts, drink, sodas, margarine, with a very light yellow color.

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Safrante 5. Egg yellow

Suitable for ice creams, soups, broths, yogurts, drink, sodas, etc.

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Safrante 10. Warm yellow

Suitable for soups and broths with a strong color. It is also indicated for pastry and confectionery.

Safrante® Yellow is created through a patented mechanical process, thus avoiding costly extractions of the raw material that would require a large amount of kilos of saffron to obtain a similar yield, and with the particularity of annulling in the same way the typical residues of the extraction process.

Safrante® Yellow represents the next step in the evolution of the world of natural colors. A new patent which opens the way to a clean-label, unshaded yellow. A colorant that consists exclusively of natural ingredients being mixed through a natural mechanical process.

PRODUCT FEATURES
Applications

Candies

Cosmetics

Ice creams

Pharmaceutical industry

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Breaded products

salsas

Sauces

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Snacks

carnes

Meat

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Cheeses

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Custard and Creams

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Flans

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Spices

Dill

Product of Egypt

Oregano

Product of Peru

Parsley

Product of Poland

Basil

Product of Egypt

Thyme

Product of Spain

Bay Leaves

Product of Spain

Cumin

Product of Spain

Coriander

Product of Spain

Cardamom

Product of Spain

Nutmeg

Product of Spain

Turmeric

Product of India

Mustard

Product of Spain

Paprika

Product of Spain

Vanillin

Product of France

Vanilla Sugar

Product of Spain

Golden Sesame

Product of India

Star Anise

Product of Spain

Cinnamon

Product of Indonesia

Black Pepper

Product of Spain

White Pepper

Product of Spain

Cloves

Product of Spain

Fennel

Product of Spain

Ginger

Product of Spain

Sweet Papryka

360g

Retail Packaging Options

Papryka

40g

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Saffron Tea

Our Saffron Tea is a careful blend of teas from the south of India with the most exquisite and exclusive Superior Spanish Saffron.

Mixing saffron with tea actually preceded its use as a cooking ingredient, since the roman naturalist Pliny the Elder indicated 20 curative uses for saffron tea. The result is a strong aromatic tea due to the Safranal, one of the main components of saffron.

Saffron helps digestion, it is antioxidant, carminative and emmenagogue. The bitter components of saffron help in the treatment of heartburn or stomach acidity due to their tonic properties. Furthermore, Crocin, another of saffron main components has a cholesterol lowering effect. In gynecology the use of saffron is recommended in cases of painful or limited period as a uterine stimulant, but it must be used with caution. Saffron also stimulates perspiration and it is used in cases of fever.

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Saffron Powder

Glass Jars with Capsules

Packaging size 4 x 0.125g

Plastic Boxes with Sachets

Packaging size 4 x 0.125

Plastic Boxes with Sachets in Blister

Packaging size 4 x 0.125

Glass Jars with Capsules in Blister

Packaging size 4 x 0.125

Carton Boxes with Sachets

Packaging size 3 x 0.125