I am a living snow Yin Tao, this time I from four aspects to explain the way of saffron counterfeiting, everyone saw to prevent being deceived on the line, do not do it, ordinary consumers cheat is not feasible.
If the safflower is precious, how can it be stacked like this
Although saffron and saffron are one word apart, they are very different, mainly because the difference between the two is huge, so how can someone use saffron to impersonate saffron?
Let's start with the differences:
Difference 1: Price
Saffron is used as a precious spice abroad, and the price is not cheap
The retail price of saffron in the market is generally between 35-150 yuan per gram, and the price varies depending on the quality. Safflower is calculated by the pound, each pound is about 30-150 pounds, the price difference is not more than a hundred times.
Just because the price gap is large, it is impossible to pretend to be past.
Difference 2: Shape
Saffron filigree
Saffron filigree dragon head phoenix tail, about 3 cm long, one head thin and one thick, the stigma is irregularly serrated. Safflower is also a thin and thick head, about 2 centimeters or so.
Difference 3: Color
Saffron filigree is dark red in color. The safflower color is dark red and orange red mixed.
Difference 4: Brewing
The appearance of saffron after brewing
What the safflower looks like after brewing
The water brewed with saffron is a clear golden yellow color, which is very beautiful. The water brewed by the safflower is also golden yellow and clear and transparent.
Difference 5: Efficacy
The effect of saffron is well known to everyone is to activate blood and dissolve stasis, in fact, its cool blood detoxification, detoxification and detoxification of depression is also unique in the world. Safflower is also a blood circulation, dispersing stasis and relieving pain, and the effects of the two overlap.
Difference 6: Taste
Safflower smelled of kicking for a long time socks thrown in the washing machine and forgot to wash
Saffron smells of a strong special medicinal aroma. Safflower smells stinky baking, on the top, a small amount of safflower can also smell.
Let's summarize:
Saffron and safflower are similar in shape and color, the color of the brewed water is similar, the effect is similar, the name is even similar, and the price is still hundreds of times different, which inevitably makes unscrupulous traders yearn for it.
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