How vanilla got so expensive. And what you can do about it.
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- Опубліковано 7 чер 2024
- Tips for buying vanilla extract and how to know what's fake and real.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 2nd most expensive spice in the world
01:00 Is it COVID?
01:30 How vanilla grows
01:45 Hand pollination + harvest
02:10 Where vanilla grows + why it matters
02:30 Cyclone devastation
03:15 The elephant in the room
04:00 Pure vs Imitation
04:50 "Natural Vanilla Flavoring"
05:32 Vanilla fraud
05:50 Tips for purchasing vanilla
Tlilxochitl or vanilla, comes from Mexico. My family has been producing it for over 800 years. Through out the centuries we lost and gained land, and currently have 10 acres to this jewel.
huh? what is you evidence to your claim that your family has been producing it for 400 years?
@@EliF-ge5bu for over 800 years, I'm an original to this land, my family has a rare book dating from 1504 detailing our history in chocolate, vanilla and other great agricultural produce as for back as 1168 ce.
@@EliF-ge5bu Why on earth does he need to give YOU proof? Who might YOU be?
@@QueenOfTheNorth65 Who might YOU be? He claims he has 800 years of family history of producing something, that is mainly unheard of.That is 300 years before the Spanish came to what is now Mexico. Even more established families in Europe cannot trace their lineage that far, and they have extensive written records. And that what makes his claim even more unbelievable, because the Spanish has mainly eradicated Mexico's pre-spanish records.
@@EliF-ge5bu None of which suggests for a moment that what he said is impossible, merely improbable. Therefore, he can be taken at his word since it is possible, and so no proof is required.
I grow my own Saffron, and have been considering buying a few vanilla vines.
The flavor profile of my own saffron is night and day difference between store bought, and it is very easy to grow indoors or on a window sill.
Hi, I was just curious about how you can grow your own saffron? I would love to grow my own saffron.share you secret?
Love this video! Yes to Persian food please. I had a few vanilla orchid plants in my collection years ago and I was never able to get pods from them. They ended up dying due to a virus and I’ve never really tried to grow them again. From what I’ve researched this virus is also causing major die off in the industry as well. Would love a video about the full production of vanilla from start to finish.
Vanilla orginally from the Veracruz area of Mexico. The natural pollinator is a bee that can not be transported to other areas. Hand pollination is required and is done by opening up the flower of the vanilla orchid.
Impressive that you even tried! Yes, disease is another issue the industry is contending with. I hope to do a full HDIG in the future!
@@TrueFoodTV Hi Nicole, please do a video on how mangoes are grown. Thanks!
Thanks Nicole. Good to see that you are interested in promoting Persian recipes which I see as being much underrepresented in the blogging community. My wife is a colleague of yours and has many Persian recipes amongst other cuisines on her blog, and they are always well received. She learned from my father.
As a young lad waaaaaay back in the day, my favorite vanilla ice cream was made with Mexican bourbon vanilla at a custard stand owed by a local dairy farm. There's a notable [at least I think so] 'taste difference' between the Mexican [spicy] and Madagascar [smooth richness] vanilla. Unless otherwise noted, most vanilla extracts are a 'blend' of both Mexican and Madagascar. To this day, I prefer Mexican vanilla for those spice notes. My favorite is Blue Cattle Truck Trading Company - the real deal. Great video - thank you! Cheers...
My Persian wife and I are big fans of your videos, and would love to see your take on Persian food! And thanks for this video on vanilla. I lived near Madagascar at one time, and it's sad to hear they are still having such difficulties. The land and the people are so unique and beautiful.
Thank you for another great video. My wife has been successful in making and processing vanilla extract from beans she bought. Yes please! Persian food.
This channel is so underrated. Love your content!
You're such a natural and charming host. You deserve your own show on prime time national TV!
Thank you for educating us on this topic 🙏
I love your videos! And would love even more a persian foods series 😍
Very, very good video essay. I love that you specify the purpose of this video vs the truth of the tradgedy in Madagascar. Thank you.
