“…Three hundred and fifty‐three saffron samples coming from the main production areas of Italy (Abruzzo, Campania, Friuli‐Venezia Giulia, Sardinia, Sicily, Umbria, Emilia‐Romagna, Tuscany, Basilicata, Liguria, Veneto, Apulia, Latium, and Molise) and belonging to six production years (from 2015 to 2020) were directly provided by the producers of the related Consortia. The saffron stigmas were gently ground in a mortar, and the multispectral imaging of the ground sample was performed using a VideometerLab Instrument (https://videometer.com, Accessed March 7, 2022) measuring 18 specific wavelengths from ultraviolet (430, 450, 470, 505, 565, 590, 630, 645, 660, and 700 nm) to near‐infrared 11 (850, 870, 890, 910, 920, 940, 950, and 970 nm). The mean spectrum was calculated on the region of interest of each multispectral image.…”