The Mexican Vanilla Plantation produces an exquisite amber-colored vanilla extract rich in flavor and aroma. They begin with high quality beans cultivated on their farms in the Totonacapan Region of Mexico, the birthplace of the vanilla bean. After the extraction process - macerating chopped vanilla beans with ethyl alcohol and water – the extract is aged for nine months before bottling. This naturally sweet aged extract needs no added sweeteners as found in many other extracts in the market.