You should seriously have your own show on the discovery channel or the like. Great, great content in all your shows. I can imagine each video is a ton of work but where I’m standing, well worth the effort!👍
Making your own vanilla is easy and the best tasting by far! Highly recommend
I love your videos. Very thoughtful and professional as well as educational. The idea of doing an extensive one from Madagascar would be fascinating and help us have a greater appreciation for the production of this product but more importantly the hard working people whose lives are probably much more challenging than we could ever know. Education in its best form is much more than “information.” It should help us gain a wider and more compassionate understanding of the whole world in all of its diversity and the ways the majority of humanity overcome adversity just to live.
I was surprised you didn't mention the fact that it is EXTREMELY easy to make your own homemade pure vanilla extract.
All it takes is 2 ingredients.
1. A fifth of vodka, the higher proof the better since it's the alcohol itself that extracts and holds the vanilla flavor.
2. 10-12 vanilla bean pods, but you can use more if you like (up to 2 dozen or so). The more pods you use the quicker the vodka infuses, and the longer you can reuse the same pods. You can use lesser quality pods for this since they are usually dryer than higher quality pods, and absorb the vodka faster. And they are also much cheaper to buy.
Pinch or cut the pods in half, and place them down inside the bottle of vodka. Place it in a dark place where it is accessable, but protected from light. Shake the bottle occasionally, no more than once a day, or less than once a week, and keep it in the dark as much as possible. (I keep mine under the sink.) It will be ready to use in 3-6 months, depending on how many pods you used.
It will go on getting stronger as time goes on. So if it's not used up in a year, pour it into another (preferably amber) bottle. Once you pour the extract off, refill the bottle with another fifth of vodka. The pods can be reused indefinitely, and only need to be discarded when they stop sufficiently flavoring the vodka (they can do SEVERAL batches). And even THEN they can be reused once more by scraping out the seeds and adding THEM to something, like ice cream, or baked goods.
This works out much cheaper than buying pre-made extract. And you have the added bonus of knowing EXACTLY what and how much is in it, since YOU put it there.
I was also surprised. It's so easy to make.
Last year I made half in captain Morgan instead of vodka. Either way people love it as a Christmas gift.
@@michelleprull4105 I suggest and use vodka only because it doesn't add much (if any) flavor of it's own. But you CAN use just about ANY kind of alcohol from vodka to wine. There are even non-alcoholic options like glycerin for example. But if you use a stronger alcohol, it will (as far as I have seen) virtually never spoil, and have a stronger more long lasting flavor.
In fact if you like flavored alcohols, you can use this same method. You just don't leave it steeping nearly as long. A couple weeks to a month should do it.
And you can also make OTHER extracts this same way.
Lemon peel (sans pith) = lemon extract.
Cacao = chocolate extract.
Coffee Beans = coffee extract.
Almonds = almond extract.
Mint Leaves = mint extract.
The list is practically endless. As long as they can make an essential oil out of it, you can make extract out of it.
@@AIM54A a LOT of things are easier to make than most people think. For millennia, if people wanted it, they had to MAKE it. People think it takes a lot of work to make things from scratch, and that's TRUE for SOME things. But for the most part it's healthier to make it yourself, fairly easy, and WAY, WAY cheaper.
@@juliebaker6969 I use to only use vodka but a lot of people that make vanilla said they really liked it in rum so I tried it. I can’t tell a difference in taste but in smell I can.
Yeast have been genetically modified to produce vanillin. It's cheaper and more sustainable than vanilla from orchids, or the artificial stuff.
Yes, there are many sources for harnessing vanillin. Fascinating isn't it? I bet there are taste experts that can taste the difference between the fake stuff and the orchid fruit, but I'm not sure I would be able to!
