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Finest, Award Winning Saffron
Sara Saffron offer the freshest, finest quality saffron including Super Negin, Negin, Pushal and Organic saffron.
Saffron
Sara Saffron are saffron specialists offering an award winning saffron. Through our close partnerships with farmers we can offer you the freshest, finest quality saffron at incredibly competitive prices. Learn about our premium range of saffron products.
Our Story
Our association with saffron is incredibly strong and goes back over 700 years through history to include some of the greatest historical figures. Learn more about our incredible saffron adventure, our unique approach and what drives our passion for this iconic spice.
Giving Back
We’re passionate about what we do, about the environment and supporting the farming communities that are so essential to ensuring our premium saffron is of the freshest, finest quality. Learn more about our eco-initiatives and how we re-invest profits to support our farming communities.
Quality Guaranteed
Authentic saffron tested to ISO 3632 with incredible freshness, deep colour, pungent aroma and superb flavour. 100% unadulterated … guaranteed.
UK Stock
Saffron packed and held in the UK to meet all quality standards and packaging specifications.
Eco Friendly
Our saffron is grown, harvested by hand and packaged using environmentally sustainable techniques and materials.
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Great Taste Awards
What the Great Taste judges had to say about our saffron …
This deep, dark orangey red saffron smells stunning in the jar. Each individual stamen is sitting there proudly – not a tangled mess. On adding hot water, it immediately bleeds into the water giving a glorious sunshine yellow, fragrant liquid.
It is everything you would want from saffron: intense and vibrant. Each soaked stamen tastes plump and fresh in the mouth. Incredible.
When steeped in hot water, the saffron releases a pale gold colour to the liquid. It is a rich, pinky red in its dry state. The flavour of the infusion is the distinctive metallic tang of this spice, whereas in its dry state, it smells almost fruity. It delivers intense, clear, saffron flavour to the infusion.
This has an excellent vibrant colour and a wonderful rich clean classic aroma of quality saffron.
This is pure, simple and outstanding – this is how the best quality saffron should taste. First class
We were deeply surprised by the beetroot red rather than brick red of the threads – perhaps due simply to the absence of any yellow strands. Remarkably cut, flat and even, perfectly dried, clearly super negin in quality – they grind instantly and easily without heat or the adjunct of salt and sugar and now produce a deep orange/brick red shade, deeply aromatic and impactful. Absolutely excellent… learn more
Super Negin
Super Negin saffron is an extra special type of saffron. It has a deep, rich red colour, incredible aroma and luxurious taste. It is used by professional chefs in the finest cuisine around the world and is our premium, most sought after saffron… super negin
Organic Saffron
Our premium quality organic Negin saffron is made from only undamaged red stigmas which are separated by hand during the harvest process. The white or yellow part of the stigma is removed…. organic saffron
We sell only the best…
Finest, Award Winning Saffron
Sara Saffron is a world leading supplier of superior quality, award-winning saffron sourced directly from the world’s best saffron farms. All our saffron products are tested to ISO 3632 standards and exceed Category I, or Best Quality standards in all attributes… more
How it all came to be…
Our Saffron Journey
Sara Saffron may be a modern business, but its roots stretch back hundreds of years. Those roots supply a thread that carry Sara Shimi, back to the Khorasan province of the Middle East – home to her ancestors. Most notably, home to Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, a great scientist and scholar… more
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What Others Think
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33 reviews on
Castle
2023-03-01
Sara Saffron Highest Grade A+, 100% Authentic Saffron Threads
I usually cook by adding saffron to many stews and I like the taste and colour they add.This is a particular saffron because of the way that it is not powder and they are saffron threads.The taste is lovely and you don't need to add a big amount when you cook. I like that they are not additive added, it is very nice saffron and I recommend it.
Lelouch
2023-02-23
Sara Saffron Highest Grade A+, 100% Authentic Saffron Threads, Delicious and costly.
Being the most expensive spice in the world, this is my first encounter with it, so I didn't know what to expect in flavour, and definitely don't know how to distinguish good saffron. That said, after looking through some recipes, I gave it a shot to try cooking with it and the results were fabulous. The food had a nice fragrance to it. I didn't use a lot as I wasn't sure, and that turns out to be great, as the mellow flavour was very nice.I've not tried to use this in baking, but I assume that would work out great as well since the flavour is there and will definitely enhance the likes of bread and other baked goods.£5.95 isn't cheap for a single gram of the most expensive spice, but it is definitely worth trying.Each strand is intact, which I guess is a good sign of quality. There are cheaper variations when looking only, but I don't know if they can compare in quality, so I'm happy with this. It's better to get good quality if you're paying the price so that you can enjoy, so I would say this was a good experience.
