Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I am a professional chef and don't normally comment, but had to in response to the many reviewers who obviously don't know what vanilla bean paste is. First it is not a true paste and isn't supposed to be. Secondly, its supposed to have sugar. So if you want a tomato paste like paste without sugar do not buy any type of vanilla bean paste or you will be disappointed. Vanilla extract is made by infusing vanilla into alcohol , which bakes off during baking leaving the vanilla flavor behind. Vanilla bean paste is made by infusing vanilla beans into a thick, sweet syrup made with sugar, water and some sort of (usually natural) thickener. The primary difference is that the vanilla beans are scraped into the paste, so you get all of those lovely little vanilla bean specks in whatever you’re baking along with the vanilla flavor. This brand is good and amazons price is better then Williams and Sonoma.