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What’s with all the different kinds of vanilla - and are the pricey ones worth it?

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘁𝘆-𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝘆:
-Fache, M, Boutevin, B, Caillol, S. (201) Vanillin production from lignin and its use as a renewable chemical. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 4: 35–46. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acss...
-Kirk, RE, Othmer, DF, & Mann, CA (2000). Vanillin. Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...
-Maeda, M., Hosoya, T., Yoshioka, K. et al. (2018) Vanillin production from native softwood lignin in the presence of tetrabutylammonium ion. J Wood Sci 64, 810–815. https://jwoodscience.springeropen.com...
-Ravendra K, Prem S, (2012). A Review on the Vanillin derivatives showing various biological activities. International Journal of PharmTech Research 4: 266-279. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper...
-Sharp MD, Kocaoglu-Vurma NA, Langford V, Rodriguez-Saona LE, Harper WJ (2012). Rapid discrimination and characterization of vanilla bean extracts by attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy and selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry. J Food Sci. 77 (3):C284-92. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22384...

𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 (𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲) 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 & 𝗵𝗼𝘄-𝘁𝗼𝘀:
-https://www.femaflavor.org/sites/defa...
-https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/20...
-http://cooksvanilla.com/everything-yo...
-https://www.bakitbox.com/real-vanilla...
-https://www.cooksillustrated.com/how_...
-https://www.seriouseats.com/taste-tes...

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