Bottled Lemon Juice

Bottled lemon juice is pasteurized lemon juice sold in shelf-stable plastic or glass bottles. It delivers a sharp, citrusy tang with consistent acidity and a cleaner but less aromatic profile than fresh juice. Cooks use it to brighten dressings, marinades, sauces, bakes, and cocktails; most bottles are from concentrate, sometimes with added preservatives.

Commercial bottling grew alongside 20th-century citrus processing in the Mediterranean and the United States, then spread globally through large juice processors. Producers typically concentrate lemon juice near harvest, ship or store it, and later reconstitute and pasteurize for bottling.