VANILLA BEANS

Sold as Planifolia

Sold in light brown to brown

• VANILLIN CONTENT UP TO 2.5%
• NOIRE/BLACK: - BLACK COLOUR BEANS
• GOURMET: - 35-38% MOISTURE CONTENT AND APPEARS JUICY, BUT INFERIOR QUALITY
• TK: - 30% MOISTURE CONTENT, WITH A BALANCED VANILLIN-TO-MOISTURE RATIO
• ROUGE/RED: - 22-25% MOISTURE CONTENT, WHICH BEGINS TO APPEAR "FOX-COLOURED" RED IN CONTOURS AND SURFACE
• VERY DRY: - 15-20% MOISTURE CONTENT, BEING VERY BRITTLE AND HARD AND SHRUNKEN - BUT BURSTING WITH FLAVOUR
• GRADE A: - BEANS THAT ARE BLACK, INTACT, AND NICE IN APPEARANCE
• GRADE B: - BROWN BEANS
• GRADE C
• SHORTS: - LESS THAN 14CM - BEANS WHICH HAVE BEEN GROWN SMALL NATURALLY BY CHANCE, WITH NO DIFFERENCE IN THE END-FLAVOUR OR CHARACTER
• SPLITS:- VANILLA BEANS WHICH HAVE BEEN SPLIT NATURALLY (WHILE GROWING OR FROM SUN CURING, OR BY HAND) WITH NO DIFFERENCE IN THE END-FLAVOUR OR CHARACTER
• CUTS:- VANILLA BEANS WHICH ARE VERY INCONSISTENT IN APPEARANCE, SIZE, EVEN SHAPE, AND ARE CUT OR SMALL, CROOKED, BENT OR OTHERWISE.