| HS Code | 960518 |
| Product Name | Lime Juice Concentrate |
| Type | Fruit Juice Concentrate |
| Main Ingredient | Lime |
| Physical State | Liquid |
| Color | Greenish-yellow |
| Flavor | Tart and tangy |
| Brix Value | 42-48 |
| Acidity | 5-8% as citric acid |
| Preservation Method | Pasteurization |
| Shelf Life | 12-24 months (unopened, refrigerated) |
| Packaging | Bottles, drums, or cartons |
| Primary Use | Beverage, food, and culinary applications |
| Origin | Tropical and subtropical regions |
| Storage Conditions | Cool, dry place; refrigerated after opening |
| Allergen Information | Free from common allergens |
As an accredited Lime Juice Concentrate factory, we enforce strict quality protocols—every batch undergoes rigorous testing to ensure consistent efficacy and safety standards.
| Packing | Lime Juice Concentrate is packaged in a durable, food-grade 5-liter plastic jug, clearly labeled with product name and manufacturer details. |
| Shipping | Lime Juice Concentrate is typically shipped in food-grade, sealed containers or drums to prevent spoilage and contamination. It should be transported at refrigerated or ambient temperatures, depending on the supplier’s specifications. The packaging is clearly labeled, and shipments comply with relevant food safety and handling regulations to ensure product quality. |
| Storage | Lime Juice Concentrate should be stored in tightly sealed, food-grade containers to prevent contamination and preserve flavor. It is best kept in a cool, dry place, ideally refrigerated at temperatures below 4°C (39°F). For long-term storage, freezing is recommended. Protect the concentrate from direct sunlight and strong odors. Always follow manufacturer guidelines for optimal shelf life and quality. |
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In the world of high-volume beverage and food manufacturing, timing means everything. From planting citrus groves to blending formulations, each step expects care and keen attention. As producers with years of experience, we have seen demand for reliable, high-quality lime juice concentrate grow across borders. Our new model, LJC80, delivers a combination of clarity, flavor, and acidity that professionals trust in their finished products. The lime orchards supporting this model sit in regions known for their unique soil composition and microclimate, giving our concentrate its signature, bright acidity and green aroma.
Having spent decades refining the extraction and concentration process, we know freshness and quality start with what happens in the grove. The fruit comes into the facility within hours of picking—this simple fact keeps the natural citral and limonene notes at peak levels. Once the limes reach the press, the juice moves through a gentle pasteurization phase, then vacuum evaporation for concentration. This method retains volatile flavor compounds better than aggressive heat treatment. The Brix rating of 48-50 guarantees a stable, consistent base for food technologists, and that reliability shows up in every batch. Our technicians monitor each lot for color, cloud point, and acid strength, not only once but throughout production.
The concentrate arrives at specification with citric acid levels between 4% to 5.5%. That means the finished juice matches the tang of a freshly squeezed lime, an asset for beverage and cordial blenders who look for natural tartness without artificial sourness. Our LJC80’s viscosity supports easy pumping and mixing on automated lines, even at low temperatures.
Over the years, we’ve seen manufacturers weigh multiple juice solutions—from NFC (not-from-concentrate) to direct-pressed juice and reconstituted blends. Concentrate like LJC80 wins out on consistency and transport efficiency. A single 25-ton tanker delivers enough concentrate for many thousands of liters of reconstituted lime juice. This reduces costs up and down the supply chain, and helps shrink the manufacturer’s carbon footprint.
Working with concentrate also means year-round availability, regardless of harvest cycles or seasonal swings in lime supply. Those who make sauces, marinades, or confectionery don’t have to worry about off-flavors from overripe or aged limes. We freeze or chill our product within hours of concentration, locking in natural flavors for up to two years under correct storage.
Batch-to-batch variation in flavor and pH disrupts preserved foods, beverages, and syrups. With experience, we’ve built rigorous in-line controls that deliver steady acid and sugar profiles from the start to the end of a run. Several multinational breweries have reported reduced tank cleaning times when using our clarified LJC80, thanks to minimal sediment and controlled pulp content. These are small operational details, but they matter in fast-moving environments.
Soft drink, iced tea, and flavored water products depend on sharp, clean notes in their citrus bases. Our product’s stability supports longer shelf life for ready-to-drink beverages. We have beverage houses blending our LJC80 at rates from 3% up to 10%, depending on the required tartness—our acidity and Brix values give them wide formulation latitude.
We see confectionery and preserves makers using LJC80 for jellies, marmalades, and even chewy candies. Our evaporation technique reduces off-flavors found when excessive heat “burns” the juice. Pastry and dessert mix companies value the concentrate’s clarity, which lets the finished glaze hold a consistent color batch after batch. Food service distributors appreciate the flexibility—we provide both aseptic and frozen varieties, reducing spoilage risks during long transits or hot climates.
As a citrus ingredient manufacturer, the differences between lime, lemon, and orange products reveal themselves the moment you analyze essential oils and aroma compounds. Limes deliver higher levels of certain terpenes, citral, and beta-pinene. For savory formulas—chutneys, prepared meats, and South Asian sauces—these compounds push the “lift” and freshness that lemon sometimes cannot match.