I live in Madagascar and I buy the best vanilla beans for about $5.00 US/kg and then I cut it open and stuff it in a bottle fill it with rum and two table spoons of sugar let it sit a month or two and voila the best for baking
Thanks for the tip about the 2 tbs of sugar and time. Did not see that anywhere last year when I did some serious research on vanilla. It has true health benefits, including calming me down. I actually now just cut a third of a moist (not dried) bean and chew it skin and all - best chewing gum substitute ever - it disappears totally in my mouth. LOVE it that way. Very calming, I find.
It is way more than a flavoring. It is seriously healthy.
Yes, definitely talk about Persian food! And make sure your mother-in-law's on there 🙂
Hear that mum? The people have spoken!
I have a Persian mother in law too! I'd love to see this video. :)
We summon the Persian mother in law!
Nicole, I would love to learn about Persian food. Thank you for your videos 🌹🌹
You're most welcome!
ok, now we need a video how it grows and where and another on how to make your own Vanilla extract. sorry for being so demanding, your videos are amazing.
YES!!! plz talk about Persian food!!! I love the education you give in these videos. 🤗
Love this video. I usually buy my vanilla extract at a local spice shop, it isn’t cheap, but I prefer using it.
I would love a video on Persian cooking. I’ve taken a cookbook out of my library on Persia, which I believe I saw on one of your videos. It was fascinating. I would love if you do another video on cookbooks or cooking that you like. Thank you.
I don’t use vanilla that often since I’m not a huge baker. But then I haven’t purchased vanilla in decades. My sister works for a flavor company that manufactures their own pure vanilla extract so she just gets me a sample bottle when I need more (they make flavors for commercial use not retail). I hadn’t realized it gotten so expensive although she has spoken about the rise in the cost of vanilla beans.
Please, definitely do a video about saffron and other Persian foods.
Consider doing one on the Shiraz grapes.
I just make my own. I like to keep multiple batches making at once though since it takes 2 years to finish.
What is your process? I’ve read it takes three months! I have organic vodka and vanilla beans just waiting for your input!
I started that last year. It's super easy and a fraction of the price of store bought.
Well done everyone!
@@amy3458 It is EXTREMELY easy to make your own homemade pure vanilla extract.
All it takes is 2 ingredients.
1. A fifth of vodka, the higher proof the better since it's the alcohol itself that extracts and holds the vanilla flavor.
2. 10-12 vanilla bean pods, but you can use more if you like (up to 2 dozen or so). The more pods you use the quicker the vodka infuses, and the longer you can reuse the same pods. You can use lesser quality pods for this since they are usually dryer than higher quality pods, and absorb the vodka faster. And they are also much cheaper to buy.
Pinch or cut the pods in half, and place them down inside the bottle of vodka. Place it in a dark place where it is accessable, but protected from light. Shake the bottle occasionally, no more than once a day, or less than once a week, and keep it in the dark as much as possible. (I keep mine under the sink.) It will be ready to use in 3-6 months, depending on how many pods you used.
It will go on getting stronger as time goes on. So if it's not used up in a year, pour it into another (preferably amber) bottle. Once you pour the extract off, refill the bottle with another fifth of vodka. The pods can be reused indefinitely, and only need to be discarded when they stop sufficiently flavoring the vodka (they can do SEVERAL batches). And even THEN they can be reused once more by scraping out the seeds and adding THEM to something, like ice cream, or baked goods.
This works out much cheaper than buying pre-made extract. And you have the added bonus of knowing EXACTLY what and how much is in it, since YOU put it there.
How many pods are you using to how much vodka? My extract gets done in 3-6 months. Using more pods isn't wasteful, since they can be reused several times, and infuse quicker.
MIght be time to consider the Asian vanilla aka Pandan 😊 It's the essence squeezed from the pandan leaf. This plant is common in most south east asian homes.
If you want to do an "how does it grow?" episode about vanilla, you should go to Reunion Island, France (next to Madagascar) : this is where vanilla have been hand-pollinated for the very first time and this is where the processing protocol have been elaborated. Also, it grows the best vanilla in the world. And also have been devastated by cat.4 cyclones Batsirai and Emnati (but it receives A LOT of help from motherland France so there is no close comparison to what Madagascar endures..) . Anyway, pure vanilla paradise on earth, you HAVE TO go there.
