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Vanilla Product Grade: AAA Black, plump and pliable Premium Black Vanillin: 1,6 – 2,4% Moisture: 18-30% Length: 16-17cm (approx 6-7 inches) Vanillin Content: 1.9-2% Color: Dark Brown, almost Black Botanical Name: Planifolia (BOURBON) Fragrance: Strong full rich aroma Appearance : soft, fragrant, flexible beans Name good quality bean Grade AAA Features No speckle, no mould, No heavy metal, no pesticide, Hand selected Color Black Size 10-20cm Admixture 1% max Packing Bulk or Tube or at your requests Moisture 14% max Samples available.

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Vanilla Beans

We source all our Vanilla beans from Madagascar and East Africa. Pods from Madagascan are described as being creamy and sweet, with vanilla overtones. Some people refer to these beans as Pods, but it means the same thing. We prefer the term beans.

The best quality beans regardless of where they come from, are dark skinned, soft and pliable and we only source the best Grade A black pods. Use the strongly aromatic beans split to get more flavour from the thousands of tiny seeds inside the pods. 

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Vanilla beans are perfect in recipes that use liquid to infuse the beans to extract the most flavor. Great examples of this are Ice cream, Crème Brule and Custard. They also work well in many other desserts. 

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Vanilla pod or bean

The Pod or Bean as we call them, grow on a vine which is why they are also known as a bean. It is a wonderfully spicy and sweet flavoring and is created from the orchid.

is it expensive

Vanilla is the second most expensive spice available today (just after saffron). 

types

There are three main types that are produced commercially. This includes Planifolia grown in Madagascar & East Africa, Tahitens is grown in the South Pacific and Pompona found in the West Indies, Central America and South America.

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We Deliver Produce Globally

As Visagie Agro Trading Limited, we source vanilla pods fresh from plantations located in various geographical regions around the world including Uganda, Madagascar and the entire East Africa. We frequently airfreight new stock into our distribution office so that we can maintain a large amount of stock and enable us to quickly dispatch orders. We are able to offer pods in various pack sizes and grades to suit the requirements and budgets of our diversified customers including A Grade, B Grade and Extract Grade. These beans are picked while they are still green and have to be cured to create their distinct flavor and smell.

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Vanilla Beans

Our beans are sourced ethically with good market rates paid to the growers. They are also cultivated organically without the use of chemicals or artificial fertilisers. Although the beans are not officially certified organic, they are cultivated using organic methods. The rich soils in the growing regions require no artificial fertilisers and as vanilla orchids have a high level of natural resistance to pests and diseases, no chemical sprays are used.

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Supporting Local Farmers & Sustainable Agriculture – Vanilla Pods Uses

Traditionally vanilla beans have been used to infuse a superb flavor into ice creams, pastries, desserts and beverages. Thankfully there are multitudes of recipes available online and in old cooking books for the indulgence of crafting a delicious creme brulee, pancota or eggnog. More recently there has been a growing number of master brewers around the world now regularly nestling the rich flavors deep into craft beers. There are some really tasty flavored stouts, dark ales and wheat beers appearing on tap at many popular hotels. Distilleries are also using these beans to produce spiced spirits rich in real flavours with patrons are now able to enjoy a growing range of flavoured vodkas, rums, whiskeys and gin’s.