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There is no chemical formula for vanilla. However, a chemical formula for vanillin does exist, and that formula is C8H8O3.
I think you are asking vanilla. This is made from a plant. The vanilla bean, which looks like a long slender brown bean.Use of the actual bean in cooking is becoming popular.Vanillin is the flavor-roducing chemical in vanilla. It's chemical formula is C8H8O3.
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In answering this question there's a necessity to be precise with terminology, because otherwise "yes," "no," and "what the heck do you mean?" are all valid answers. In the chemistry sense: Vanillin does not contain alcohol, it is an alcohol; that is, it's an organic compound with an -OH group. In the normal person sense: Vanillin itself does not contain alcohol, but vanilla extract does usually contain alcohol; again, to be specific, it usually contains ethyl alcohol, which is what most non-chemists mean when they say "alcohol."
Vanilla is derived from the pod of a certain variety of orchid, and this pod is called a vanilla bean. To make vanilla you have to soak vanilla beans in vodka to extract the flavor. So no, usable vanilla is never a solid.
There are multiple compounds in vanilla, but the main contributor of flavor is Vanillin, with the formula C8H8O3
There is no chemical formula for vanilla. However, a chemical formula for vanillin does exist, and that formula is C8H8O3.
I think you are asking vanilla. This is made from a plant. The vanilla bean, which looks like a long slender brown bean.Use of the actual bean in cooking is becoming popular.Vanillin is the flavor-roducing chemical in vanilla. It's chemical formula is C8H8O3.
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Vanillin is a basic compound.
Yes, vanillin can in fact be addictive. It is typically used a food coloring ingredient and it is found in foods like vanilla ice cream and vanilla flavored beverages.
Artificial vanilla aroma: vanillin (4-Hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde).
Natural vanillin is extracted from the vanilla plant which is native to Mexico but is now grown in many other tropical areas. Madagascar currently produces the most natural vanillin.
Vanillin contain as functional groups ether, hydoxyl and aldehyde.
Clear vanilla is made by combining propylene glycol or glycerin with artificial vanillin. Artificial vanillin simulates 1 flavor component out of over 250 different flavor components found in natural vanilla. It is a by-product of the wood industry or is produced from petrochemicals. Artificial... Yum!
Vanilla that comes in a little brown bottle is all natural flavor.
: Main article: Vanilla (orchid) The main species harvested for vanillin is Vanilla planifolia. Although it is native to Mexico, it is now widely grown throughout the tropics. Madagascar is the world's largest producer. Additional sources include Vanilla pompona and Vanilla tahitiensis(grown in Tahiti and Niue), although the vanillin content of these species is much less than Vanilla planifolia.[13]