Pricing
Vanilla and cocoa pricing, quoted per lot for each channel. We do not publish a price list: the right price depends on grade, volume and where the beans land. What we do publish is how each channel is priced, so a quote never arrives as a surprise.
Per lotquoted by grade and destination
FOB or CIForigin port, or your port
Quarterlyreview against a transparent index
HS 0905.10duty-free in the US, Canada and Australia
Channels
Three channels, each priced on its own terms. Every quote is written for one grade, quantity and destination, and names the lot it will ship from.
Channel 01
Extract houses, flavour companies and importer-distributors
Channel 02
Artisan gelato makers, pastry kitchens, craft distillers, roasters and regional distributors
Channel 03
Home bakers, and independent food shops that stock our packs
How we price
Formulas and clauses, written into the contract. Buyers who lived through the 2017 to 2019 spike want to know how a price will behave before they sign, so these are the rules every bulk contract follows.
Bulk prices follow a published discount to the equivalent Madagascar grade and are reviewed every quarter against a transparent index, so you can see why a price moved.
Every contract longer than six months includes a price-escalation clause. The vanilla cycle will turn, and both sides should know in advance how a turn is handled.
Whole vanilla beans (HS 0905.10) are duty-free at MFN rates in the US, Canada and Australia today. Our contracts carry a tariff pass-through clause, so a duty introduced after signing is handled by a written rule instead of a renegotiation.
New bulk accounts pay a deposit with the order. Established accounts move to agreed payment terms.
Larger open-account balances are covered by credit insurance, which keeps supply steady for every buyer when one pays late.
Samples
A free 50 g graded sample for any food business. Tell us the grade you want to try and we send it; seven days later we call to hear what your kitchen or lab made of it. Judge the beans first, talk about price after.
Food businessesFree, with a follow-up call after 7 days
50 gExtract houses and importersWith the full certificate of analysis
200 to 500 gThen a trial lotAt a trial discount, then a twelve-month supply contract
25 kg
