French vanilla, on the other hand ... whether a brand uses real vanilla pods (the majority of which come from Madagascar) in their ice cream by the presence of black flecks in the ice cream ...

and Wegmans Madagascar Vanilla Premium French Ice Cream was at the top of the list. Trader Joe's Super Premium French Vanilla ice cream came in second. Both products are French vanilla varieties ...

Just because I like to be thorough, I decided to conduct one more test with a wider audience, pitting the McCormick imitation vanilla against the Simply Organic pure Madagascar vanilla extract ($4 ...