Lemon Oil (USA)

Lemon oil from all corners of the world is one of Ultra’s core products. It’s obtained by cold expression or steam distillation of lemon peel. 

Lemon has a place in so many culinary uses from soft drinks and cocktails to marmalade. However, it can also be used and found in household cleaning products since it can disinfect, deodorise, remove grease and dissolve wax and grime to name but a few uses.

Lemon is also used in aromatherapy to enhance moods and can be used for its anti-bacterial properties in other medicinal applications. In fragrances it gives a fresh uplifting and zesty note to any perfume, as it is highly volatile.

Interestingly the three top producers of fresh lemons in the world are not the countries we would associate with oil production, the top 3 being China, India and Mexico which account for over 40% of the world production.

Today, we associate lemon oil production with Italy and Spain (Europe), Argentina and USA (Americas) and South Africa.

Here’s how the USA’s lemon harvests and oil production performed in recent years. 

*2014/15 Forecast as and at January 2015