Vanilla Pompona
Valuable and sustainable
Here at Vanilla Pompona, we work with a native variety of Vanilla that has been wild crafted here in the Peruvian Amazon.
We seek to bring this valuable, sustainable product to the international cuisine and fragrance market.
Unique Flavour
Vanilla pompona beans are huge and have a unique flavour and aroma, often described as fruity, floral, and somewhat spicy with notes of aniseed, Its large, plump pods can grow the size of a banana making them packed full of caviar.
Native to the Amazon Jungle and grown in a Agroforestry conditions they are also a more ethical and eco-friendly option to greenhouse Vanilla. With only 300kg per year this native heirloom vanilla is superior to many of the other natural vanillas on the market.
This variety has been tested to show a concentration of 9.88g/100g in Glucovanillin and is crammed with over 300 flavour compounds that combine for a deep, complex taste and fragrance.