Hand-sorted Kashmiri Mongra and Iranian Super Negin threads, certified against ISO 3632-1 thresholds and released with a lot-wise certificate of analysis — from our floor in Tapi to your port.
Figures shown are the ISO 3632-1 Category I minimums this lot is certified against. Lot-specific measured values travel with the shipment COA.
Every grade below is certified against a published ISO 3632-1 category. Pick one to see the thresholds it must meet, what it looks like, and how it ships.
We buy at source in two saffron belts and grade both on the same bench in Gujarat, so a buyer can compare like for like.
The karewa plateaus above the Jhelum. A short October–November window, picked at first light and separated by hand the same day — which is why Kashmiri thread carries its colour.
The world's largest saffron belt. Long, uniform Super Negin threads with consistent lot-to-lot chemistry — the practical choice when a buyer needs volume on a repeat schedule.
The chain a single lot moves through before it reaches your warehouse — and the document that comes out of each step.
The single most common confusion in a saffron enquiry. Mongra is stigma only — all red. Lacha keeps a length of the pale style attached, which lowers the colour value per gram.
Lacha — style attached
Mongra — all red
Real saffron releases a slow golden-yellow in cold water over 10–15 minutes. An instant red bleed means dye.
Rub a thread between wet fingers. Saffron stains yellow-orange. A red stain on the skin points to colouring.
Under a loupe each stigma flares into a trumpet at one end. Safflower and dyed corn silk are flat-ended.
Sweet-hay with a faint metallic edge from safranal. A sweet, candy-like smell suggests added sugar or honey.
None of these replace a lab. Every Pravaha lot is released against ISO 3632-1 with a certificate of analysis stating the measured crocin, picrocrocin and safranal values for that specific lot — not a generic figure.
Set the grade, volume, destination and terms. The desk works out cartons, gross weight and an indicative band, then composes the whole enquiry for WhatsApp or email.
Retail-ready or bulk, in your artwork or ours. Food-grade, tamper-evident and compliant with destination labelling on request.
Cork or screw-cap clear glass with a tamper band. The default retail unit for gifting and pharmacy shelves.
Lithographed tin with an inner liner. Blocks light and travels well in hot lanes — our most requested export unit.
Your artwork, barcode and destination-compliant nutrition panel, printed and applied before despatch.
Vacuum or nitrogen-flushed aluminium laminate inside a master carton, palletised and strapped.
Indicative door-to-port transit on the lanes we run most often. Air freight is available on every lane for sample and urgent volumes.
Registrations, test reports and shipping paperwork — what it covers, who issues it, and when you receive it.
Monthly notes on harvest, pricing pressure and lane conditions from our sourcing team.
Arrivals, colour values and where the price band settled through May.
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Post-harvest stock positions and what they meant for forward contracts.
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Export demand by lane and the currency effect on landed cost.
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Pravaha International is an India-based export company supplying premium spices to global markets from Tapi, Gujarat. We work in saffron because it is the one spice where grading is everything and where most of the trade still sells on adjectives.
Our position is simple: every lot is graded against a published standard, tested, and released with a certificate that names its measured values. If a buyer wants to verify us, the paperwork is already in their hands.
Tell us the grade and volume you're working to. You'll get an indicative offer, a specification sheet and a sample dispatch window — normally inside one working day.