Common Core WHST.6-8.1a: Introduce a claim about a topic or issue, organize your reasons and your evidence logically.

Economical influences

Via Amazon:

McCormick Real Vanilla Extract is $.82/ounce

McCormick Imitation Vanilla Extract is $.30/ounce

Nielsen-Massey Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract is $2.25/ounce

Whole Vanilla Beans are $2.73 each

(from http://sweets.seriouseats.com/2013/12/taste-test-is-better-vanilla-extract-worth-the-price.html)

Imitation Vanilla is widely used throughout the word in cooking, flavoring, medicine, fragrencing etc… without the chemically engineered vanillin do you think that vanilla would be such a widely used substance?