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The Intelligence from The Economist

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What's So Special About Saffron?

Most of the world's saffron comes from iron, and increasingly wholesalers can't be sure that they're getting what they're paying for. Fake saffron circulates and pops up all over the world. A recent commissioned by the e found that 11 % of saffron for sale within the block was counterfeit or adulterated.

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