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It's sugar.
And yes, it might be vanilla. Tons of things have vanilla in them that aren't "vanilla." Like chocolate chip cookies. Like frosting. It's not enough to give it a "vanilla" flavour, just enough to give it something. That's why vanilla is considered boring/default, because in baking, it is.
Now if you're talking roasted marshmallows, you're applying heat to sugar — you're caramelising it. Before you say "I know what fucking caramel tastes like," I'm just describing the process for what is happening to the sugar, and yes, that is actually how caramel is made. It's also how a lot of hard candy is made, too, like those little white and red peppermint discs. Those just use mint extract rather than vanilla. Same concept. Heated more (hard ball stage rather than soft ball).
Look at the ingredients though. If vanilla is listed, it's vanilla. If it's not, you're just tasting sugar. If you're roasting them, you're tasting caramlised sugar (possibly with some vanilla).
It's not a secret ingredient. They have to disclose all ingredients. There are no true mystery flavours out there. White/clear Lifesavers? Those are pineapple. Same with white jellybeans. It's only a mystery to kids, and to those who don't research.
OK, I'll look at the ingredients.
https://www.kraftheinz.com/jetpuffed/products/00600699003285-marshmallows
Looks like there is some kind of "natural and artificial flavor" besides sugar and corn syrup. Wat are those? Dunno. Apparently it's legal to have secret ingredients that are not disclosed unless a Non-Disclosure Agreement is signed.
That natural flavor? Vanilla.
Possibly. But there are several different types of vanilla. Also:
and
Also you may be amused to know:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla
They're supposed to disclose all the ingredients, the contents of my Olive Oil and Peanut Butter would argue they very much do NOT.