"Wendy" > wrote in message
news:mailman.21.1114743384.62257.rec.food.baking@m ail.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.