Lemonade

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Frozen lemonade concentrate is a convenient way to make lemonade at home — simply thaw, dilute with water, and serve. It delivers a sweet-tart lemon flavour that’s consistent and easy to prepare in large quantities.

While fresh-squeezed lemonade has the edge in flavour, frozen concentrate is a practical pantry staple for hot days, kids’ parties, and entertaining. It can also be used as an ingredient in cocktails, slushies, and desserts, or as a glaze for baked goods.

In Australia, lemonade typically refers to a carbonated soft drink (like Sprite), so frozen lemonade concentrate is more of an American-style product. It produces a still, sweet-sour lemon drink rather than a fizzy one.

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How it's made

Fresh lemons are juiced mechanically, and the juice is filtered to remove pulp and seeds. Sugar and water are blended with the juice to create a sweetened lemon base, which is then concentrated by removing most of the water through evaporation or freeze concentration. The resulting thick concentrate is frozen and packaged. To serve, it’s thawed and mixed with cold water at the ratio specified on the packaging.

Nutrition (per 100g)

Energy 196kcal
Protein 0.2g
Carbs 49.6g
Fat 0.7g
Fibre 0.3g Sugar 44.5g
Mass Distribution

1 can (12 fl oz) is about 438 g — roughly 860 kcal of this.

What it costs the planet (per kilo)

Carbon ≈1.95kg
Freshwater ≈332.35L
Land ≈3.15m²

≈ Estimated — worked out from a category-typical value further up its supply chain. Where this comes from →

Where it comes from

In the kitchen

Used as

chilled citrus drink

Goes well with
mint strawberry ginger vodka raspberry
Classic dishes
  • Classic Lemonade
  • Strawberry Lemonade
  • Arnold Palmer
  • Shandy

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Where this data comes from

Nutrition data from

USDA

How it was calculated

SR Legacy

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