On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 15:18:15 GMT, "Vox Humana" >
wrote:

>
>"Wendy" > wrote in message
>news:mailman.21.1114743384.62257.rec.food.baking@ mail.otherwhen.com...
>> I am new to this list. This discussion was recently on another list
>group
>> I am part of. I have a few customers who travel to Mexico and bring me
>back
>> vanilla. I'm told it is very good, though the best I've used was from Sri
>> Lanka. I understand in the past there has been some trouble with vanilla
>> from Mexico but due to improvements in labelling, that is changing. It is
>> important to buy vanilla that states clearly it has no coumarin. Some
>also
>> has corn syrup but that is not harmful.
>> With the list of ingredients below, you are fine, though as I recall my
>> most recent gift didn't have the vanillan. I'll try to check the bottle
>> upstairs or at the store. Whatever you pay in Mexico is cheaper than what
>> you will pay north of that border and certainly what I pay in Ontario.
>
>I find it hard to tell from the list of ingredients if it worth the money
>and hassle. If it is 80% artificial flavor and water - why bother? I agree
>that none of the ingredients is harmful, but I have to question the value.
>
You're right in that you can't tell the percentage of the actual
ingredients. I think the cost in Mexico is quite reasonable, even
compared to imitation vanilla. As for hassle, I didn't find it a
problem to buy it in Mexico as I was already there on vacation.
YMMV

Ginny