Symrise offers fair-trade quality vanilla extracts from Madagascar

Symrise has begun offering bourbon Madagascar vanilla extracts in fair-trade quality that is certified by Swiss organization Flocert.

This comes a few months after the Holzminden-based fragrance and flavoring manufacturer said it had received the organic seal for selected vanilla extracts.

Symrise maintains its own network of hundreds of farmers in Madagascar, and it extracts the vanilla on site.

This means it has an influence on the entire value chain, from the farming and harvest to the pod selection and fermentation to the extract and the flavoring that results.