Why is vanilla so expensive?
Why is vanilla so expensive ? The price of vanilla is the first concern of consumers. Today, we see more and more vanilla specialists. But few will have the export of Arnaud and his test plantation Arnaud Vanille.
The price of vanilla is the first concern of consumers. Today, we see more and more vanilla specialists. But few will have the export of Arnaud and his test plantation Arnaud Vanille.
Today here is a complete answer to your question.
The cost of a vanilla bean per kilo in France can vary, I can only recommend the article from Comptoir de Toamasina on the cost of vanilla
Recently, vanilla has become very expensive, making it almost impossible to buy. Consumers will go for poivre de Kampot or fève de tonka.
Let me help you understand the price of vanilla.
A short video
Here you will also know about the quality of vanilla. And stop the received idea that vanilla from supermarket is of lesser quality, because we sell at the supermarket our top vanilla.
This year, how much does a kilo of vanilla cost?
Vanilla costs, on average, the following prices per kilo:
- Vanilla of Madagascar : The prices TTC in its quality is going to have a good quality ratio at 330 euros per kilo but you can buy it at 250 euros per kilo from 20kg at Comptoir de Toamaisna. The gold bourbon vanilla of Comptoir de Toamasina + of 18cm is 280 to 340 kilo according to the quantity.
- Vanilla from Reunion Island : 1000 € TTC / Kilo
- Vanilla from Tahiti : 800,00 € TTC / Kilo
- Vanilla from Brazil : 2000€ TTC / kilo
Why has the price per kilo of vanilla soared in recent years?
Gradually the vanilla will rise to 75 euros in 2013 and will pass the 150 euros in 2015. It will soar in 2017.
The story of the vanilla price from the beginning of the Comptoir de Toamasina to today
In 2010, when I started the vanilla adventure, it was around 414 euros for 10kg of vanilla.
We must not forget that large groups such as Coca-Cola and Unilever buy each year nearly 30% of the production of the world vanilla crop. For the whole product range and you will have with the evolution of the price of vanilla, they will control plantations.
That’s the way it is globally, with all the industry helping to reduce production.
But the industry is going to buy red vanilla and you the individuals and the bakers are going to buy gourmet vanilla.
If you’re looking for an all-natural, inexpensive option, you can take red vanilla, but you’ll have to let it steep for a long time.
The vanilla bean can have 2 or 3 uses, unlike pepper which has one.
The industrialists extract the vanilla flavor from the pods in infusion see will grind the vanilla and its seeds and put it in the preparation.
In 2016 the beginning of the boom and the brutal stop in 2020
In 2016 vanilla will start to soar on the international market due to a decrease in supply and an increase in demand.
Vanilla is not listed on the stock market, so you will have speculation from exporters who will distribute it little by little and drive up the price. And this is where the
Papua vanilla
will go up.
It is important to know that this surge in prices to over $600 will lead to government intervention to protect its subsidiary, which is the black gold of Madagascar.
To know more, it will have a next article.
Quelle gousse de vanille acheter ?
- Madagascar
- Tahiti
- Papua
- Uganda
- Brazil
- And soon more