Why AmuHerat
Know what goes into your food.
Most saffron arrives without a label. Ours comes from Herat, picked by hand, and every shipment is lab-tested in Afghanistan and in the EU.
Coloring strength above 245, where
grade one starts at 2001
From field to box
Picked, dried and sorted by hand in Herat; each shipment is tested in a certified lab, in Afghanistan and in the EU.
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By hand, as the flower opens
One flower gives three stigmas; a gram takes roughly 150 flowers.
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Drying and sorting
The stigmas are dried, then sorted: Negin and Super Negin.
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Tested in two countries
Every shipment is tested in a certified lab in Afghanistan and in the EU.
The path of saffron in four pictures
Since 2019, from Herat
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3 stigmas
from each flower, picked by hand
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~150 flowers
for a single gram of saffron
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2 labs
in Afghanistan and in the EU
It all starts with the thread
Precision at every layer
The stigma gives the colour, the taste and the aroma. We pack whole threads, not powder.
The lab measures to ISO 3632: coloring strength, taste and aroma.
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0
Additives
whole threads, not powder
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I1
Quality grade
by colour, taste and aroma
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2
Labs
in Afghanistan and in the EU
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Measures
colour, taste and aroma to ISO 3632
What the lab sheet says
The Herat lab sheet of our latest shipment, from September 2026. Crocin 295.2, picrocrocin 111.5, safranal 32.7: all in category I, with no artificial colourants. Actual laboratory results may differ depending on where and how the sample is tested (Afghanistan or the EU).
Lab sheets from two countries
Every shipment is tested in a certified laboratory in Afghanistan and in the EU. First, the Herat lab sheet of our latest shipment (2026); behind it, the earlier ones from newest to oldest, back to 2019, including the Eurofins microbiological analysis from 2020.
A living in Herat
In Herat, saffron is the alternative to opium poppy. Harvesting and sorting are done by hand and give local families a legal living.
1 Coloring strength to ISO 3632 (crocin absorbance), category targets: Premium 245–270+, Royal 270–300+. Actual laboratory results may differ depending on where and how the sample is tested (Afghanistan or the EU). Premium and Royal are AMU selections, not official ISO grades; grade I starts at 200.