In pictures | The cultivation of saffron in the eye of Valérian Mazataud

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Reduced to powder, saffron is thus regularly mixed with corn beards, hair, brick powder, or even other spices such as turmeric or paprika, or is replaced by these products. The dried safflower flower, a plant close to the thistle and sometimes nicknamed “bastard saffron”, is also sold under the name of saffron, at an unbeatable price. Valerian Mazataud Le Devoir