There’s nothing plain about the vanilla market. The price of the bean used to flavor everything from ice cream and chocolate to cola and pastries more than tripled in the past year as output slipped ...

Not at all plain, the vanilla market has turned volatile again. Five years ago prices for vanilla beans were hovering at about $20 a kilogram. This January, industry sources reported prices above $200 ...

Storms have ravaged the delicate fields of Madagascar’s vanilla bean crop, and with limited supply, the demand for this subtle flavorful ingredient has skyrocketed. Vanilla lovers can still get a ...

Surging vanilla production in countries from Papua New Guinea to Colombia is causing the price of vanilla beans and extract to plummet in markets around the world. The drop in vanilla prices is ...

MAROVATO, Madagascar (Reuters) - Rocketing vanilla prices bought Madagascan farmer Berlin Ranary a hot pink sofa, a motorbike - and a double-barrelled shotgun to protect his crop. Thieves have stolen ...

If your favorite ice cream flavor is still vanilla, perhaps it’s time to broaden those horizons a bit: A bad harvest in Madagascar has led to a price surge for its most prized crop, vanilla beans, ...

Madagascar-grown orchids produce most of the world's vanilla beans, but vanilla extract isn't manufactured in country. Former Peace Corps volunteers-turned-entrepreneurs Tim McCollum and Brett Beach, ...