Rain Vanilla Extract - from the Vanilla Queen

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Rain Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract...$12.99 / 4oz
Vanilla, or Anything But?
Why Patricia Rain is the Reigning Vanilla Queen
"Patricia Rain became known as the "Vanilla Queen,". She founded The Vanilla Company in 2001 as a socially conscious producer of high quality vanilla beans, pastes and extracts. 

Of course, the elephant in the room was her price next to the large scale producers. When we broached the subject she explained that there is little regulation and no transparency in the vanilla industry. With the FDA tied up in pharmaceuticals, food processing, and industrial agriculture, smaller industries such as vanilla and saffron are effectively off their radar. Even with the Standard of Quality law of a minimum of 13.38% vanilla bean extractives in extract, there is a huge difference in extract quality from producer to producer. Beyond vanilla extractives, the type of alcohol, the amount of sugar, and other ingredients like caramel coloring are used to manipulate the perceived quality of the extract. A better indicator of quality is the percentage of vanillin in an extract, which producers will cheat by adding [synthetic} vanillin (a byproduct of processing wood pulp.)

While Patricia's production is small beans next to giants like Nielsen Massey and McCormick, she has many compelling reasons to make the leap to her product:
While the industry minimum for Vanillin content is 1.5%, The Vanilla Company's extracts test at 2.1-2.2%.

• Her extracts contain 20% more vanilla bean extractives.
• Her company uses sugar cane alcohol rather than grain alcohol, making their products kosher, non-GMO and gluten-free.
• They use no sugar or additional additives.
• They purchase beans that are fair-trade.

While we think Patricia's vanilla extracts are superior in every way to her competition's, it is, for obvious reasons, more expensive. When comparing prices, bear in mind that her single-fold vanilla is 20% stronger than the industry standard. If you want to use a great product while saving some serious coin, consider using her double fold vanilla, which allows you to use half as much." - importer