Mexican vanilla, made from the native V.planifolia, is produced in much less quantity and marketed as the vanilla from the land of its origin. Vanilla sold in tourist markets around Mexico is sometimes not actual vanilla extract, but is mixed with an extract of the tonka bean, which contains coumarin.
Tonka bean extract smells and tastes like vanilla, but coumarin has been shown to cause liver damage in lab animals and is banned in food in the US by the Food and Drug Administration.
Watkins Vanilla is made using the purest Bourbon Madagascar Vanilla Beans and has been for the last 100+ years...It’s likely the one your Grandmother used!
Watkins Products have been trusted and used by North Americans for over 140 years.
