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Product Description
Size: 4 oz.
Nielsen-Massey is pleased to offer a pure vanilla extract that meets its unwavering quality standards and allows a lower price point to both its customers and consumers. Utilizing our exclusive cold process method, we have developed a pure vanilla extracted from a blend of selected vanilla beans. This product, labeled specifically as a Pure Vanilla Extract, is available in 4 ounce, 8 ounce, quarts and gallon bottles for both the retail and food service markets.
Product DetailsSize: 4 oz.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
34 of 34 people found the following review helpful
By alexei27
Size Name:4 oz.
Easily 5 stars if you like vanilla. Its much cheaper than whole beans, and tastes very much like pure vanilla, with none of the bitterness or alcohol taste of extract.
It's a bit different in texture than I expected...it is more of a thick syrup, due to the other ingredients (sugar basically).
I bought it initially because we make homemade tapioca, but I have been putting a drop in my coffee also!
Highly recommended.
I would love to hear a comparison with the other vanilla paste brands on Amazon...as this is the only one I have tried so far.
It's a bit different in texture than I expected...it is more of a thick syrup, due to the other ingredients (sugar basically).
I bought it initially because we make homemade tapioca, but I have been putting a drop in my coffee also!
Highly recommended.
I would love to hear a comparison with the other vanilla paste brands on Amazon...as this is the only one I have tried so far.
33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Size Name:4 oz.|Amazon Verified Purchase
DESCRIPTION
The product is actually a mostly-sugar syrup with black specks of ground vanilla beans. I expected a more intensely "vanilla" product than "extract", but the "paste" is actually less intense.
EQUIVALENCES
According to the label: "1 Tbs. vanilla paste = 1 Tbs. vanilla extract = 1 vanilla bean". In reality, my guess is that the paste is about half the strength of "extract". Caveat, the alchohol in vanilla extract is probably a substantial portion of the vanilla-ish flavor in "extract".
USING
Like any syrup, it is slow to mix with cold ingredients or in cold water. It generally requires warming or vigourous mixing to mix uniformly.
COMPARISON TO "EXTRACT"
> "Extract" is vanilla flavor in alchohol. "Paste" is ground vanilla in sugar syrup. In my limited experience, "extract" is more intensely "vanilla" but the alcohol flavor interferes with use in uncooked (or lightly cooked) desserts--for example, in home-made ice-cream, or in a glass of vanilla-milk, or pudding.
Example: I make a faux-chocolate pudding with a tropical fruit called "black sapote", milk, Knox Gelatin Knox Original Gelatin (32-Count Envelopes), Unflavored, 8-Ounce Boxes (Pack of 2), sugar, and vanilla. Vanilla paste or powder works well for this purpose, but it takes alot of paste---about 1 1/2 "heaping" teaspoon per cup of pudding.
> The "paste" has the advantage of not evaporating (which can happen to extract kept for a year or two).
COMPARISON TO "POWDER"
> "Powder" is simply ground vanilla; "paste" without the sugar. Bakto Flavors Ground Vanilla Beans , Pack of 3-1.... Read more ›
The product is actually a mostly-sugar syrup with black specks of ground vanilla beans. I expected a more intensely "vanilla" product than "extract", but the "paste" is actually less intense.
EQUIVALENCES
According to the label: "1 Tbs. vanilla paste = 1 Tbs. vanilla extract = 1 vanilla bean". In reality, my guess is that the paste is about half the strength of "extract". Caveat, the alchohol in vanilla extract is probably a substantial portion of the vanilla-ish flavor in "extract".
USING
Like any syrup, it is slow to mix with cold ingredients or in cold water. It generally requires warming or vigourous mixing to mix uniformly.
COMPARISON TO "EXTRACT"
> "Extract" is vanilla flavor in alchohol. "Paste" is ground vanilla in sugar syrup. In my limited experience, "extract" is more intensely "vanilla" but the alcohol flavor interferes with use in uncooked (or lightly cooked) desserts--for example, in home-made ice-cream, or in a glass of vanilla-milk, or pudding.
Example: I make a faux-chocolate pudding with a tropical fruit called "black sapote", milk, Knox Gelatin Knox Original Gelatin (32-Count Envelopes), Unflavored, 8-Ounce Boxes (Pack of 2), sugar, and vanilla. Vanilla paste or powder works well for this purpose, but it takes alot of paste---about 1 1/2 "heaping" teaspoon per cup of pudding.
> The "paste" has the advantage of not evaporating (which can happen to extract kept for a year or two).
COMPARISON TO "POWDER"
> "Powder" is simply ground vanilla; "paste" without the sugar. Bakto Flavors Ground Vanilla Beans , Pack of 3-1.... Read more ›
25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
By Busy mom
Size Name:4 oz.
