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Lemon juice

Lemon juice is a beverage made from the fruit of the lemon. Cooks use it in marinades and to preserve food, and it pairs with fish.

Category
Drinks
Made from
Lemon
Part used
Fruit
Family
Rutaceae
Cooked most in
Asia, Europe, Africa
Top country
Angola
Lemon juice, prepared

Photo: Ovinus Real · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use lemon juice

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Marinade
  • Preserve

Goes well with

Nutrition

What 100 g of lemon juice holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 5%Fat 3%Carbohydrate 92%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of lemon juice, raw
Energy22 kcal · 91 kJ
Protein0.35 g
Fat0.24 g
of which saturated0.04 g
Carbohydrate6.9 g
of which sugars2.5 g
Fibre0.3 g
Sodium1 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of lemon juice, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium103 mg
Calcium6 mg
Iron0.08 mg
Magnesium6 mg
Zinc0.05 mg
Vitamin C39 mg
Folate20 µg
Canned

Protein 7%Fat 1%Carbohydrate 92%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of lemon juice, canned
Energy17 kcal · 72 kJ
Protein0.45 g
Fat0.07 g
of which saturated0.03 g
Carbohydrate5.6 g
of which sugars1.5 g
Fibre0.7 g
Sodium24 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of lemon juice, canned: minerals and vitamins
Potassium109 mg
Calcium10 mg
Iron0.06 mg
Magnesium7 mg
Zinc0.19 mg
Vitamin C14 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)2 µg
Folate9 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 167747, 167748), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where lemon juice is cooked

14 dishes in the catalogue use lemon juice. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list lemon juice among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with lemon juice

13 of the 14 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

  • Lemon ricotta pancakes

    United States

  • Çoban salad

    Türkiye

  • Dagga

  • Afghan salad

    Afghanistan

  • Birchermuesli

    Switzerland

  • Hojas de parra

    Spain

  • Balila

    Lebanon

  • Kissuto rombo

    Angola

  • Tirokafteri

    Greece

  • Thalassery chicken biriyani

  • Tomate crevette

  • Toum

  • Polonaise

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include lemon juice.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: lemon juice in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, poultry, shellfish, other animal.

Family

Related forms

Made from
lemon

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What lemon juice is called

Names in 43 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    jugo de limón · zumo de limón · jugo de limon · zumo de limon

  • French

    jus de citron

  • Italian

    succo di limone

  • Portuguese

    sumo de limão · Suco de limão

  • German

    Zitronensaft · Citronensaft

  • Dutch

    citroensap

  • Turkish

    limon suyu

  • Russian

    лимонный сок

  • Polish

    sok z cytryny

  • Arabic

    عصير ليمون

  • Persian

    آبلیمو · ابلیمو

  • Hebrew

    מיץ לימון

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  • Armenian

    կիտրոնի հյութ

  • Asturian

    zusmiu de llimón · zume de llimón

  • Azerbaijani

    Limon şirəsi

  • Basque

    limoi ur · limoi zuku

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    лімонны сок

  • Catalan

    suc de llimona

  • Central Kurdish

    ئاولیمۆ

  • Chinese

    檸檬汁

  • Czech

    citronová šťáva

  • Danish

    citronsaft

  • Egyptian Arabic

    عصير لمون asir lamon? · عصير لمون asir lamon?

  • Esperanto

    citronsuko · citrona suko · citronosuko

  • Estonian

    Sidrunimahl

  • Finnish

    sitruunamehu

  • Galician

    zume de limón

  • Hungarian

    citromlé

  • Indonesian

    jus lemon

  • Irish

    sú líomóide

  • Japanese

    レモンジュース · レモン果汁

  • Korean

    레몬즙

  • Kurdish (Latin)

    ava lîmonê

  • Maltese

    meraq tal-lumi

  • Māori

    wai rēmana

  • Moroccan Arabic

    عصير د ليمون

  • Romanian

    suc de lămâie · zeamă de lămâie

  • Sanskrit

    निम्बूकरसः

  • Slovenian

    limonov sok · citronin sok · limonin sok

  • Swedish

    citronjuice · citronsaft

  • Traditional Chinese

    檸檬汁

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    檸檬汁

  • Ukrainian

    лимонний сік

  • Vietnamese

    chanh tây vắt · nước chanh tây · nước chanh · chanh vắt

  • Welsh

    sudd lemwn

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q1375049

Photos

Photo: Ovinus Real · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons