Ethyl Alcohol Vendors

Where To Find Ethyl Alcohol For Making Vanilla Extract Professionally

Culinary Solvent
200 Proof Pure Ethyl Alcohol
200 Proof Pure Ethyl Alcohol Organic

BVV
140 Proof Pure Ethyl Alcohol
200 Proof Pure Ethyl Alcohol

 

Ethyl Alcohol Dilution Formula*

If diluting a high-proof alcohol (95%) to 40%, the formula would look like:
% Spirits needed = (40 ÷ 95) ⋇ 100 = 42.1% alcohol, and the remaining 57.9% would be water.

*https://theherbalacademy.com/dilute-high-proof-alcohol/

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FDA Requirements For Making Vanilla Extract

Summary: FDA regulations require 13.35 ounces of extract grade vanilla beans of 25% humidity or less to an extraction medium of no less than 70 Proof alcohol. These links give you the exact wording and requirements for making a product which can legally be called vanilla extract.

Definitions
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/cfrsearch.cfm?fr=169.3

Vanilla Extract
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/cfrsearch.cfm?fr=169.175

Concentrated Vanilla Extract
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/cfrsearch.cfm?fr=169.176