H**E
Lemon juice AND peel
As long as you realize this is both lemon juice AND lemon peel, this is a good product. It captures not only the bright and tangy flavors of the juice, but also the hints of bitterness from the peel. If you’re only looking for the former, this isn’t for you. Great for baking or mixing into drinks.
A**E
A mild-ish tangy taste for salads and fish
[ UPDATE BELOW ]. I routinely use lemon powder instead of table salt in many meals, and decided to try this product. Made in Turkey, the powder is imported, distributed and sold here by Cokcerez Food, a one-year-old US company (WY) that imports many other snacks, justifying its name (a play on 'çok çerez', meaning a lot of snacks in Turkish). Cokcerez is listed in the Foreign Supplier Verification, an FDA program that makes an importer responsible for verifying that the food it imports has been produced in a manner meeting applicable US standards. The powder is reportedly made from sliced and dried, washed lemons (presumably like these ones from the same Turkish manufacturer). Be aware that these unpeeled lemons are not described as organic. One can only hope they have been washed in 2% salt water (deemed to eliminate most pesticide residues on the rind) rather than in plain water (deemed to remove only about 75% of such residues). To my taste, the power has a discernable less intense lemon tangy flavour compared to the lemon juice powder usually sold in the States as a condiment. Thus, it should go very well with salads or fish, and I suspect (although I am not sure since I am a pescatarian) also well with poultry, but perhaps less so with the mammalian red meats. The powder contains dried lemon powder (98.5%), starch (1%), and tricalcium phosphate (0.5% ?) -- the latter is an anticaking agent considered safe for human consumption. The 300 g [~0.66 lb] of this powder is packed in a plastic bag, whose not-flimsy plastic type is unidentified, inside a foil lined paper bag with a reclosable plastic zip for protecting the powder from moisture. __ UPDATE (November 2022) -- A traditional way to serve Earl Grey tea, with its delightful note of bergamot oil, has been with a slice of unpeeled lemon, which one must carefully press with the tip of the teaspoon to get not only bits of lemon juice but also some of the components of the peel and rind, like oil and volatiles. I decided to add a pinch of this lemon powder to the tea leaves before stepping the infusion. It was deliciously delicate, and not overwhelming like when squeezing juice from a piece of lemon into the tea. It has become part of my afternoon teabreak routine.
E**K
Confusing description
The description is so confusing adding "juice" powder. But it's not really a juice powder but dry lemon powder.Looks like a scam.And you can't return it.Very disappointed.
R**.
Good for baking and cooking
My family makes these lemon cookies every year, and it requires a lot of lemons per batch, and we try to make a fair amount of batches as they are popular. So I thought I would see if we could adjust the recipe a bit and give it more of a kick with this lemon powder. This is actually a very nice addition to the cookies.This comes in a resealable, foil-lined bag, and a plastic bag inside of that. This does make it easy to reseal it in there. I personally like to keep things like this in better storage containers with some sort of moisture control system. The lemon powder does look like it is raw and natural, there is very little information provided by the company about their process. It can clump, especially in humid weather. It isn’t difficult to break apart. It dissolves easily enough, but there will be bits that float in water or other liquids. It does taste like lemon, with a lemon flavor. It isn’t as strong as I had hoped, as strong as you would get from fresh juice. However, it is still nice to have in a pinch. Great for spice mixes, baking, and cooking especially. Beverages if you don’t mind the floating bits.
S**Y
Great for Baking or Seasoning
I found that this lemon juice powder worked really well in backing lemon cookies (sugar cookie recipe with lemon powder added to dough). you can also make a seasoning by adding this, salt, black pepper, paprika, and garlic powder together and grinding into a fine powder to make a rub for fish or chicken, or as a vegetable sauté seasoning.
H**R
Raw and natural
This comes in a resealable, foil-lined Kraft bag. The dried lemon powder looks raw and natural. It clumps a bit but not difficult to break apart. It dissolves pretty easily in water but with some settlements floating on the top and down at the bottom, which I guess are probably the zest part of the lemon. Anyway, the reconstituted juice has a fresh taste and a nice aroma as expected. You can use it in lemonade, baking, beverages, cooking, etc. if you don't mind the zest bits.Overall, this is raw and natural. Good quality and fresh. It is competitively priced. Made in Turkey.
R**A
nice and sour!
SO LEMONY! It tastes really good and sour. My sibling loves it for baking, and I’ve added some to fruit smoothies for a little extra flavor. I will say, it was not quite as expected - it’s pretty brown. That’s not bad, but it definitely doesn’t look the best as a topping for a dessert or something - better to mix it in. The flavor is great though!
B**S
Truly dried lemon
I was a little surprised at this dried lemon powder, almost expecting it to be light and powdery. It is instead a rather heavy and a bit grainy, and the color is darker than I would have expected. It does taste like natural lemon though. It will be better I think for adding to baked goods and cooking rather than to liquid drinks, as I haven't as yet had success with it dissolving well in water.
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