Essential Vanilla Pod

ESSENTIAL VANILLA PODS

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Good quality vanilla pods which are dryer than other classes of pods but still have a high vanillin content. These pods vary in size between 11 and 19cm and are ideal for making extracts or wherever the cooking process allows for a longer infusion to take place. Specifications are available upon request as are samples. Please call or email us.

The current batch of these pods are extract grade. They have a moisture content of less than 30% and are pliable and with a great aroma.

Pods of this grade can be used for general use in everyday cooking and flavouring especially where the ingredients require infusion through boiling or alcohol.

Available in the usual 250g, 500g and 1Kg tins as well as a sample pack (one per customer)

Features

Grade A
Medium vanillin and seed content
Low moisture content
11-19cm in length.
Average weight per pod is 2.5g (15cm). This is not guaranteed but indicative.

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Our Expertise

Crafted With Expertise, Perfected For Quality

Our manufacturing process follows the highest industry standards, combining traditional methods with modern precision to preserve the rich aroma, flavor, and purity of our vanilla products.

Vanilla pods quality control process in the lab

Vanilla pods come from Madagascar

They are processed in a UK facility where they are sorted and further cured and dried where required.
The pods are pasteurized to make sure that they conform to food safety standards and to inhibit any mold or fungal growth.
They are stored in temperature-controlled warehouses to maintain the vanillin and stability of the pods.
They are also checked regularly to ensure quality is maintained.

Fairtrade and organic nature of the pods

Vanillabazaar is certified by the Fairtrade Foundation and the Organic Federation in the UK to sell products to these standards, ensuring full traceability back to the grower and a fair price for growing them.

SALSA Certified and Audited

This certification confirms that we have robust systems in place, follow HACCP standards and controls, and maintain high levels of food safety and quality.

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Pods

The highest quality AAA grade Madagascan pods with 100% natural flavour and excellent vanillin content.

Perfect for infusing the flavour into milk, cream or custards.
Perfect for making your own extract by adding to alcohol or infusing into syrup to make vanilla syrup.
Ideal for making homemade vanilla sugar

Extracts & Paste

Alcohol-free Madagascan vanilla extracts with a potent, rich flavour and double the vanillin of other brands.

Perfect for baking cakes, cookies, and pastries or flavouring pancakes, waffles, and puddings.
A lovely addition to savoury sauces and marinades.
Ideal for enhancing coffee, tea, hot chocolate, ice cream and milkshakes.

Powder

Versatile, additive-free powder from Madagascan vanilla pods, cryogenically ground to preserve flavour.

Ideal for flavouring desserts, cookies, brownies, cakes and panna cottas. Also perfect for hot drinks when steeped using muslin bags.
Can be used to enhance savoury dishes e.g. in a spice rub, as part of a beurre blanc with lobster.

Seeds

Affordable and natural exhausted seeds, a by-product of extraction, that add texture and the look of real vanilla pod seeds to your recipes.

Commonly used in ice cream to mimic real vanilla pod seeds as many ice cream machines can only use vanilla extract and not vanilla pods in production.
A favourite amongst chocolate manufacturers as a way of adding texture to chocolate without using artificial ingredients

Caviar

The gold standard in natural vanilla: pure seeds hand-scraped from moist pods for maximum potency. Just 1/2g delivers the flavour of a whole pod.

Perfect for adding bold flavour to desserts, especially cheesecakes and panna cotta.
A little goes a long way in flavouring sauces, roasted veggies, and salad dressings.

Sugar

High quality sugar infused with premium vanilla powder over a long period of time to ensure maximum diffusion and flavor.

A perfect blend of sweetness and rich vanilla flavour for your daily drinks.
Ideal for simultaneously incorporating sugar and vanilla into your baking recipes
Great for sprinkling over fresh fruit, pancakes, oatmeal or pastries

Pods

The highest quality AAA grade Madagascan pods with 100% natural flavour and excellent vanillin content.
- Perfect for infusing the flavour into milk, cream or custards.
- Perfect for making your own extract by adding to alcohol or infusing into syrup to make vanilla syrup.
- Ideal for making homemade vanilla sugar
Extracts & Paste

Alcohol-free Madagascan vanilla extracts with a potent, rich flavour and double the vanillin of other brands.
- Perfect for baking cakes, cookies, and pastries or flavouring pancakes, waffles, and puddings.
- A lovely addition to savoury sauces and marinades.
- Ideal for enhancing coffee, tea, hot chocolate, ice cream and milkshakes.
Powder

Versatile, additive-free powder from Madagascan vanilla pods, cryogenically ground to preserve flavour.
- Ideal for flavouring desserts, cookies, brownies, cakes and panna cottas. Also perfect for hot drinks when steeped using muslin bags.
- Can be used to enhance savoury dishes e.g. in a spice rub, as part of a beurre blanc with lobster.
Seeds

Affordable and natural exhausted seeds, a by-product of extraction, that add texture and the look of real vanilla pod seeds to your recipes.
- Commonly used in ice cream to mimic real vanilla pod seeds as many ice cream machines can only use vanilla extract and not vanilla pods in production.
- A favourite amongst chocolate manufacturers as a way of adding texture to chocolate without using artificial ingredients
Caviar

The gold standard in natural vanilla: pure seeds hand-scraped from moist pods for maximum potency. Just 1/2g delivers the flavour of a whole pod.
- Perfect for adding bold flavour to desserts, especially cheesecakes and panna cotta.
- A little goes a long way in flavouring sauces, roasted veggies, and salad dressings.
Sugar

High quality sugar infused with premium vanilla powder over a long period of time to ensure maximum diffusion and flavor.
- A perfect blend of sweetness and rich vanilla flavour for your daily drinks.
- Ideal for simultaneously incorporating sugar and vanilla into your baking recipes
- Great for sprinkling over fresh fruit, pancakes, oatmeal or pastries