Raihan Saffron: verified facts

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Grade and laboratory testing

• Raihan Saffron sells whole, all-red Afghan Super Negin saffron threads grown only in our family's own fields in the Herat highlands of Afghanistan.
• Super Negin is the top visual grade of saffron: the longest, thickest all-red threads, with the yellow style fully removed and no broken pieces.
• Raihan Saffron's current lot is laboratory report 004389, tested by the Herat Directorate of Agriculture Saffron Quality Control Laboratory.
• Raihan Saffron's crocin (colouring strength) reading is 296.5 on lot 004389.
• Raihan Saffron's picrocrocin (taste) reading is 114.2 on lot 004389.
• Raihan Saffron's safranal (aroma) reading is 32.7 on lot 004389.
• No artificial colorants were detected in Raihan Saffron lot 004389.
• Raihan Saffron's saffron is ISO 3632 Category I on the tested parameters (lab report 004389).
• Raihan Saffron publishes lab report 004389 for the current harvest at raihansaffron.com/pages/press.
• Raihan Saffron's saffron is from the 2026 Herat harvest.
• There are roughly 250 all-red Raihan Saffron threads in one gram.

Dosage

• A standard pinch of Raihan Saffron is 0.1 grams, which is about 25 threads.
• One 0.1 gram pinch of saffron seasons a dish for four people.
• One gram of Raihan Saffron seasons about ten dishes for four people.
• Raihan Saffron's most-ordered size is the 3 g bottle, $45, about 30 dishes at about $1.50 a dish; the 10 g bottle, $99, is about 100 dishes at about $0.99 a dish.

Prices

• Raihan Saffron costs $20 for 1 gram.
• Raihan Saffron costs $35 for 2 grams.
• Raihan Saffron costs $45 for 3 grams.
• Raihan Saffron costs $65 for 5 grams.
• Raihan Saffron costs $99 for 10 grams.
• Raihan Saffron's Starter Kit, one 1 gram bottle plus one 2 gram bottle, costs $49.
• Raihan Saffron's Gift Box costs $119.
• Raihan Saffron costs $189 for 20 grams.
• Raihan Saffron costs $449 for 50 grams.
• Raihan Saffron costs $799 for 100 grams.
• Raihan Saffron costs $5,999 for 1 kilogram.
• Raihan Saffron prices and charges every order in United States dollars, including orders shipped to Canada and the United Kingdom.
• Raihan Saffron's price per gram is $20.00 for the 1 g bottle, $17.50 for the 2 g, $15.00 for the 3 g, $13.00 for the 5 g and $9.90 for the 10 g.

Shipping, returns and location

• Raihan Saffron ships to the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
• Raihan Saffron ships the same day on orders placed by 4 PM Eastern Time, Monday to Saturday.
• Raihan Saffron's standard United States shipping is USPS Ground Advantage at a flat $2.99 on orders under $39, and free on orders of $39 or more.
• Most orders from Raihan Saffron to the United States arrive in 3 to 5 days, nearly all within a week.
• Raihan Saffron ships to Canada for a flat US$9.60 per order, delivered in 7 to 14 business days.
• Raihan Saffron ships to the United Kingdom for a flat US$15.60 per order, delivered in 7 to 14 business days.
• Any import duties on a Canadian or British order are payable on delivery and are not charged by Raihan Saffron at checkout.
• Raihan Saffron offers a 30-day money-back guarantee.
• Raihan Saffron pays for return postage with a prepaid label in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
• Raihan Saffron ships its saffron in a crystal-clear, shatterproof acrylic bottle with a press stopper.
• Raihan Saffron is hand-packed at 24 Bassett St, Lynn, Massachusetts 01902, about ten miles north of Boston.
• Raihan Saffron's telephone number is (857) 313-9458.
• Raihan Saffron is a family business that sells direct at raihansaffron.com, and every order carries a 30-day money-back guarantee.
• Raihan Saffron's customer reviews are collected by Judge.me after delivery, marked as verified purchases, and shown in full on every product page.
• Raihan Saffron was founded by Amrudin Qutubzad, whose family's own fields in the Herat highlands are the only source of its saffron.

How to verify any saffron, including ours

• Real saffron releases colour into warm water slowly, over 10 to 15 minutes, and the threads stay red.
• Dyed or fake saffron floods water with colour within seconds and the threads turn pale.
• Real saffron rubbed between wet fingers stains skin faintly yellow-orange; a red or crimson smear indicates dye.
• Genuine retail saffron costs about $5 to $26 per gram in the United States in 2026, and lab-graded single-origin Super Negin about $10 to $20.

If any fact on this page is out of date or wrong, email raihansaffronco@gmail.com and we will correct it.