Vanilla (disambiguation)

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Vanilla has multiple meanings.

• Vanilla, a flavour
• Vanillin, an organic compound used for flavouring
  • Vanilla extract, a solution of vanillin in alcohol
• Vanilla (genus), a genus of orchids
  • Vanilla planifolia, an orchid that is harvested for vanillin

Vanilla is also commonly used to mean "plain" or "conventional," derived from the use of vanilla extract as the most popular flavoring for ice cream.

• Vanilla option, in finance, a "simple" or well understood option
• Vanilla sex, a term referring to what a society regards as standard or conventional human sexual behavior
• Vanilla software, referring to software that is used "as delivered"

Vanilla also refers to:

• Vanilla (band), a 1990s British musical group
• Vanilla (forum), open source forum software
• Vanilla Coke, a soft drink
• Vanilla Fudge, an American psychedelic rock band
  • Vanilla Fudge (album), their debut album
• Vanilla H, a character from anime/games series Galaxy Angel.
• Vanilla Ice (born 1968), an American rapper
• Vanilla Mood, a group of Japanese idol singers
• Vanilla Ninja, an Estonian girl band
  • Vanilla Ninja (album), their debut album
• Vanilla the Rabbit, a character in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series
• Vanilla Series, a brand of hentai (pornographic) anime
• Vanilla Sky, a 2001 film
• Vanilla Sky, an Italian pop rock band
• Vanilla slice, a type of cake
• Vanilla sugar, a common dessert ingredient
• The Vanilla Tapes, demo tracks recorded by the English punk band The Clash
• "Vanilla" is a song by the Japanese artist Gackt
• Vanilla is the name of a character in Asterix comics. She is the mother of Obelix and introduced in the book Asterix and the Actress.
• Vanilla Sky, a drink