| CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION | |
| BOTANICAL NAME | Crocus sativus L. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGIN | Europe |
| PART PLANT USED | Stigmata |
| CARRIER | Corn starch |
| PRESERVATIVES | Absence |
| APPEARANCE | Reddish brown powder* |
| ODOUR | Characteristic |
| TASTE | Characteristic |
| GRANULOMETRY | <0.5 mm | Internal Method |
| DENSITY | ≈0.8 g/ml | Internal Method |
| LOSS ON DRYING | ≤10% | Internal Method |
| SOLUBILITY | Miscible but not completely soluble in water. Unmiscible in mineral oils. | Internal Method |
| SAFRANAL (UV) | ≥2% | Internal Method |
| CROCINS (UV) | ≥4% | Internal Method |
| CROCINS (HPLC) | ≤4% | Internal Method |
| CADMIUM | <1 ppm | Internal Method |
| LEAD | <1 ppm | Internal Method |
| MERCURY | <0.1 ppm | Internal Method |
| TOTAL AFLATOXINS | <10 ppb | Internal Method |
| BENZO(a)PYRENES | <10 ppb | Reg. (EU) No 2015/1933 |
| PAH´s | <50 ppb | Reg. (EU) No 2015/1933 |
| ESCHERICHIA COLI | <1 x 101 ufc/g | Internal Method |
| SALMONELLA | Absence/25g | Internal Method |
| SULPHITE-REDUCERS (sporulated anaerobes) | <103 ufc/g | Internal Method |
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