Lemon Juice Concentrate (Cloudy & Clarified 400–500 GPL, 45–55 °Brix)

400 GPL and 45-55 °Brix cloudy and clarified lemon concentrate, bought on acidity, ratio, essential oil and pulp

Lemon juice concentrate is pressed lemon juice concentrated by vacuum evaporation, and unlike sweet fruit juices where Brix leads the trade, lemon concentrate is bought primarily on acidity: grams per litre of anhydrous citric acid (GPL). The industry standard benchmark is 400 GPL (roughly 45–48 °Brix and ~31–33% w/w citric acid) and 500 GPL (roughly 55 °Brix and ~40% w/w citric acid). Buyers specify five key parameters on the certificate of analysis: corrected Brix, titratable acidity expressed as anhydrous citric acid (GPL or % w/w), the Brix/acid ratio (typically 1.3–1.8, reflecting the natural sharp sourness of lemons), pulp content by volume (cloudy concentrate carries 4–12% centrifugable pulp for cloudy lemonades and squashes; clarified/depectinised concentrate is ultrafiltered to ≤ 0.5% pulp with low turbidity for clear beverages), and recoverable essential oil (by Clevenger distillation, typically held to 0.01–0.05% v/v to ensure organoleptic freshness without terpene oxidation). Reconstituted lemon juice sold in the European Union must achieve a minimum of 8.0 °Brix under Directive 2012/12/EU. UN Comtrade 2024 export declarations for citrus juices other than orange and grapefruit above 20 °Brix (HS 2009.39) total over USD 850 million, dominated by Argentina (Tucumán province, the world's leading industrial lemon processing basin, exporting ~120,000 MT), Spain (Murcia and Alicante basins, processing Fino and Verna cultivars), South Africa, Italy (Sicily), and Türkiye.

Buyers are carbonated soft drink bottlers, lemonade and iced tea packers, salad dressing and condiment manufacturers, bakery filling producers, and industrial food formulators using concentrated lemon juice as a natural pH regulator, acidulant, and clean-label preservative. Aseptic concentrate is packed in sterile multi-layer barrier bags inside 200–220 litre steel drums (approx. 250–260 kg net weight) and ships in 20-ft dry containers under ambient or cool conditions; frozen concentrate is held in drums at -18 °C in 20-ft reefer containers to preserve volatile top-notes and pale yellow colour. Merchant inventory positions are regularly held in European and UK cold-storage hubs (such as London Gateway and Rotterdam) for prompt pallet and multi-drum release. CBIL is a commodity brokerage company and brokers lemon juice concentrate from primary processors in Argentina, Spain, South Africa, Italy, and Türkiye on FCA, FOB, CFR, and CIF terms against the processor's certificate of analysis, pesticide residue results conforming to destination MRLs (Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 for EU-bound shipments), a certificate of origin, a phytosanitary/health certificate, a halal certificate from an accredited body, and authenticity screening under the AIJN Code of Practice. The concentrate is 100% non-alcoholic pure fruit juice for beverage and food manufacturing. State your required GPL, cloudy or clarified grade, pulp specification, packing format, volume, and destination port, and the trade desk will match it against vetted processing lines.

Excluded origins are not offered, including product re-exported, blended or re-processed through a third country. Every lot moves with a certificate of origin naming the producing plant, mine or grower country, and nothing is quoted before the seller and loading point are known.