Food grade vanilla is it safe to use?

[Adema]

I bought some food grade vanilla and it smells heavenly, but is it safe to use in soap, I don't care about the color turning dark. Has anybody tried it.

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María

 

[Adema]

this is the link from the site I bought it

http://www.roseoil.in/productdetails.asp?id=122

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María

 

[MagiaDellaLuna]

Hi Maria

I have used it and also vanilla paste.

Sadly, the smell hardly comes through the soap so it was a waste of good Vanilla Extract and Vanilla Paste.

 

[Adema]

Hi Maria

I have used it and also vanilla paste.

Sadly, the smell hardly comes through the soap so it was a waste of good Vanilla Extract and Vanilla Paste.

That is a shame, the vanilla I have is oil based and I have about 16 0z so maybe if I put 1oz ppo it could give a subtle scent..
Well It can't hurt to try since i have alot of vanilla.

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María

 

[carebear]

if it's in alcohol it can make CP seize so be aware of that.

 

[honor435]

so, the vanilla eo at health store smells exactly like home vanilla, is it the same?

 

[carebear]

probably not the same.

if you read the ingredients on your cooking vanilla extract you will see that it's lots of got alcohol in it (at least 35% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_extract).

There is something called Natural Vanilla Flavoring which is said to contain much less alcohol .

This is a GREAT description of the various vanillas for cooking: http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/vanilla.htm

your vanilla health food store "EO" isn't - there are vanilla oleoresin and vanilla absolute. they are in a solvent too tho I couldn't tell you what solvent. EOU says absolutes containe ethanol (and hexanes) but I don't know if they are all the same. absolutes are much much more concentrated than the vanilla extract though and have the alcohol in there at 5% or less.