The World Leader In Vanilla Extracts And Flavors

The World Leader In Vanilla Extracts And Flavors
Vanilla Extracts and Flavors
During our 85 years in the vanilla business, McCormick has not only become the world's largest and most
trusted supplier of vanilla extracts and flavors, but has also accumulated a wealth of vanilla research,
experience and technology that enables us to develop virtually any vanilla flavor for any application.
Vanilla is the world's most popular flavor and McCormick is positioned to provide a wide range of vanillas
for any application, whether for use in the home or in the production of full and reduced-fat ice cream,
yogurt, beverages, baked goods, cereals and confections. McCormick also is acknowledged as an
innovative leader in the use of vanilla as a masking or mellowing agent in compound flavors.
Quality Assurance, From The Standard Of Identity
To The "Pledge Of Purity"
Working closely with the Food and Drug Administration in 1965, McCormick was instrumental in
establishing the Standard of Identity for vanilla extract. To this all-important measure of protection,
McCormick Flavor adds its own "Pledge of Purity," assuring customers that the vanilla products they order
are warranted to contain the exact vanilla type specified on the label with no exceptions.
Do Your Business a Flavor!
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Searching The World for Superior New Vanilla Sources
Though all vanilla beans share certain flavor notes, McCormick Flavor is capable of
producing custom vanilla extracts or flavors for any application. This product distinction
begins with our global sourcing of the best and the most flavorful varieties of the basic
Manufacturing Skills That Refine Flavor Profiles
types of vanilla beans - Bourbon, Bourbon-like, Indonesian, Mexican and Tahitian.
As the world's leading supplier of vanilla products, McCormick has an
unparalleled command of production techniques. Thoroughly experienced in
both hot and cold percolation techniques for extraction, we can employ subtle
Working with these and other emerging sources of vanilla beans, McCormick helps local
processing variations to create vanilla flavor profiles that meet customers'
farmers develop cultivation and curing methods that are more productive and
exact specifications.
also result in greater bean quality and standardization. This means consistent quality
and price for our customers.
Major Types Of Vanilla
Your Source Of Unsurpassed Technical Knowledge
Pure vanilla extract is characterized by its delicate fruity, sweet, spicy flavor and
McCormick is highly knowledgeable about vanilla beans and the sometimes very
aroma, which is a complex mixture of natural ingredients. Resinous, pruney,
subtle differences in their flavor profiles. McCormick's flavorists, specialists in vanilla,
woody, floral/perfumey and rummy notes are also commonly associated with
have extensive experience in blending these profiles to meet your target flavor and cost
vanilla. Sensory graphs, or flavor profiles, with the text describing each of the
parameters. Our food scientists, who also are vanilla experts, have a thorough knowledge of
major bean types, are presented here to delineate their flavor differences.
a variety of food bases to ensure that the vanilla is completely compatible with your formulation.
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International, uses curing techniques to
produce a bean that rivals Bourbon beans
high in flavor and aroma.
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This vanilla is very similar in characteristics to Bourbon
Vanilla. In recent years, a number of Indonesian
growers have significantly improved the cultivation,
growing, and curing of their beans, using methods
similar to those employed in Madagascar.
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Reunion, and the Comoros Islands, Bourbon
beans are considered the world's-finest, with a
delicate rummy taste and sweet aroma.
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INDONESIAN VANILLA
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MADAGASCAR VANILLA
Tahitian Vanilla - classified as a different species,
the Tahitian bean is useful in blends where its
distinctively sweet, coumarin flavor and floral
character are desired.
Glossary
CONCENTRATED VANILLA
Conforms to the same standard of identity as vanilla extract except it is concentrated to
remove part of the solvent.
COUMARIN
A derivative of the tonka bean, often used in synthetic Mexican vanillas.
ETHYL VANILLIN
An ingredient sometimes used in imitation vanilla. A coal tar derivative, it is three times as
strong as artificial vanillin.
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Vanilla Extracts And Flavors
Vanilla Extracts & Flavors
PURE EXTRACTS
Bourbon, Bourbon-like, Indonesian, Tahitian, and Mexican;
available in a wide range of strengths from 1-fold to 20-fold.
CUSTOM BLENDS
Proprietary blends of multiple bean types for custom
profiles in strengths from 1-fold to 20-fold.
SPECIALTY PRODUCTS
Premiére™ Vanilla
- a specially processed,
rummy vanilla extract.
Flav-R-Clear™- a clear vanilla flavor available in a variety of
vanilla-type flavor profiles, strengths and carriers.
VANILLA FLAVORINGS
Unique natural and artificial, and artificial
flavors to suit specific needs.
• Vanilla-Vanillin Blends • Vanilla Butternut • French Vanilla
VANILLA POWDER
Flavor-Cap® Vanilla - encapsulated vanilla flavor in a variety of
folds and carriers.
Vanilla Sugars - natural vanilla plated on sugar.
IMITATION VANILLA
A broad spectrum of vanilla profiles for all food formulations.
Closely characterizes the aroma and flavor
profile of pure vanilla extract.
This is an expression of flavor strength in vanilla extract as defined by the FDA Standards of
Identity (i.e., a 2-fold extract has twice the bean content and flavor strength per gallon as
single-fold vanilla extract).
HELIOTROPIN
A flavor chemical that is floral in odor, similar to the aroma of Tahitian vanilla extract.
IMITATION VANILLA
A mixture made from synthetic substances which imitates the pure vanilla extract smell and
flavor.
LEAD NUMBER
An analytical constant obtained in the analysis of vanilla extract. It measures the amount of
organic acids present in a vanilla extract, relative to the quantity of beans used in
manufacturing and the source of the beans.
NATURAL VANILLIN
A natural substance found in the vanilla bean that contributes to vanilla flavor and aroma.
NATURAL VANILLA FLAVOR
A mix of pure vanilla extract and other natural substances derived from natural sources other
than the vanilla bean.
PURE VANILLA EXTRACT
Amber-colored liquid made from vanilla beans, alcohol and water. May contain sugar. Must
contain at least 35% alcohol, and is the extractive of 13.35 ounces of vanilla beans at 25%
moisture.
RESIN
A chemically complex material in vanilla beans. A pure extract should contain a minimum of
0.09% resin.
UNIT OF VANILLA CONSTITUENT
Total sapid and odorous principles extractable from one unit weight of vanilla beans by an
aqueous alcohol solution of at least 35% ethyl alcohol.
UNIT WEIGHT OF VANILLA BEANS
13.35 ounces of vanilla beans with no more than 25% moisture content.
USP VANILLIN (LIGNIN VANILLIN)
An artificial by-product of the paper industry, chemically treated to resemble the taste of pure
vanilla extract. It is used in vanilla flavor and imitation vanilla, but the taste is not like pure
vanilla extract.
VANILLA BEANS
The cured and dried fruit pods of Vanilla planifolia or Vanilla tahitensis.
VANILLA FLAVOR
A mix of pure vanilla extract and synthetic substances, most commonly, vanillin.
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For specific questions on vanilla call:
Phone: 410-771-7434
VANILLA PLANIFOLIA
One of over 20,000 species of orchids, it is the major species used commercially for producing
vanilla beans used in food flavoring. This species is grown in Mexico, Madagascar, Comoros,
Reunion and Indonesia.
VANILLA TAHITENSIS
Grown in Tahiti, it is the second most common species of orchid used commercially to
produce vanilla flavoring.