Homemade Vanilla Pod Cream Soda
By Joe
Source: Serious Eats — Alexandra Penfold, Vanilla Bean Simple Syrup.
A vanilla bean simple syrup recipe for 8 servings, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.
Based on the listed ingredients, none of the 14 major EU allergens. Always check product labels.
Method
- 1
Finish. Add sugar and water to a little saucepan. Slice vanilla bean down the center plus scrape out the black seeds. Tip in the seeds plus pod to the liquid mixture. Heat over mid-sized high heat, mixing now and then till sugar has dissolved completely plus mixture has come to a boil, around 10 to 15 minutes. Take out off heat and pour in a sterile glass container. Store in the fridge for up to one week.
Storage
Keep covered in the fridge and use within a few days.
EU nutrition claims
- Low fat: 0 g fat per 100 ml (limit ≤ 1.5 g)
- Low saturated fat: 0 g saturated fat per 100 ml, 0% of energy (limits ≤ 0.75 g and ≤ 10%)
- Low salt: 0 g salt per 100 ml (limit ≤ 0.3 g)
Per 100 ml of the finished dish, worked out from the nutrition per serving and the lowest likely cooked weight (about 40 ml a serving), so the true values are, if anything, lower. Thresholds from the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide
Free sugars
24.9 g per serving
49.8 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 99.6 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- scales
- saucepan
Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 97 kcal |
| Protein | 0 g |
| Carbohydrate | 25 g |
| of which sugars | 24.9 g |
| of which free sugars | 24.9 g |
| Fat | 0 g |
| of which saturates | 0 g |
| Fibre | 0 g |
| Salt | 0 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
0 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values
