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Facts and FAQs About Vanilla

…two types of vanilla beans used commercially: Vanilla planifolia and Vanilla tahitensis. Vanilla planifolia is the type of vanilla most frequently used in baking, ice creams, etc and has the…

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Frequently Asked Questions About Vanilla

…hybrids worldwide.  There are also at least 400-500 varieties of vanilla orchids that grow around the world, but only Vanilla Planifolia and Vanilla Tahitensis are used commercially. Occasionally Vanilla Pompona…

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Vanilla in Tahiti

…biologist whose career is dedicated to keeping vanilla healthy. Michel is a virologist who, before coming to Tahiti, worked with Bourbon vanilla in Reunion for many years. As Tahitian vanilla

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For Farmers

Cheap vanilla? Hold onto your wallet!

…provide our customers with premium-quality vanilla extracts and  excellent customer service. Our vanilla extracts contain vanilla beans with a high vanillin content.  They are made with 20% more vanilla beans…

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Awareness

Why is vanilla so expensive?

…dairy products, will switch to “other natural flavors,” (which can mean either imitation vanilla or vanilla flavor made from vanillin drawn from plants other than vanilla beans), rather than pay…

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Vanilla Extract – An Insider’s View

…up? Our mission at VanillaQueen.com is to provide the finest premium-quality vanilla products possible. We only use vanilla beans with a high vanillin content in our vanilla extracts. This gives…

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FAQs

What’s the best vanilla extract?

…we differ? Are our vanilla extracts better? Here at the Vanilla Company, our mission is to provide our customers with premium-quality vanilla extracts and  excellent customer service. Our vanilla extracts contain vanilla

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Vanilla and Aromatherapy

…Sadly, most of the vanilla fragrances in the world are made with imitation vanilla. Weight Loss and Vanilla A recent study at the St. George’s Hospital in London indicates that…

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Recipes

What is vanilla paste?

…baked goods that benefit from a bold vanilla flavor. I used to layer vanilla flavors when I made my to live for Vanilla Madelaines. I used freshly ground vanilla bean powder…

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Enchanting Tahiti

…the first of what is now called Vanilla tahitensis, a distinct species, quite different from Vanilla planifolia or Bourbon vanilla. Vanilla planifolia was later brought by the Rear-Admiral Bonnard from…

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For Farmers

Does Mexico Still Produce Vanilla?

…of the Mexican vanilla industry and why Mexican vanilla beans are difficult to come by today. Mexican vanilla was a greatly prized gift to the Europeans Vanilla beans were first…

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How I became the Vanilla Queen

…the vanilla traders and extract manufacturers and created the book largely around their experiences and expertise. The Vanilla Cookbook came out in 1986. No one had ever combined vanilla’s history,…

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Vanilla Facts

Vanilla Dreams

…known as fragans vanilla. Madagascar vanilla (from Vanilla planifolia stock) is also known as Bourbon vanilla, not because it is made with bourbon, but due to having started in the…

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Madagascar and Bourbon Vanilla Extract

Madagascar and Bourbon vanilla are actually the same.  I’ll explain: Vanilla planifolia, is the species of vanilla most commonly used in extracts. Vanilla planifolia stock originated in Mexico, vanilla’s birthplace,…

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2013 Market Report on Vanilla

…virtually no global competition for its vanilla. Although we see a possibility of a short term pull back in the price of black or gourmet vanilla, red vanilla, or what…

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