Morels & Saffron

FIATS is supplying quality handpicked Morels from the Kashmir region of Himalayas.

True Morels, are one of the most desired mushrooms in the world. A celebrated delicacy that are not farmed like most grocery store mushrooms, but gathered in wild. Morchella or True Morels is edible fungus of the underground organism called mycelium that has a complex symbiotic relationship with trees.

Morels mushroom have distinctive honeycomb appearance, due to network of ridges with bits composing their cap. The insides of morels are hollow and whitish and up-close you can detect a goose bump like texture.

Morels are globally the most lusciously prized of all naturally occurring herbal foods, sprouting naturally from soil under suitable moderate temperature and moist conditions in cedar forests of Kashmir, particularly “Pir Panchal” range of Kashmir-Himalayas. With limits to its occurrence, a ceaseless earthy taste, high organic matter and shades of hard woods hence it is treasured as a high ranked foodstuff in diverse cuisines across the globe.

Market:
Being a natural wild product, with smoky taste and aroma, morels have unique liking which makes it the most expensive mushroom of all times. France, Switzerland and Germany are the main importing countries.

The morels market price is mainly driven by two factors. First, the limited production, because it’s naturally grown, and second, the growing food retail industry who supply it to the high end restaurants.

We offer the following grades of Morels:

• Special Morels
• Extra Morels
• Standard Morels
• Mini Morels
• Morels Broken /Industrial Morels
• Verpa Bomica
• Morel Tail or Stem

Packaging: ½ Kg, 1 Kg, 10 Kg’s or customized as per order

Saffron has been grown in Kashmir. The bulbs of the Crocus sativa flower are planted in May and June and the flower is harvested in November. Pampore in Kashmir is famous worldwide for its best quality Saffron. Saffron used throughout the world. Saffron is widely used as a vital ingredient in medicines, dyes, perfumes and as a spice.

Saffron with fascinating fragrance, pleasant flavour and beautiful colour is used in many recipes around the world.

Kashmiri saffron is 100% pure, premium quality, and is available in required packaging.

Kashmir Saffron which is cultivated and harvested in the Karewa (highlands) of Kashmir, has been given the Geographical Indication (GI) tag by the Geographical Indications Registry. The spice is grown in some regions of Kashmir, including Pulwama, Budgam, Kishtwar and Srinagar. . It is the only saffron in the world grown at an altitude of 1,600 m to 1,800 m AMSL (above mean sea level), which adds to its uniqueness and differentiates it from other saffron varieties available the world over. The saffron available in Kashmir is of three types — ‘Lachha Saffron’, with stigmas just separated from the flowers and dried without further processing; ‘Mongra Saffron’, in which stigmas are detached from the flower, dried in the sun and processed traditionally; and ‘Guchhi Saffron’, which is the same as Lachha, except that the latter’s dried stigmas are packed loosely in air-tight containers while the former has stigmas joined together in a bundle tied with a cloth thread.

We offer the following grades of Morels:

• 100% Pure Red Saffron (Mongra Quality)
• Red Yellow Saffron (Lucha Quality)

Packaging: As per customer requirement