pitting the McCormick imitation vanilla against the Simply Organic pure Madagascar vanilla extract ($4.12 per ounce), the only natural option at our nearby market and, coincidentally, America’s ...

Pure vanilla extract is, as the name implies ... Present-day vanilla is sourced from commercial orchids in Mexico, Madagascar and Tahiti. But you may also find vanilla from India, Indonesia ...

which 80% of vanilla beans come from Madagascar. So we can't grow vanilla beans domestically, so if we want to use pure vanilla extract in products and have that flavor profile in our foods ...