The World Is Facing A Natural Vanilla Shortage. This Guy Says He Will Fix That By Producing Vanilla From Corn Fiber

Forbes ^ | Apr 15, 2020 | Igor Bosilkovski

[Ben Hecks]

We have four bottles sitting in the pantry. Easy peasy.

[Tax-chick]

I like colorless artificial vanilla, too. That’s been out of stock for a while.

[Macoozie]

Foodies learned about this coming pockey-clips a few years ago.

Do without and dream about scraping those tiny flecs out of dark brown pods, instead of trying the “vanilla flavouring” in the big bottle on the other shelf with the real low price.

You will thank me.

It is so very gross. Not even usable for a dash into oatmeal.

[Cold Heart]

I don’t see the need for corn made when Mexico can just increase production to meet demand. We use the Mexican vanilla.

Besides, the next thing you know, when they find they can make vanilla out of corn, it will become another gasoline mandated additive.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Natural Vanilla comes from the vanilla bean. Anything else is artificial vanilla flavoring. And it is all over the place.

[Scrambler Bob]

The world facing a natural vanilla shortage?

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Mayor Ray Nagin on Tuesday apologized for urging residents to rebuild a “chocolate New Orleans”

Remember?

[PrincessB]

Vanilla replaced rose water as a flavor enhancer in the US and many places in Europe. Rosewater is much cheaper and far more sustainable. It’s a slightly different flavor, but still good in ice creams, frostings, some cookies and cakes it’s a fail in chocolate chips). I love discussing this as well as “the fair trade/colonial” practices with any SJW who brags about using Madagascar vanilla

[Don W]

Rose water is so easy to make, as well.

[IronJack]

I’ve never thought of vanilla as a spice. More of a flavoring. But maybe that’s just a matter of semantics.

[piasa]

Make vanilla illegal and the drug smugglers will figure out how to mass produce those orchid beans.

[piasa]

Vanillin [the fake stuff] has a funky cloying flavor that is almost nauseating, like the “maple flavored” syrup made from corn syrup. Neither compare to the real thing.

[piasa]

Then there is Tahitian vanilla which is a product that people in Papua New Guinea are growing.

[piasa]

You can dramatically improve imitation vanilla by adding a few real vanilla beans to it and letting it age.

[piasa]

6 months

[piasa]

Mexico also is known for making lots of the fake stuff- they sell it cheap in large plastic bottles.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Vodka, vanilla beans, mason jar.

Rum! Use a good quality rum.

[Bommer]

[daniel1212]

I’ve heard Bakers imitation vanilla is nearly as good as real vanilla, and at 98 cents for a large bottle on Amazon, I think I might go that route for baking if vanilla goes up precipitously due to this shortage.

I used to work at a dairy which made very good (as in tasting) 16% butterfat ice cream, and I always though the flavor was better when made with imitation vanilla.

[Aqua225]

I can’t in baked stuff, but I can in my coffee... If I am drinking cold brew.

Need to experiment with imitation + vodka to see if my opinion changes there.

[catnipman]

here’s a working link:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/igorbosilkovski/2020/04/15/the-world-is-facing-a-natural-vanilla-shortage-this-guy-says-he-will-fix-that-by-producing-vanilla-from-corn-fiber/#77131ef2763e