A saffron or vanilla bean pod how does it grow would be an amazing endeavor! And def a cooking episode with ur Mother in law!
Honestly, at 80% of vanilla market share, Madagascar could be very rich. They need to be less corrupt, but that's a problem in many nations....
I purchased a 12 ounce bottle at BJ’S wholesale store, for $27.99, cheaper than at chain grocery stores. I’ve been watching the price increase for years; thanks for the explanation .
You know, it's EXTREMELY easy to make your own homemade pure vanilla extract. And it's WAY cheaper.
All it takes is 2 ingredients.
1. A fifth of vodka, the higher proof the better since it's the alcohol itself that extracts and holds the vanilla flavor.
2. 10-12 vanilla bean pods, but you can use more if you like (up to 2 dozen or so). The more pods you use the quicker the vodka infuses, and the longer you can reuse the same pods. You can use lesser quality pods for this since they are usually dryer than higher quality pods, and absorb the vodka faster. And they are also much cheaper to buy.
Pinch or cut the pods in half, and place them down inside the bottle of vodka. Place it in a dark place where it is accessable, but protected from light. Shake the bottle occasionally, no more than once a day, or less than once a week, and keep it in the dark as much as possible. (I keep mine under the sink.) It will be ready to use in 3-6 months, depending on how many pods you used.
It will go on getting stronger as time goes on. So if it's not used up in a year, pour it into another (preferably amber) bottle. Once you pour the extract off, refill the bottle with another fifth of vodka. The pods can be reused indefinitely, and only need to be discarded when they stop sufficiently flavoring the vodka (they can do SEVERAL batches). And even THEN they can be reused once more by scraping out the seeds and adding THEM to something, like ice cream, or baked goods.
This works out much cheaper than buying pre-made extract. And you have the added bonus of knowing EXACTLY what and how much is in it, since YOU put it there.
Probably beaver gland, likely not 100% pure vanilla.
@@juliebaker6969 no ones gonna spend weeks trying to find vanilla beans
@@tacowolf9623 Then just do what I just did, order them on line and have them delivered to your DOOR a day or two later. I got 10 of them for $10.99 with free shipping from Amazon Prime.
I ordered Madagascar vanilla beans from fair trade village farmer & going to make my own. I don’t even bake, but the idea of making pure vanilla extract for myself and loved ones sounds so fun!!
You can put it into smoothies. Drinks. I chew the beans (1/3 of one at a time) straight - it is delicious, skin and all! It calms me so - just amazing that no one discusses just chewing them! The whole thing dissolves in my mouth beautifully, skin and all.
Yes to Persian cooking! Thanks for the info on vanilla.
The US gets almost half of its vanilla from Mexico, and it's about $12 a bottle on Amazon.
I would be leery of things purchased on Amazon. Amazon is rather notorious for fake items.
@@pjschmid2251 Same can be said of Mexico
FWIW I make my own extract by gently warming bourbon or rum and pouring it into a jar of B grade pods. I leave the pods in the jar, seal it up and have extract for years
Well done, Troy! Thanks for the tip!
love this video
last year I made my own. I have about 15- 4 ounce bottles and 2 or 3 12 ounce bottles of it. Very easy to make, just need to wait for months and months till it's adapted the vanilla flavoring into the alcohol, some people even wait 2 years before they use it. But well worth it. Even many of the "PURE" vanilla extract you buy in the store also contains water along with the beans and alcohol.
WE NEED A VIDEO ON POMEGRANATES I LOVE THEM! I love Vanilla too God made such amazing little fruit and foods for us!!!
Would love to learn more about Persian food!
Just look at Turkish food, similar but way better
@@babagandu haha! I love Turkish food as well!
@@TrueFoodTV oh wow 😁 when did you try it ? I miss İstanbul 😢
Thanks for the headsup Nicole.👏👏👏👏🙏👌
We have to be less consuming and more conservation which i know you agree with.
