ЗП Георги Тончев
Bulgarian Saffron Producers Association Member: George Tonchev
- Saffron producer name
- Company / Brand
Ballkan Bio Botanics
- Saffron producer since2018г.
- Address
Tazha village, Pavel banya MNTY, Stara Zagora Reg.
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About us / Additional Info
Healthy soil = healthy food and people.
Our Regenerative Farming makes better quality Saffron while preserving Nature.
My name is George Tonchev and I am producer of Organically grown and pure SAFFRON from Bulgaria.
We run with love of Crocus flower a small family organic saffron farm with my wife Olga in the village of Tazha in Central Bulgaria. Our field is located in the middle of the Rose Valley, famous for its unique climate conditions and protected from the harsh Northern cold weather by the Balkan Mountain. This unique location and favorable climate, together with the nutrient rich soil and the way it is handled, translates into the high-quality yield of our Saffron produce.
Our farming operation
We practice Regenerative Organic farming methods, enriching the soil’s nutrient availability by minimal physical disturbance – we advanced to 100% No-Tillage of the soil. We annually seed multispecies cover crops for soil carbon sequestration and have livestock integration with controlled cows and goats, grazing in the spring – summer months, to naturally fertilize our land and suppress weeds. We also use zero artificial fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides and fungicides on our field.
Therefore, we are providing for the most natural habitat for our plants and they provide us with the purest product possible. We do not need Organic certification as we put much more effort in growing our saffron and bring even higher value to our customers, society, and Nature as a whole! We protect Earth.
The Saffron we produce
The tremendous efforts we put in building healthy and nutrient rich soil ultimately translates in to the highest quality of the saffron we produce. Our last years’ saffron crop (2018) was very successful. The quality of our product complies to Category 1, according to ISO 3632-2:2010 and is certified by Quality Analysis Report from the French laboratory AnaScan. Our saffron is also separated for ONLY RED stigmas (Grade “A” or Sargol quality). The yellow filaments from under the stigma are not collected. Here are our main quality indicators using UV-Vis spectrometric method analysis (original document available upon request):
Flavour (picrocrocin): 80 ± 1
Aroma (safranal): 34 ± 1
Colouring (crocin): 214 ± 4
Moisture & volatile matter content: 12%
It is our pride and joy to bring to you our selection of the purest and most naturally grown Premium Quality Saffron from Bulgaria.
Available quantity 1:
0.100kg
Certificate
Price range:
7-10 € /g
Harvest:
2018
Available quantity 2:
0.250kg
Certificate
Price range:
7-10 € /g
Harvest:
2019
Available quantity 3:
0.400kg
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Price range:
7-10 € /g
Harvest:
2020
AVAILABLE BULBS FOR SALE:
Bulbs size 1
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PRICE RANGE
100 € / kg
AVAILABLE BULBS FOR SALE:
Bulbs size 2
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AVAILABLE BULBS FOR SALE:
Bulbs size 3
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За нас
“Сдружение на шафранопроизводителите в България“ е сдружение с нестопанска цел, учредено януари 2020г. Негова цел е да представлява интересите на българските шафранопроизводители на местно и международно ниво.
