Real and fake saffron: Fake saffron is being sold indiscriminately in the market, this is how to differentiate between real and fake

Saffron is used to enhance the color and taste of sweets. It is also considered very beneficial for health. Saffron is sold extensively in the valleys of Kashmir. Is the saffron you are using really real? Here we tell you how to identify real and fake saffron-

To identify whether saffron is real or fake, try tasting it. For this, keep a thread of saffron on the tongue. Reports say that if saffron is real then you will start feeling the heat within 15 to 20 minutes.

However, eating artificial saffron will not do this. At the same time, if after putting saffron on the tongue, its color immediately changes or the taste becomes sweet, then understand that it is fake.

This can also be checked by pressing the saffron. To identify real and fake saffron, squeeze its fibers in your hand. If it breaks, consider it real. Actually, real saffron is soft so it breaks when held in hand.

To identify real or fake saffron, test it by putting it in water. For this, put saffron thread in some water and see if its color disappears immediately then understand that it is fake. Keep in mind that it takes some time for the water to turn true saffron color.

This can be tested by mixing saffron in hot milk. For this, add saffron in hot milk, if it dissolves completely in water then it is real saffron. Whereas artificial saffron will not dissolve in water and its fibers will remain in water.