Nutrition Value Per 100 gm Saffron (Kesar) Parameters Results Obtained Unit Description Saffron is slightly bitter and free from the foreign flavour and living insects, mould growth Extraneous matter 0.042 % Floral Waste 3.26 % Moisture and volatile matter at 105 dog c. 11.78 % Total ash (on dry basis) 4.69 % Ash insoluble in dilute HCI (on dry basis) Nil. % Solubility in cold water on dry weight basis 60.21 % Bitterness expressed as direct reading of the absorbance of picrocrocine at about 257nm on dry basic 74.36 Safranal expressed as direct reading of the absorbance of 330nm on dry basis 32.87 Coloring strength expressed as direct reading of the absorbance of 440 nm on dry basis 111.76 Total nitrogen on dry basis 3.45 % Crude Fibre on dry basis 3.68 %