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Sargol
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Sargol is Iran’s pure-red stigma grade—literally “top of the flower”—with yellow styles fully removed so every milligram is deep crimson thread. Colouring strength and perfume are high; this is the reference Iranian cut for serious cookery and export premiums. Threads are short, brittle, and intensely dye-capable. Bloom in warm liquid for rice, desserts, and sauces. Because sargol commands price, adulteration risk exists in powders and suspiciously cheap threads. Whole sargol should smell honeyed and hay-like, never musty or purely metallic.
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Sargol grading named the all-red top stigma cut in Iranian saffron trade.
Export markets learned sargol as the premium pure-red Iranian standard.
Laboratory colouring-strength metrics reinforced sargol quality claims.
Global specialty spice retail listed sargol as a default fine Iranian grade.