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So I'm assuming they mean kilo = kilogram, so a single Starbucks would be using roughly 0.0175 gram of pure vanilla a day.
The internet is telling me this equals about 0.00004 pound (3.86*10^-5).
Anyone a vanilla expert and can tell me how much syrup they make out of that amount of vanilla?
I'm no expert but a single bean that's already been scraped of seeds can flavour about 5 kilos of sugar by just leaving it in the box for a day or two. I imagine they use a mix of real vanilla extract and synthetic vanillin to save money though.
Oh yea that's helpful.
Vanilla beanis weighs 3-6 gram, I'm gonna go with 3 gram.
3 gram vanilla -> 5 kilogram flavoured sugar
0.0175 gram vanilla -> 30 gram flavoured sugar (I'm rounding this a little much maybe but I'm too lazy)
I'll assume syrup will be something like 2 parts sugar to 1 part water - but I dont really know, probably less water.
So I get about 45 gram syrup, or 1.6 ounces. So I got 10 teaspoons of vanilla syrup for one Starbucks for a whole day, don't use it all at once.