Vanilla Bean: Price per Kilo - Harvest and prices 2023-2024

Vanilla Bean: Price per Kilo - Harvest and prices 2023-2024

VANILLA PODS: PRICE PER KG - Harvest and Prices 2023-2024

What is the price per kilo of Vanilla beans?

Every year, the price per kilo of vanilla beans goes up or down.

How is this possible?

How do we arrive at price explosions or price crises for a kilo of vanilla beans?



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1 - Vanilla price per kilo - Manufacturers


The vanilla market is a market of experts. There are many parameters to take into account.

The food industry is the leading consumer of vanilla beans. Vanilla is the leading flavoring used worldwide.
It is well ahead of natural coffee and cocoa flavors.
Many industrial recipes incorporate real vanilla beans in their ice creams, yogurts and desserts.
This can be in the form of vanilla powder, vanilla extracts or natural vanilla flavoring.
Vanilla is also used in certain beverages. Coca-Cola, for example, is the world's leading consumer of vanilla, absorbing an average of 10% of the world's production.

Manufacturers' recipes can be changed using vanilla substitutes (synthetic vanillin, natural vanillin extracted from rice fermentation, cloves, etc.).
It takes a considerable amount of time to change a recipe that has been validated by industry (standards, sourcing, taste quality of the final result).
Synthetic vanilla can in no way replace the accuracy and aromatic amplitude of real vanilla beans.
Manufacturers who use vanilla beans know this. They also know consumers' tastes and palates.

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2 - Climate change has a direct impact on vanilla prices


Harvests are also increasingly subject to climatic hazards.
Madagascar recently experienced a cyclone that devastated part of the vanilla plantations in the northeast of the country, the SAVA region.
For this region, which produces 80% of the world's supply, this was a terrible blow.
All the work that had been done in recent years was wiped out in a matter of hours.

If Indonesia, Papua, India or Madagascar face a natural disaster in one of these production zones, the vanilla market reacts immediately.

3 - The new vanilla consumer countries - China and Brazil


For several years now, the Chinese and Brazilians have been falling in love with vanilla.
Vanilla consumption in these countries has exploded. Like chocolate, this bewitchingly feminine aroma is appreciated by the majority of palates worldwide.
It's hard to resist an ice cream made with real vanilla beans, or a dessert featuring vanilla.

Vanilla has the advantage of being easy to marry in the kitchen. It goes equally well with sweet and savory dishes (vanilla chicken, scallops with vanilla curry).

Global demand, which has been growing at a rate of 3% in recent years, is set to accelerate.
This means that the price of vanilla per kilo has stabilized at a much higher level than a few years ago.

4 - Vanilla quality


Vanilla prices can vary considerably within a single country.

You'll need to focus on :

  • Humidity level
  • Production zone
  • Ripeness of pods
  • Vanillin content
  • Overall aroma

5 - Beyond the price of vanilla per kilo - THE SECRET


Just because a vanilla bean comes from Madagascar or Papua New Guinea doesn't mean it's excellent or not.
As with wine, there are many different qualities in each country.
To understand and know the vanilla market, the secret is to keep learning.
Receiving samples, months of sourcing, daily contact with producers and collectors...


As with the great vintages of our vineyards and gastronomy in general, love of the craft and the desire to do things well are the key.

From love comes passion, and sometimes the story of a lifetime. The quest for ever finer quality, new aromas and vanilla pleasure.


I've decided to dedicate my life to my two passions: my family and vanilla.


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