Remove big companies from food production and buy more ethically ourselves
Defo would like to learn about persian cooking.
Or visit Mexico, go to the grocery store...
And remember theirs is concentrated. Use half as much as the recipe calls for.
Compare to madagascar, Philippine vanilla are much cheaper sadly typhoon can also affect its price aswell as other food produce like rice, corn, palm and coconut.
Breathtakingly Beautiful lady teaching me things. Best learning experience ever ;)
Hi Nicole,
I would love to know about Persian foods.
This was truly amazing.
Is it possible anywhere in the US to grow it successfully?
Yes indeed. Persian food is underrated and often people view it as Mediterranean which is actually not similar. Persian food is completely unique in its own category. Please inform the western world to appreciate the middle eastern culture with your great contents.
Yes, please do a show on Persian food. I'd love to learn about it.
Oh, Breyers ice crea...err..."Frozen dairy dessert", how you've fallen over the years...
It used to be good about thirty years ago!
Nicole you could also visit the Veracruz Area in Mexico as this is where Vanilla is native.
Yes, excellent idea, Rita!
Where is a safe place to buy real vanilla pods online? Also...how do you make your own home made vanilla using said pods? I would love to know this. Thanks!💗
Yes, I'd like to know about the Persian food♡
you got it!
I was going to make a joke about scuba diving monkeys but this subject is far too serious! You have expanded my knowledge of vanilla. And yes I’d love to learn about Persian food, especially it’s individual ingredients.😀
😆 I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Cool, then -- Persian ingredients video it is!
Yes to Persian food please! And excellent in depth video.
Not into cooking much but Persian sounds interesting,as for vanilla I just bought some Molina Mexican blend at Walmart buck and a half 8.3 oz pretty good for fake stuff. Natural ingredients are a big trap,dog poo could be considered natural.
Turkish food similar and better
@@babagandu I watched some Turkish cooking videos on UA-cam,it looks great but if I made it would be awful 😞
@@josephrosella3042 come to Turkey 😃 yeah Turkish food is AMAZING ... fresh ingredients and high quality. I miss it 😪
@@babagandu I can definitely vouch for the taffy!
Clearly you have never met my dog!!!
I didn’t know vanilla can cost that much 🤯
I’m about to learn how to grow them and beside all the geological situation in Madagascar farming vanilla need a lot of money to start too
All in for Persian food!
Especially my favourite, Ghormeh sabzi. 😋
Ahh.. The woman who got me into planting. Hello 😍😍
Hello! And happy planting! :)
Make your own vanilla extract I purchased a couple vanilla pods added them to a good quality spirit we used Brazilian cachaça store in a amber glass bottle for a couple months shake here and there and you got an abundance of high quality vanilla extract
I grow vanilla but no proper buyers hear.
So that's 118ml is it?
Definitely do the Persian video!
quality content from smart woman!
Last Vanilla I used was real beans. Honestly, they are a pain in the butt to scrape off, especially if you're trying to add vanilla quickly. This time I got an organic extract... It's easier, but the beans were more magic.
Have you tried chewing the beans straight? Like a third of a bean at a time, I mean. Skin and all. Dissolves totally when chewed and I absolutely love it. Very calming. I am actually surprised I have never seen chewing them discussed. Magical is right. And very healthy - not simply a flavoring!
I would love to see some Persian dishes! But could you try to incorporate some vegetarian or vegan-friendly dishes, pretty please? It doesn't have to be strictly those, of course, but if you could at least throw in two for some variety, I'd be very appreciative! Thank you!
Also thanks for all the great content you produce. I was as giddy as a child when I saw this pop up in my feed!
Hi Mom! We'd love to see you on the channel. Persian food sounds delicious! Vanilla? Who knew? Chocolate please.
Ohhhhh, I'd love to do a full HDIG on cacao. I had the opportunity to eat the fruit that the "cocoa beans" come from and it is delicious!
@@TrueFoodTV Hershey sells Cacao bean juice at their factory store in Hershey. It’s incredibly sweet and delicious!!
