I totally disagree that McCormick is the best of all the ones they tested,
and they never even included Penzey's vanilla extract, which is excellent, especially their double vanilla. Plus, I've tried several other brands, including some in this CI test, that I prefer over McCormick. McCormick isn't bad, but I wouldn't consider it the best. I've always disagreed with them that imitation vanilla is as good as pure vanilla. They even concluded in one of their tests that imitation was better. At one point, their highest recommendation was the CVS brand imitation vanilla, and they preferred it to Penzey's pure vanilla extract. I bought the CVS brand, just to prove my point to myself - it was vile. Went right into the garbage.