French colonists first brought vanilla to Madagascar’s neighbouring island of Réunion in the early 19th Century. It grows as a clinging vine, reaching lengths of up to 300ft (90m).

Vanilla bean origin: ... a rich legacy of 100+ years of tradition. Made with non-GMO and kosher ingredients and crafted from the highest quality Madagascar vanilla beans, ...

It also uses vodka, which is a flavor-free spirit that will allow the pure taste of the vanilla bean to really shine through. Its applications in cooking and baking are limitless. Ingredients 1 ounce ...

In 2017, after a cyclone decimated farms in the mountains of northeast Madagascar, where around 80 percent of the world’s natural vanilla is grown, the price of beans leaped to more than $600 ...

"Vanilla beans look like a green runner bean (a bean vegetable), hence the reference to 'bean,'," says Jennifer Boggiss, CEO and co-founder of Heilala Vanilla, a B-Corp certified vanilla producer.