There are purple beans but the vanilla bean is brown.
Vanilla extract can be used in place of vanilla bean paste. The equivalent of 1 tablespoon of paste is 1 tbsp. extract.
I believe there is 240 calories in vanilla bean powder.
Madagascar
No, vanilla comes from its own plant, the vanilla bean.
Vanilla plant, more specificly vanilla bean pods.
According to 2007 figures Madagascar produces approximately 60% of the world's supply of vanilla.
NO
There are two main types of vanilla ice cream: Golden Vanilla and Vanilla Bean. Golden Vanilla (as the name implies) is white with a gold tint, while Vanilla Bean is pure white.
The vanilla we would eat is made from the bean of the vanilla plant, which is not an herb.
Vanilla is found in a seed (of the vanilla orchid) called a vanilla bean. The flavor is extracted from the bean by soaking it in alcohol. The vanilla bean is solid, the flavoring- vanilla extract, is a liquid.
A liquid extracted from the vanilla bean; used as a flavoring.
it is usually an extract from the vanilla bean, but artificial vanilla flavour is completely unrelated to vanilla, besides the taste.