It's a myth that artificial vanilla flavoring comes from castoreum extracted from beaver castor sacs. Flavor chemists explain that artificial vanilla flavor is made from synthetic vanillin. Vanillin ...

Searching “where does vanilla flavoring come from” has popped up on TikTok multiple times over the years, with the most common Google result being…beaver butts. But it’s a bit more complicated than ...

Discover why imitation vanilla is so much more affordable than pure vanilla extract in this MinuteFood video. We delve into ...

If you’re looking for vanilla at the grocery store, you’ll usually find two different options. Pure vanilla extract, the more expensive option made from real vanilla beans, and imitation vanilla or ...

With no shortage of excellent additions to coffee, one has to really stand out to earn a spot in your pantry. And yet, this ...

Even as new flavors hit coffee shop menus every year, vanilla continues to outperform seasonal flavors nationwide, as ...