Vanilla tahitensis

Vanillin occurs naturally in many essential oils and particularly in the pods of Vanilla planifolia and Vanilla tahitensis. Industrially, vanillin is prepared from lignin, which is obtained from the sulfite wastes produced during paper manufacture. Lignin is treated with alkali at elevated temperature and pressure, in the presence of a catalyst, to form a complex mixture of products from which vanillin is isolated. Vanillin is then purified by successive recrystallizations. 

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Originally indigenous to Mexico, V. is now cultivated in many tropical regions. Main cultivating countries are Madagascar, Indonesia, Comore Islands, Mexico, Reunion ( Bourbon-Vanilla ). In Tahiti smaller amounts of V. pods are obtained from a different V. species. Vanilla tahitensis. The annual world-wide production amounts to about 2000 t. The USA alone imported ca. 11001 of V. pods in 1990, corresponding to a monetary value of about US 48000000. 

The best variety is Bourbon vanilla or Mexican vanilla, which is native to Central and South America. Next to this is Tahiti vanilla Vanilla tahitensis), which grows in Oceania. The most important sources of vanilla are Madagascar, the Comoro Islands, Reunion, Mexico, Uganda and French Polynesia. [138]... 

Synonyms Protovanol Vanilla beans Vanilla flavor Vanilla planifolia Vanilla pods Vanilla tahitensis... 

Vanilla pods Vanilla tahitensis. See Vanilla Vanilla tincture. See Vanilla (Vanilla planifolia) tincture... 

Vanilla tahitensis Moore is indigenous to Tahiti where it is cultivated. This species has a quite distinctive profile that differs from that of... 

Allspice Vanilla fragans Vanilla tahitensis Vanilla pompona Pimenta dioica Myrtaceae Mexico, Uganda Caribbean Islands, Central America... 

Vanilla. Vanilla is the dried, cured, fuU-sized, but not fully ripe fmit pods (beans) of Vanillaplanifolia And. and V. tahitensis J. W. Moore (Orchidaceae). The vine is native to the tropical rain forests of southern Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and northern South America. Plantings were started in Madagascar, Reunion, Java, Mauritius, and Zanzibar in 1840. The Madagascar-type bean is stUl the most important, but Indonesia produces more than Malagasy. The stmcture of the flower prevents self-pollination and therefore, where insects are not prevalent, hand pollination is necessary. 

CgFIgOs, Mr 152.15, pi.3kPa 155 °C, df 1.056, is found in many essential oils and foods, but is often not essential for their odor or aroma. However, it does determine the odor of essential oils and extracts from Vanilla planifolia and V. tahitensis pods, in which it is formed during ripening by enzymatic cleavage of glycosides. 

Vanilla extract (vanilla oleoresin) is produced by extraction of the pods of Vanilla planifolia G. Jacks, or V. tahitensis Moore (Orchidaceae) with a polar solvent (e.g., methanol, ethanol, or acetone, which may also contain water). The composition of the extract depends on the type and amount of solvent used. Generally, the percentage of vanillin in the extract (yield 25-30%) is 3-4 times higher than that in the pods [807c, 807d]. 

Tahiti vanilla (V. tahitensis Moore), which possess a different aroma, is considered as less valuable and can be distinguished from V. planifolia because of its constituents p-anisic acid and p-anisaldehyde [295[. The smaller vanillons (Vanilla pompona Schiede) are practically not available anymore. 

Definition Natural prod, obtained from cured full-grown unripe fruit of Vanilla planifolia or V. tahitensis... 

Source Vanilla planifolia Andr. [syn. V. fragrans (Salisb.) Ames] and V. tahitensis J. W. Moore (Family Orchidaceae). 

Common/vernacular names Bourbon vanilla. Reunion vanilla, Mexican vanilla (V. planifo-lia), Tahiti vanilla (V. tahitensis), common vanilla. 

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