Working directly with manufacturers, we’ve noticed lime juice concentrate brings a slightly opaque, pale green color, compared to the brighter yellow and transparency of lemon concentrate. Bartenders prize our LJC80 for its balanced sharpness, which holds up against strong spirit bases in cocktails. Lime’s flavor profile supports more tropical, bracing notes ideal for salsas, ceviche, and dipping sauces. In marinades, the stronger citric acid and lower sugar content of concentrated lime give meats a firmer texture and brighter finish after cooking.
No fancy filtration or blending trick replaces attention to raw fruit quality. On every shipment of fresh limes, our inspectors check for Brix, acidity, essential oil yield, and pesticide residue. We run periodic audits on our farms for sustainable practices—we know that soil health feeds directly into juice quality, a relationship visible in cloud, taste, and stability tests.
Knowledge grows batch by batch. We review customer feedback, monitor product performance across markets, and adjust process parameters as trends or input fruit change. A spike in rain or temperature during lime ripening changes the final acid-to-sugar ratio—our production staff can adapt blending in real time, keeping LJC80 right where commercial users need it.
On the plant floor, each mixing tank holds automated sensory and physicochemical sensors. Periodic spot-checks by trained technicians validate machine data with traditional testing—taste, aroma, cloud, color. Every day, blending protocols draw on historical performance, not just standard curves. Traceability runs through our ERP system and every lot number connects back to grove blocks and harvest dates.
Our factory sits in a lime-rich area where groves have supported families for generations. We partner with local growers, offer sustainable fertilizer and irrigation advice, and return citrus peel and pulp to composting or animal feed operations. All wastewater from processing undergoes treatment so nearby lands and waterways see no negative impact. Food safety policies start at the grove, with seasonal audits and surveillance for pathogens and chemical residues.
Throughout the production chain, HACCP controls prevent cross-contamination. In the concentrate line, high-pressure hot-fill, aseptic bag-in-drum, and deep freezing stop microbe growth while locking down the natural color and truest flavor profile. Each production shift teams up for regular sanitation audits, and we participate in international food safety certification programs.
The job isn’t done at the loading dock. We work side by side with customers adjusting the level of pulp and cloud, Brix, and acidity to suit changing product lines or regional taste profiles. Industrial bakers once told us standard lime concentrate turned bitter at high oven temperatures. Our trials led to a gentler pasteurization stage, which now preserves those tricky top notes at baking conditions. One beverage partner wanted a sharper tartness—replicating a South Asian flavor balance. Our staff revisited blending, focused on limiting invert sugar formation, and delivered a new lot within weeks.
We regularly analyze product returns and customer complaints for cause and solution. Off-aromas, settling, or color shift trigger detailed process investigations. Quick feedback loops enable us to recalibrate either fruit selection or concentration stage before small issues compound. Years in citrus have taught us responsiveness and open dialogue matter just as much as sophisticated machinery—numerical data alone misses what hands-on users tell us day by day.
Changing habits chatter through the food world—one season favors clean label mixes, the next, spicy mixers or global cuisine bases. Our LJC80 slots naturally into existing formulations or blue-sky R&D. Bartenders have combined it to develop pre-batched margarita and mojito lines, which need deep freeze stability and a full, forward lime character. Prepared food brands ask for assurance that flavor won’t “fade” as shelf life progresses. Our product’s strength meets both demands.
Traditional drink syrup companies count on a trusted flavor year after year. They care about sediment, pulp and cloud: too much and the drink looks muddy after bottling, too little and the taste vanishes under sugar. Our quality program means neither side of the equation slips past.
In cosmetics, natural lime notes find their way into face mists and refreshers. Here, the clarity and microbe safety of LJC80 give personal care brands confidence to use natural origin claims.
Pressure intensifies to source food ingredients sustainably. We invest in water reduction, solar-powered drying lines, and recycled packaging. Our R&D explores new concentration techniques that cut water and energy use even further. Digestibility and bioavailability increasingly interest food and supplement makers; our ongoing collaboration with universities measures vitamin C retention and flavonoid stability after pasteurization and storage.
Low-calorie and sugar-free beverage growth shows no signs of slowing. LJC80’s high citric content and low natural sugars position it for these purpose-built drinks. As plant-based and natural foods rise, formulators prefer recognizable ingredient labels. Our concentration process minimizes additives and stabilizers, keeping ingredient declarations clean—just lime juice, sometimes ascorbic acid for long-haul shipments.
The landscape shifts—both for makers and eaters. We believe quality lime juice concentrate isn’t just about yield or scale. It’s the hours of hands-on sorting, the smell of fresh-cut fruit in the plant at night, and sharing stories with buyers solving real challenges. LJC80 came from thousands of such moments, thousands of reviews and improvements.
From morning shift to midnight cleanup, pride in the work runs strong on our production floor. The rhythm of the extractors, the consistency of the concentrate outflow, the details in final tank records—they show in the bottle or jug when you receive your shipment. We watch for signs of off-standard fruit, keep up with evolving analytics, and adjust for climate or logistics risks as needed.
As a direct producer, we bring honest perspective and act on feedback from both old friends and new partners. We know real food production relies not only on scientific data, but on trust between maker and user. Our promise: steady supply, open communication, and a climate of improvement in every lot of lime juice concentrate we ship.
