Vanilla flavoring, not to be confused with vanilla extract, is derived from vanilla beans and contains little to no alcohol.
Vanilla extract, on the other hand, is created by soaking vanilla beans in an alcohol solution. The result must contain at least 35% alcohol with a minimum of 100 grams of vanilla beans per liter for the FDA to approve it as an extract.
59% of vanilla exports come from Madagascar, making it the world's leading country of vanilla exports.