Food and Drug Regulations

B.10.026 [S]. Vanilla Extract, Vanilla Essence or Vanilla Flavour

• (a) shall be the essence, extract or flavour prepared from the vanilla bean, the dried, cured fruit of Vanilla planifolia, Andrews, or Vanilla tahitensia, J. W. Moore;

• (b) shall contain in 100 ml, regardless of the method of extraction, at least the quantity of soluble substances in their natural proportions that are extractable, according to official method FO-17, Extraction of Soluble Substances from Vanilla Beans, dated September 15, 1989, from

  • (i) not less than 10 g of vanilla beans, where the beans contain 25 per cent or less moisture, and

  • (ii) not less than 7.5 g of vanilla beans on the moisture-free basis, where the beans contain more than 25 per cent moisture; and

• (c) notwithstanding sections B.10.003 and B.10.005, shall not contain added colour.