Hmm intresting how come when you search it up & where it comes from it gives me a different answer 😂🧡
I made my self one gallon of it 2y ago and it’s probably going to last me 20y
It costs me about $60
we need start growing vanilla vine in usa or other parts of the world.
That is happening. Slowly because it is such a complex process, but it is happening. Tahitian vanilla is great, for example. And it is native to Mexico so of course it is grown there as well. Other parts are starting to experiment with growing it as well. Google has some info on on the the UI s, and u tube.
Please do an HDIG on Seamoss please!!!!!!!!
Wow, that's a new suggestion! What do you use it with/in?
@@TrueFoodTV Personally I make a gel with it and use it in smoothies and I've recently used it in Yogurt popsicles for my daughter. You can use it as a thickener and face mask as well. It provides 92 out of the 102 minerals necessary for life. Real good stuff, I think that would be a great episode! Jamaica is where the real deal comes from.
Every time i buy vanilla bean pods they are so hard i can't even cut them. How do you work with that?
You can rehydrate them without suffering any loss of flavor. Put them in a bowl of water for at least 10 mins before you cut them.
I just last year did a good amount of research on this. So here goes:
There are two kinds of vanilla pods sold. Dry ones are for making your own vanilla, in terms of home use. Because they are dehydrated so to speak, they will actually yield more flavor into the extract!
The regular pods are for use in cooking, baking or adding to smoothies etc.
I buy both kinds now, because I am now making my own extract (aging 80% of what I made for 2 full years cause I saw a good u tuber discuss how that long makes it unreal - 20% I aged for 6 months only so I could use it), and regular moist pods I use for drinks, baking, etc. In fact, I even cut a third of a regular pods and just chew them skin and all until there is nothing left in my mouth - it is like a natural medicine to me as it calms me.
Also you can see the difference in photos of each - the regular or fresh pods are shiny a bit and plump or thick looking, while the dried ones are thinner, wiry and mat (not shiny). These dried ones are cheaper too.
Vanilla is not just a flavoring - to me it is really a super food. A lot of health benefits. Since I did this research, I am using it way more often than before, and now I only buy the real stuff. Sooooo worth it.
There is also Vanilla from other parts if the world, each of which have their distinctive character. Tahitian vanilla is more gentle and floral than the Madagascar kind. Then there is Mexican, of which we only see the cheaper ones of these here in the US I read - whereas in Mexico there is their best kind available (so I read).
I tried both M'r and T'n and decided I prefer the T'n but they are both wonderful.
i miss you !!!!!!!
I love vanilla! I tried to make a coffee creamer for myself that didn’t contain cow milk! I put vanilla flavoring (supposedly pure!!) in almond milk and stevia! I bought one bottle of vanilla without alcohol, and it was a big disappointment!! It was like watered-down vanilla flavoring! Even it was expensive! But I do see in grocery stores the dilemma you’re talking about!! Pure vanilla is insanely expensive!
I can confirm that vanilla is way too expensive these days.
Yes and Persian Tea!
Ohhhhh, yes!
Yes to Persian, I'm familiar with Syrian and Armenian foods and they are sooooo good!
olso can you talk aboutt arabic food i want to découver this kind of food
Yes we dooo want a video about persian food
I think miss leading the customers should be illegal. Because getting the customer to pay more for something like pure real vanilla, and finding out its not real, the companies should be sued and charged for fraud.
The ones that are not real pure vanilla cost way less.
If a country that small produces 80% of the world’s legit vanilla, there must be SERIOUS issues there- I’m thinking human corruption and graft. Not that cyclones are a walk in the park. I’d also be worried about slave labor. :/
Persian mother in law?? Now I know why I like u!
Hmmm. I can still buy vanilla extract where I’m at in the USA for $4-$8 for 8oz. I guess I don’t need/buy as much volume.
Really?! Pure vanilla? It says "vanilla bean extractives" or something similar in the ingredients list?
