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Vanilla flavoring is a product of the seed pod of a specific species of orchid, Vanilla planifloria, which grows in tropical climates. Most coveted are vanilla pods from Tahiti and Madagascar. The pods are dried and the seeds removed from the core of the dried pod. The seeds can be used in recipes (hence the brown flecks in vanilla ice cream), or the pod and its seeds steeped in alcohol to produce vanilla extract.

Vanillin, a compound which can be synthesized in the lab, is one of the chemical components of natural vanilla flavoring, and is often used to make artificial vanilla flavoring. The artificial variety is less expensive, but definitely tastes different.

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