Gourmet Pure Vanilla Extract

True bean-to-bottle vanilla: single-origin Uganda vanilla beans hand-selected and cured by the maker's own team, with a whole gourmet bean inside every bottle for continued in-bottle aging.

  • Single-origin vanilla beans from Uganda, 35% alcohol, water — that's the entire ingredient list; Non-GMO Project Verified
  • Made by a women-owned operation in Littleton, Colorado that pays fair wages directly to their curing team in Uganda and ships beans straight to Colorado
WHOLE, REAL INGREDIENTS
WHOLE, REAL INGREDIENTS
REGENERATIVE, ORGANIC & BEYOND
REGENERATIVE, ORGANIC & BEYOND
Ingredient Transparency
Ingredient Transparency

About This Product

Vanilla is one of the most adulterated ingredients in the American pantry. Most extracts labeled "pure" contain vanilla flavoring compounds sourced from anonymous brokers, minimal actual bean content, and no transparency about where the vanilla came from or who grew it. The industry has a well-documented history of labor abuse, land exploitation, and deceptive sourcing practices.

The Sweetest Bean is a different kind of operation. The team in Uganda hand-selects and cures the vanilla beans directly — no middlemen, paid fair wages. The beans are shipped straight to Littleton, Colorado, where the extract is hand-crafted. Single-origin, single supplier, every step visible and intentional.

The formula is three ingredients: vanilla beans, 35% alcohol, water. Nothing else. No added sugar. No artificial flavor compounds. No filler alcohol. Non-GMO Project Verified.

What makes this specific product unusual beyond sourcing is what's inside the bottle: a whole gourmet vanilla bean. This isn't decorative — it's functional. The bean continues to release its oils and flavor compounds into the extract for as long as it's in there, which means the longer you keep the bottle, the more complex and intense the vanilla becomes. It's a living product in the best sense.

Use it in everything that calls for vanilla extract — baked goods, ice cream, custards, French toast, whipped cream, smoothies — and taste the difference that a real, whole-bean extract makes. Women-owned. Transparently sourced. The vanilla your baking deserves.

Gourmet Pure Vanilla Extract

True bean-to-bottle vanilla: single-origin Uganda vanilla beans hand-selected and cured by the maker's own team, with a whole gourmet bean inside every bottle for continued in-bottle aging.

  • Single-origin vanilla beans from Uganda, 35% alcohol, water — that's the entire ingredient list; Non-GMO Project Verified
  • Made by a women-owned operation in Littleton, Colorado that pays fair wages directly to their curing team in Uganda and ships beans straight to Colorado
WHOLE, REAL INGREDIENTS
WHOLE, REAL INGREDIENTS
REGENERATIVE, ORGANIC & BEYOND
REGENERATIVE, ORGANIC & BEYOND
Ingredient Transparency
Ingredient Transparency

Ingredients

Vanilla beans, 35% alcohol, water.

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No Industrial Fats

No Artificial Anything

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No Ultra-Processed Garbage

No Seed Oils

No Industrial Fats

No Artificial Anything

No Toxins

No Endocrine Disruptors

No Greenwashing

No Ultra-Processed Garbage

No Seed Oils

No Industrial Fats

No Artificial Anything

No Toxins

No Endocrine Disruptors

No Greenwashing

No Ultra-Processed Garbage

No Seed Oils

No Industrial Fats

No Artificial Anything

No Toxins

No Endocrine Disruptors

No Greenwashing

No Ultra-Processed Garbage

No Seed Oils

No Industrial Fats

No Artificial Anything

No Toxins

No Endocrine Disruptors

No Greenwashing

No Ultra-Processed Garbage

No Seed Oils

No Industrial Fats

No Artificial Anything

No Toxins

No Endocrine Disruptors

No Greenwashing

No Ultra-Processed Garbage

No Seed Oils

No Industrial Fats

No Artificial Anything

No Toxins

No Endocrine Disruptors

No Greenwashing

No Ultra-Processed Garbage

No Seed Oils

No Industrial Fats

No Artificial Anything

No Toxins

No Endocrine Disruptors

No Greenwashing

No Ultra-Processed Garbage

No Seed Oils

No Industrial Fats

No Artificial Anything

No Toxins

No Endocrine Disruptors

No Greenwashing

No Ultra-Processed Garbage

No Seed Oils

No Industrial Fats

No Artificial Anything

No Toxins

No Endocrine Disruptors

No Greenwashing

No Ultra-Processed Garbage

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