MukkleNuisance
2023-02-19
Sara Saffron Highest Grade A+, 100% Authentic Saffron Threads, Super saffron
We use this in rice dishes.Tonight, a quick pinch in boiled long grain rice, with some frozen veggies. The saffron turns the water yellow, which the rice then soaked up.A perfect accompaniment to curry.
Katy13
2023-02-19
Sara Saffron Highest Grade A+, 100% Authentic Saffron Threads, Excellent quality
This saffron is excellent quality and very good value. The strands are thick, and rich in both flavour and colour. A little really does go a long way; just two or three strands of this saffron are sufficient to add real depth of flavour to a dish.I use saffron in Moroccan tagine recipes and in saffron rice. I have been disappointed with some of the saffron I have previously bought. However, this saffron is wonderful; the saffron rice I have made using it was truly fragrant and delicious.
Oltea L
2023-02-16
Sara Saffron Highest Grade A+, 100% Authentic Saffron Threads, Can’t make paella without it!
This really adds a delicate and distinctive flavour to my paella. The resulting colour of my paella dish is beautiful too. Highly recommend if you want to cook authentic paella.
Ann.B
2023-02-16
Sara Saffron Highest Grade A+, 100% Authentic Saffron Threads, Delicious in a fish stew!
Great quality and flavour. Used this saffron for a fish stew I made and it came out amazingly delicious, very flavorsome. Highly recommend!
Sarah
2023-02-15
Sara Saffron Highest Grade A+, 100% Authentic Saffron Threads, Great flavour
This is great quality saffron and you don't need much to flavour a dish. It is an expensive spice, but this is a decent price and good quality. Would recommend.
Darren
2023-02-11
Sara Saffron Highest Grade A+, 100% Authentic Saffron Threads, Incredible flavour and incredible price
I'm not being funny when I say incredible price. We all know that saffron is incredibly expensive. But you get 1 gram in this pack for this price. My local supermarket only sells it in jars with half the amount for just about the same price as this.Now using saffron is a treat, I put it in a glass of warm water to release the colour and then add it to rice. It gives rice a rich, orange/yellow glow. And a it imparts a slight flavour. You can't replicate it with turmeric.Just remember, use it sparingly, follow the storage instructions and you can't go wrong.
Coffeelover
2023-02-08
Sara Saffron Highest Grade A+, 100% Authentic Saffron Threads, Interesting
Having never (knowingly) had Saffron I was very curious to see what the worlds most expensive spice tasted like. I won't pretend I'm an expert so I can't validate any real or not claims but I did follow the same method as others have here and my test came out the same, so I can assume it's the real thing.I wasn't quite sure what to do with it, but having seen a picture with it on Ice cream, I thought I'd try that, so I put a few strands on some Vanilla ice cream and to my surprise, it gave a very nice flavour, very feint but it was there and it enhanced the ice cream that I'll be using it on that every time I have a bowl . I've tried it with some more savoury meals but if I am to be honest, I didn't notice too much difference. I perhaps didn't apply too much, but that this price point you wouldn't want to.So, would I recommend it? Yes, but only if it is within your means, but it does make a great addition for when you have guests around. At £5.99 it's not going to break the bank and it's great for a little treat, but it isn't something I would buy a huge amount of nor use all the time. I am very happy to have tried it though and really did enjoy it.
Pablo
2023-02-07
Sara Saffron Highest Grade A+, 100% Authentic Saffron Threads, Good quality
There is a big difference between a quality saffron and those that are not. This one is good quality and gives a great flavour. It is stored in a sealed plastic bag which comes in a sort of cardboard envelope with an opening to see the product. It smells good when you open it.
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Great Taste Award 3 Star Certificate
/in Knowledge, Recipes /by 5@r@_S@ffr0n_1926Sara Saffron are awarded the highest “Great Taste” 3 Star Award, and here’s our certificate to prove it. Great work and well done to everyone involved.