A package contains 3 vanilla pods.

The extraction grade vanilla beans are often used to make vanilla extract. The reason for this is due to a much lower moisture content, which helps in getting a highly concentrated vanilla flavor.

So, ounce-for-ounce, an extract vanilla bean will give much more of that sweet and earthy flavor than a grade A vanilla bean – but that’s only if you leave it in some sort of liquid for a long time.