@@TrueFoodTV my bad. It looks like I’ve been buying the synthetic stuff all this time. Terrible. Going to try the real thing then to see if I can tell the difference in what I make. Great programs by the way. Keep ‘em coming!
I grow my own vanilla :)
Как всегда, бесподобна!
Hope fully my (VANNILA ice cream) is actully pure
We purchase Madagascar vanilla beans and place them in vodka to make our own.
At least I can grow my own saffron 🌼🐝
Do you have any more direct videos on the fraud and corruption in the food industry? Suggested topics: food labeling - i.e. what's contained in "spices" and "natural flavors" on food labels; dumbing down butter by feeding cows excess soybeans?; watering down honey?... what else do we need to know?
Yes, Persian food, pleaaaaase
One day a year? How delicate
So Madagascar supplies 80% of the entire world's vanilla, one of the most expensive crops, but people are in poverty? Sounds like something is wrong with the country itself.
I buy the Madagascar vanilla beans and make vanilla extract with vodka.
It is labor intensive but the labors are not the cause of the price. What do you think they make? It's greed, as usual.
Maybe the 'Natural Flavors' listed for vanilla, might come from 'Castoreum' which is from beaver's sacs (from the butt area or something)...it's totally insane that they kill beavers for that...Apparently it smells like a sweet vanilla or something....i read that some of the ice creams might have it....A lot of perfume companies use it...i just found out about it a couple years ago...i'm vegan so it's extra horrifying...Plus, a lot of companies probably lie about certain things, so you never know.......The two times i bought vanilla beans, they were rancid, so i'm not having luck with that...
I think everyone thinks the technology field is so expensive but we can grow some food so we can make a lot of money than technology gadgets means only our experience as food that A degree in the field is not required...
Now I want to go make some real vanilla extract instead of using the Baker's imitation I have in the pantry. I just need to do a Costco run for some vanilla beans and their vodka. Just add time and boom. Homemade vanilla extract.
"McDonalds, Chobani, and Trader Joe's argue consumers don't care if a product contains real vanilla as long as the product tastes like vanilla"
I agree with the big corporations here.
Why should I care as a consumer whether vanillin (the main active flavor compound in vanilla) is produced from a cheaper and more efficient source, so long as the product tastes close enough to the original and is at least as safe to consume? Whether it's produced biochemically by a vanilla plant or it's synthesized in a factory, it's all just chemistry either way. The artificial vanillin is the same molecule, and it's probably actually much purer than natural vanilla extract which could be contaminated by fungus, insects, heavy metals in the soil where grown, intentional (motivated by the high cost of "real" vanilla) or unintentional adulterations in the extraction process...
What about the beaver glands. Is this truth or myth.
I think it's a real thing, beaver butt glands, didn't include that in my earlier comment
Yes, it's a real thing. However it's not a major source of vanillin -- most often petroleum and wood.
@@TrueFoodTV Thank Goodness, don't think I'd care for any of that.
It's kinda ironic being the country producing most of the world's second most expensive spice is also the fourth poorest country in the world 🙃
Why is 80% of vanilla grown in one place? That makes no sense. Seems like China or USA could figure out a way to grow more, especially if there's so much money in it.
Anyway, I have one of those 16 oz vanilla extract bottles from Costco, maybe I'll sell it. LOL
Yes! When the price gets high it motivates people to figure out ways to grow it.
It is due to natural climate amongst others, Madagascar is similar to the areas that vanilla is native to (northern South America and southern North America). Orchids are very fragile plants and rely heavily on their environment, anything that is off can cause them to die.
Vanilla is pollinated by a symbiotic moth in it's native habitat but that is missing in Madagascar; that is why the pods are hand pollinated in such a short amount of time as mentioned in the video.
Also politics, American countries have had no interest in growing it commercially, where as the government of Madagascar has and promotes their vanilla as high quality. It's the same as cacao, it's native to South America but you see Ghana as one of the largest producers of chocolate.
Anyone have a particular brand they know is legit?
I've had Nielsen-Massey recommended to me but they are one of the most expensive.