Shiva Sales Corporation
Thane West, Thane, Maharashtra
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At Shiva sales Corporation, we have our in-house cleaning, processing & packaging unit where we maintain strict hygienic supervision so to ensure 100% pure, fresh and natural quality for each batch of saffron.
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1. | Moisture and volatile matter content (mass fraction) %, max. Saffron in filament form. | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 of IS 5453 |
2. | Total ash(on Dry Basis), % by wt. | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 of IS 5453 |
3. | Ash insoluble in dilute HCl (On Dry Basis) % by Wt. | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 11 of IS 5453 |
4. | Solubility in cold water (on Dry Basis) % by wt. | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 11 of IS 1797 : |
5. | Bitterness, expressed as direct reading of the absorbance of picrocrocine at 257 nm, (on dry basis), % by wt. | 70 | 55 | 40 | 30 | 13 of IS 5453 |
6. | Safranal expressed as diext reading of absorbance of 330 nm (On Dry Basis) % by wt. | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 13 of IS 5453 |
7. | Colouring strength Expressed as direct reading of absorbance of 440 nm (On Dry Basis) % by Wt. | 190 | 150 | 100 | 80 | 13 of IS 5453 |
8. | Artificial water - soluble acid Colorant | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
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9. | Extraneous matter % by Wt. | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.0% | 1.0% |
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