I LOVE this stuff! It is so handy and goes a long way. It has a syrupy consistency and is packed with vanilla bean caviar. This gives your food that extra special gourmet taste. I love putting it in whipped cream, frosting, icing, cakes and scones. It would be great anywheree you use vanilla extract or vanilla beans. If you like to make desserts, you really need to try this!
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By Martin K
Size Name:4 oz.|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have been using this in icecream and the tase is great and has no funny after taste or alchol tast that extracts and vanilla flavorings have.
26 of 30 people found the following review helpful
By Catherine
Size Name:4 oz.|Amazon Verified Purchase
I should have read the one star review first and then Googled it to verify. Normally I do, but this time I just bought it on a whim. I was hoping for just ground up vanilla bean, but this is all sugar. Actual vanilla bean is the 2nd to last ingredient. Really not thrilled and I wish I could send it back.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By Donna
Size Name:4 oz.
I was expecting paste. I got gummy syrup that tastes strongly of gum tragacanth rather than vanilla. I wanted a paste of pure vanilla beans but got sugar and gum and extract with some beans thrown in. Pure vanilla paste indeed! False advertising more like.
UPDATE: I have since ordered VANILLA BEAN POWDER from amazon. The beans and pods are dried and ground into a powder. If I want extract, I add some vodka and let it steep. Otherwise, I prefer the pure powder to add vanilla flavor, and those lovely authentic specks of vanilla.
UPDATE: I have since ordered VANILLA BEAN POWDER from amazon. The beans and pods are dried and ground into a powder. If I want extract, I add some vodka and let it steep. Otherwise, I prefer the pure powder to add vanilla flavor, and those lovely authentic specks of vanilla.
19 of 22 people found the following review helpful
By S. Willson
Size Name:4 oz.|Amazon Verified Purchase
Description states "pure vanilla bean paste" and thought it would be a paste made from pure vanilla beans. When I received this and read the ingredients, it's actually vanilla flavored sugar as the first ingredient is just that...SUGAR!!! Since I do not use or can eat sugar, I would definitely not buy again.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By K. Yang
Size Name:4 oz.|Amazon Verified Purchase
Love this brand. I use Nielsen-Massey 32 oz. Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla Extract. also (32 oz. seems like a lot but it calculates to roughly a little over $1.20 per ounce. Um, CRAZY SAVINGS.).
You can use this as a substitute for vanilla beans for the most part but if you use this with extract you can punch up the vanilla flavor to a sinful degree. I love using this to make vanilla bean frosting (via a Cupcake Project recipe) that tastes like vanilla bean ice cream.
Whoever said vanilla was boring?! ;D
You can use this as a substitute for vanilla beans for the most part but if you use this with extract you can punch up the vanilla flavor to a sinful degree. I love using this to make vanilla bean frosting (via a Cupcake Project recipe) that tastes like vanilla bean ice cream.
Whoever said vanilla was boring?! ;D
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Product
This is just about the BEST vanilla bean paste I've used! It's just thick enough to blend into batter, frosting or dough and the flavor is wonderful, compared to other brands, a... Read more
Published 15 hours ago by Mike's Girl
4.0 out of 5 stars
Bought this vanilla bean paste for a recipe.
This vanilla bean paste was a part of one of the best oatmeal cookies I have ever made. It was worth the time and cost just for the cookies!
Published 8 days ago by Sandra Busboom
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is fantastic
This made my cookies taste so divine. Concentrated and smells delicious. It would be hard to go back to regular vanilla.
Published 11 days ago by Marilyn M. Daron
5.0 out of 5 stars
Vanilla Bean Paste
Nielsen and Massey never lets me down....I always substitute the bean paste for plain old vanilla. It's just better. Thank you for such a great product.
Published 19 days ago by prittimo
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect for many different recipes.
Fresh, intense -- does just what I need! Quickly shipped and well packed. If you've been scraping out the innards of whole vanilla beans for ice cream, cookies, etc. Read more
Published 24 days ago by Lynn Hughes
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best vanilla ever!
After trying this vanilla, you will never go back to the imitation vanilla. It adds little bean specs to your mix and tastes wonderful. This stuff is amazing!
Published 27 days ago by butterfly
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best product of its kind
Product has depth, sweetness and flecks of vanilla bean. Delicious in hot milk. Distinctive, authentic flavor. I ordered all manufacturer had.
Published 1 month ago by sheilaedee
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love it!
The quality is unbelievable. Makes such a difference in my baking, cookies, cakes, quick breads taste so much better now.
Published 1 month ago by Dawn
5.0 out of 5 stars
My first vanilla bean paste
This is definitely the best vanilla flavoring I've used in 10+ years of home baking.
I would like to point out that this paste does still have some alcohol content... Read more
I would like to point out that this paste does still have some alcohol content... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Will F.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Smooth solid flavor
The 5 star rating is deserved because the consistency is easy to handle and the full bodied flavor held up against other ingredients in my recipe. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Sharon Wilson
