Basic Information:

Brand: Citrus Juice
Chinese Name: 柠檬油
English Name: Lemon oil
CAS No.: 8008-56-8; 84929-31-7 
Processing method: Lemon peel or leaf by cold pressing or steam distillation, vacuum distillation. Yield rate is about 0.2%-0.6%
Color: clear to light yellow liquid if distilled; yellow to yellow-green liquid if cold pressed  
The Characteristic of Brazilian Citrus Juice Lemon Oil: characteristic aroma of lemon flavor prefer to be sweet and fresh clear leaf.

Physical Data:

Characteristics: colorless to light yellow volatile essential oils with characteristic aroma of fresh lemon peel and smell of pungent and bitter
Solubility: soluble in most volatile oils, mineral oils and ethanol but insoluble in glycerine and propylene glycol.
Specific Gravity at 20°C: 0.829-0.858
Refractive Index at 20°C: 1.4740-1.4770
Optical Rotation at 20°C: 65°-73°
Flash Point: 195℉
Boiling Point/Range：222°C

Storage Conditions:

Package: 180kgs galvanized iron barrel, 1L; 5kg; 25L.
Preservation: Packaged products (closed top steel drums) should be kept at room temperature (25°C) in covered areas to avoid sunlight. Bulk products should be stored in stainless steel tanks with inner coating at room temperature (25°C).

Production and Application:

Application: Lemon oil is the essence of lemon, extracted from fresh lemon peel by cold pressing method. Its color is yellow with green. It could be used as food additives; as aromatic agent to erase smell of cars, upscale clothing and rooms; as massage oil to refresh oneself and for beauty. Has the effects of driving wind, clean, diuretic, antipyretic, line blood, bleeding, lowering blood pressure, and cooling. In daily flavors, it can be used to flower fragrance such as violet, sweet - scented osmanthus, and acacia, etc. It can also be used in non-flower fragrances recipe, such as suxin blue, fougere, dragon, and odor resistant wood. It coordinates with the many essential oils and incense material, such as benzyl acetate, geranium Oil, lavender oil, orange oil, and  labdanum, etc. Widely used in food flavorings of lemon, coke, pineapple, banana, and cherry. Also applied in the fragrance of perfumes, soap, cologne, cosmetics and tobacco. Used together with aliphatic aldehydes to decorate the fragrance of citrus and lemon. Edible flavor permitted by GB 2760-2014.