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Ingredients Descriptions and Photos
Vanilla Extract

Vanilla Extract
(Vanilla Extract) What is considered to be pure vanilla extract also contains water and alcohol necessary for the extraction process.  Vanilla Beans are the long, greenish-yellow seed pods of the tropical orchid plant, Vanilla planifolia. Before the plant flowers, the pods are picked, unripe, and cured until they're dark brown. The process takes up to six months. To obtain Pure Vanilla Extract, cured Vanilla Beans are steeped in alcohol. According to law, Pure Vanilla Extract must be 35 percent alcohol by volume.  See the nutritional chart below.

Vanilla extract

Refuse: 0%
Scientific Name:
NDB No: 02050 (Nutrient values and weights are for edible portion)

Nutrient Units Value per
100 grams 		Number
of Data
Points 		Std.
Error 		1.00 X 1 tbsp
-------
13g
Proximates
Water
g
52.58
4
3.823
6.84
Energy
kcal
288
0
0
37
Energy
kj
1205
0
0
157
Protein
g
0.06
4
0.02
0.01
Total lipid (fat)
g
0.06
2
0
0.01
Ash
g
0.26
4
0.048
0.03
Carbohydrate, by difference
g
12.65
0
0
1.64
Fiber, total dietary
g
0.0
0
0
0.0
Sugars, total
g
12.65
0
0
1.64
Minerals
Calcium, Ca
mg
11
4
0.691
1
Iron, Fe
mg
0.12
2
0
0.02
Magnesium, Mg
mg
12
4
1.49
2
Phosphorus, P
mg
6
4
0.299
1
Potassium, K
mg
148
4
31.035
19
Sodium, Na
mg
9
4
3.118
1
Zinc, Zn
mg
0.11
4
0.012
0.01
Copper, Cu
mg
0.072
4
0.032
0.009
Manganese, Mn
mg
0.230
4
0.03
0.030
Selenium, Se
mcg
0.0
0
0
0.0
Vitamins
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid
mg
0.0
2
0
0.0
Thiamin
mg
0.011
2
0
0.001
Riboflavin
mg
0.095
2
0
0.012
Niacin
mg
0.425
2
0
0.055
Pantothenic acid
mg
0.035
2
0
0.005
Vitamin B-6
mg
0.026
2
0
0.003
Folate, total
mcg
0
2
0
0
Folic acid
mcg
0
0
0
0
Folate, food
mcg
0
2
0
0
Folate, DFE
mcg_DFE
0
0
0
0
Vitamin B-12
mcg
0.00
0
0
0.00
Vitamin B-12, added
mcg
0.00
0
0
0.00
Vitamin A, IU
IU
0
2
0
0
Vitamin A, RAE
mcg_RAE
0
0
0
0
Retinol
mcg
0
0
0
0
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol)
mg
0.00
0
0
0.00
Vitamin E, added
mg
0.00
0
0
0.00
Vitamin K (phylloquinone)
mcg
0.0
1
0
0.0
Lipids
Fatty acids, total saturated
g
0.010
0
0
0.001
4:0
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
6:0
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
8:0
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
10:0
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
12:0
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
14:0
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
16:0
g
0.005
0
0
0.001
18:0
g
0.001
0
0
0.000
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated
g
0.010
0
0
0.001
16:1 undifferentiated
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
18:1 undifferentiated
g
0.008
0
0
0.001
20:1
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
22:1 undifferentiated
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated
g
0.004
0
0
0.001
18:2 undifferentiated
g
0.003
0
0
0.000
18:3 undifferentiated
g
0.001
0
0
0.000
18:4
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
20:4 undifferentiated
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
20:5 n-3
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
22:5 n-3
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
22:6 n-3
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
Cholesterol
mg
0
0
0
0
Other
Alcohol, ethyl
g
34.4
0
0
4.5
Caffeine
mg
0
0
0
0
Theobromine
mg
0
0
0
0
Carotene, beta
mcg
0
0
0
0
Carotene, alpha
mcg
0
0
0
0
Cryptoxanthin, beta
mcg
0
0
0
0
Lycopene
mcg
0
0
0
0
Lutein + zeaxanthin
mcg
0
0
0
0

USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 18 (2005)

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