Saffron 3 cooks – box of 100 sachets

Saffron is a plant (bulb-tuber) that is transplanted in spring and whose flower blooms in the fields in October (autumn flowering). The
flower, which hatches in the morning with the first rays of sun, has a beautiful color ranging from light lilac to purple purple; within the
its corolla there are 3 bright red threads, and from the latter saffron is obtained.

The cultivation of saffron; in the largest producing countries in the world (Asia Minor) they are implemented without resorting to fertilizers, pesticides and other chemicals. The workmanship is also artisanal. The soil is fertilized naturally, and the flower harvest is done by hand. There are also productions in Sardinia and Abruzzo.

At first the flowers are collected one by one, then the three stigmas inside the corolla are detached, always manually, and then they are dried in a small oven or in a brazier that sterilizes them. With Zafferano 3Cuochi you will have the guarantee of putting in
table a totally natural and “safe” product, with an unmistakable flavor.

The cultivation, harvesting and processing of saffron are entirely manual!

To produce a Kg. of saffron it is necessary to collect on the fields
about 150,000 flowers and it takes more or less 500 hours of work. From about
20 flowers are obtained 60 pistils that once dried and processed
they are used to prepare a sachet of saffron.

By law in Italy it is forbidden to package with the name saffron something that is different from the apical part of saffron
same (Royal Decree No. 2217 of 1936)
The law does not specify the various quality bands of saffron, but if you buy well-known brands and for many years on the market as 3 Cooks ,
you are sure that these brands strictly respect the principle
enunciated above and that in the sachet that you consume the only
“ingredient” is a mixture of saffron of the best quality
on the market.

STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE AWAY FROM HEAT SOURCES.

Shelf life: saffron comes with a residual turn of about 15/18 months.

The price refers to a package containing 100 sachets of 0.15 grams each.

Products by: Bonetti Spa – Milan