Zitrone • Citrus limon
Lemon Oil 1-fold
Lemon oil is obtained by cold pressing ripe fruit peel. Its fragrances and aromas are widely used, including in food as well as body care and household products.
At a Glance
Characteristics & Applications
Lemon oil smells pleasantly fresh like sun-ripened lemons. We obtain fragrances and aromas from it, which are mainly used for flavouring beverages, bakery and dairy products, confectionery, ice creams and for perfuming body care and household products. As the name suggests, cold-pressed lemon oil is obtained by cold pressing the ripe fruit peel. Today it is usually obtained as a by-product during the production of lemon juice.
The average oil yield is around 4 to 6 kilograms of lemon oil per 1000 kilograms of processed fruit. The world annual production of lemon oil reaches approx. 6.0 to 7.0 million kilograms. Argentina is by far the most important production location for lemon oil with a market share of about 50 %. Other important cultivating countries and producers of lemon oil are the USA, Spain and Italy.
Yield
approx. 4 – 6 kg of oil per 1.000 kg of fruit
Annual global production
approx. 6.000.000 – 7.000.000 kg
At a Glance
Product Details
| Botanical name: | Citrus limon |
| Plant/part used: | Fruit/peel |
| Production method of raw material: | Cold pressed |
| Processing technology: | no processing |
| TSCA CAS: | 8008-56-8 |
| EINECS CAS: | 84929-31-7 |
| EINECS: | 284-515-8 |
| Appearance: | Fluid, yellow-green |
| Chemical identification: | Lemon, extract (lemon oil) |
| Density 20 °C (g/ml): | 0.8450 – 0.8600 |
| Refractive index at 20 °C: | 1.4680 – 1.4800 |
| Optical rotation at 20 °C, 10 cm (°): | 57 – 70 |
| Chemical constituents: | Limonene, gamma-Terpinene, b-Pinene, Citral |
| REACH: | Registered |