Sharp, zesty citrus with a tart, slightly bitter edge — brighter and more pungent than lemon, with a characteristic sparkling, almost carbonated freshness. Cold-pressed lime has a juicy peel character that fades quickly, leaving a faint bitter-green terpenic trace.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 236.
Distilled Lime Oil is a pale yellow or almost water-white mobile liquid.
Terpeneless and sesquiterpeneless lime oil is preferred for soft drinks for its superior solubility and stability.
The oil has a sharp, fresh, terpene-like, somewhat perfumey-fruity citrus-type odor.
Distilled Lime Oil is used as a flavoring agent in soft drinks, candy and many kinds of food products.
In perfumes, the Expressed Lime Oil is often preferred since the terpeney note of the distilled oil is a note rarely wanted in perfumery.
The suggested use level of Distilled Lime Oil is 1.00 to 8.00 mg%, and the Minimum Perceptible is about 0.30 to 0.60 mg%.
Distilled Lime Oil is produced by steam distillation of the crushed or comminuted peels or by distillation of the acid juice from the lime fruit presses.