Saffron 15 mg

What Is Saffron 15 mg?

Saffron has been graded, traded and faked for as long as it has been sold. It is the stigma of the autumn crocus, three to a flower, picked by hand. This tablet carries a stigma extract standardized to 2% safranals, measured by UV-Vis.

How It Works in the Body

Three compound families do saffron's work, and each is a piece of the same carotenoid skeleton. The crocins give the color and carry sugars, which is what lets a carotenoid dissolve in water. Picrocrocin gives the bitterness. Safranal, the aroma, appears as picrocrocin breaks apart during drying. Crocetin, the sugar-free core, is what reaches the bloodstream.

Each of those absorbs light in its own band, and that is how a batch is graded: a solution is read in a spectrophotometer, and color, bitterness and aroma each register at their own wavelength. UV-Vis is the name for that reading.

What It Supports

• Mood and balance: Saffron's long traditional use centers on mood, and it supports a calm, balanced mood.
• Pigment chemistry: The crocins are among the few carotenoids that dissolve in water, and carotenoids support the body's antioxidant defenses.
• A measured amount: The tablet is built around a defined 15 mg of standardized stigma extract per serving, with safranals as the marker.
• A spice with a long record: Saffron has been used in cooking and in dyeing across Persia, India and the Mediterranean.

Who It May Suit

People who want a lower-strength saffron tablet rather than a concentrated capsule. Nothing in it is animal-derived, so vegetarian and vegan eating are covered.

Good To Know

The tablet is sweetened with sorbitol, a sugar alcohol that in quantity pulls water into the gut and loosens stools. Talk with your healthcare provider before use if you are pregnant or nursing, since saffron beyond food amounts has a traditional reputation for acting on the uterus, or if you take an antidepressant or a sedative.