Our Supply Chain
Our Supply Chain
From the plantation to your order, with no blind spots
Every Vanilha Noire pod can be traced back to its origin. A supply chain controlled at every stage, designed to secure your supply as much as your trust.
One less variable of uncertainty
Securing a vanilla supply is not just about guaranteeing a consistent aroma — it’s being able to answer, at any time, the question: where does this pod come from, and whose hands has it passed through?
Batch by batch
Our goal: identifiable batches from harvest to delivery, to meet your traceability requirements.
Six steps, one common thread
Manual pollination
Each vanilla orchid flower opens for only a single day. In the absence of its natural pollinator outside Mexico, it is pollinated by hand, one by one.
Growing and harvest (~9 months)
The pods ripen on the vine before being hand-picked, one by one, at peak maturity — a harvest that is too early or too late impoverishes the final aroma.
Scalding
A brief heat treatment halts ripening and triggers the development of aroma precursors.
Steaming and drying
Several weeks of alternating heat and rest, outdoors then in the shade, to concentrate the aroma without damaging the pod.
Sorting and grading
Calibration, visual and olfactory inspection: each batch is graded according to its aromatic profile and intended use.
Batch number and shipping
Each batch receives a unique identifier before shipping, kept until final delivery.
What we can document, batch by batch
A traceability claim is only worth something if it can be verified. Here is what accompanies every order, and what remains to be finalized.
| Element | Status |
|---|---|
| Batch number | [To confirm — system to be formalized if absent] |
| Origin (region / cooperative or grower) | [To confirm] |
| Harvest date | [To confirm] |
| Analysis results (moisture, aromatic profile) | [To confirm — available on request] |
| Organic certification | [To confirm — where applicable] |
| Fair trade / sustainable certification | [To confirm — where applicable] |
A supply chain that values the people who sustain it
Behind every pod are Malagasy growers whose know-how is passed down from generation to generation. A traceable supply chain is also one that can properly value that know-how — that’s the subject of our Sustainability page.
A question about our supply chain?
Our teams are happy to share the information available on a batch or order.