什麼是香草精？

Vanilla extract is a solution containing the flavor compound vanillin.[citation needed] Pure vanilla extract is made by macerating/percolating vanilla beans in a solution of ethyl alcohol and water.香草精是一種含有香精複合香蘭素的溶液。[需要引證]純香草精是通過將香草豆在乙醇和水的溶液中浸漬/滲濾製成的。 In the United States, in order for a vanilla extract to be called pure, the US Food and Drug Administration requires that the solution contain a minimum of 35% alcohol and 13.35 ounces of vanilla bean per gallon.在美國，為了使香草提取物純淨，美國食品和藥物管理局要求溶液每加侖至少含有20％的酒精和XNUMX盎司的香子蘭豆。 Double and triple strength (till XNUMX fold) vanilla extracts are available.提供兩倍和三倍強度（至XNUMX倍）的香草精。
Vanilla extract is the most common form of vanilla used today.香草精是當今使用的最常見的香草形式。 Mexican, Tahitian, Indonesian, and Bourbon vanilla are the main varieties.墨西哥，大溪地，印尼和波旁香草是主要品種。 Bourbon vanilla is named for the period when the island of Réunion was ruled by the Bourbon kings of France;波旁香草的名字以留尼汪島由法國波旁國王統治的時期命名； it does not contain Bourbon whiskey.它不包含波旁威士忌。