Vanilla Bean

Food & Beverage Holding offers bulk vanilla beans. Vanilla beans are the long, thin pods of the vanilla plant. They are a key ingredient in many sweet and savory dishes, and are especially popular in baking, where they are used to add flavor and depth to a variety of baked goods. Vanilla beans are highly prized for their unique, sweet, and complex flavor, which is often described as being rich, warm, and aromatic. They are typically about six inches long and about one-quarter inch wide, and are dark brown in color. When ripe, the pods are picked, cured, and then dried to preserve them. The beans can then be used whole or ground into a fine powder for use in a variety of dishes.