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Thanks everyone.  I had many responses saying MCormick/Shilling extracts
are OK, of course, still reading the labels first.  One person useds X-tra
Touch.

Three people responding trust the distillation process.

Several people believe the quality of the alcohol (for taste) and the
small quantity of flavoring used makes using most vanilla extracts OK.
Betty makes her own vanillas with potato vodka and vanilla beans.
Someone suggested vanilla powder should be OK.  A suggested web site is
Sutton's Bay Trading Co.
   http://www.suttonsbaytrading.com/Flavorings_and_Oils/21978.html