Origins
Producing regions and origin context for Tanzanian vanilla.
Kagera
Kagera sits in northwest Tanzania on the western shore of Lake Victoria, bordering Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. It…
Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro Region, in northern Tanzania around Africa's tallest mountain, is one of the country's original Arabica coffee zones,…
Mbeya
Mbeya Region, in Tanzania's Southern Highlands near Lake Nyasa, is a multi-crop production area. It is named among…
Songwe
Songwe Region was split from Mbeya Region in 2016 and lies in Tanzania's Southern Highlands. It is named…
Morogoro
Morogoro Region, in eastern Tanzania at the base of the Uluguru Mountains, is one of the country's four…
Tanga
Tanga Region, on Tanzania's northeastern coast, has a varied cash-crop base. It contributes a small but recognized share…
Full Vanilla.tz profile
Tanzania produces a small but reputationally strong volume of vanilla — concentrated in Kagera, Kilimanjaro and Morogoro — that reaches a handful of Western markets each year, in a global…
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Island Treasures Ltd
Zanzibar-based parent company that produces, brands and supplies premium Tanzanian food products across three brands: Simba…
Simba Vanilla
Zanzibar-based vanilla brand of Island Treasures Ltd (see the separate Island Treasures Ltd supplier profile for…
Ubora Landmark Limited
Organic black pepper exporter and bulk spice supplier sourcing from Tanga and Morogoro regions; also handles…
Viridium Tanzania Limited
Producer/exporter of gourmet and extract-grade vanilla beans, powder and cuts, plus cardamom, clove, chili and cinnamon,…
Zanj Spice Limited (1001 Organic)
Zanzibar spice production and trading company (established 2012) supervising the full chain from partner farms to…
Kashasha Mountain Development (KMD) Vanilla
Vanilla grower founded 2021 by 5 local owners, cultivating vanilla with local farmers near Kashasha (Kitobo),…