Homemade Lemonade Recipe (2024)

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What are the ingredients of lemonade? ›

Sipping icy-cold sweet lemonade on a blazing-hot summer day is one of life's finest pleasures, which is why we think making lemonade from scratch should be the easiest drink you make this summer. After all, it is just three ingredients: lemon juice, sugar, and water.

Combine 1 cup each of sugar and water and cook over medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Set the syrup aside to cool for about 10 minutes. Combine the cooled syrup and freshly-squeezed lemon juice in a pitcher. Add the remaining water and stir, then pour over ice and enjoy!

5 1/4 Lemons = 1 Cup Lemon Juice.

Lemonade is prepared by mixing lemon juice and sugar in water.

From the Package. CONTAINS PURE FILTERED WATER, CANE SUGAR, LEMON JUICE, BLUEBERRY PUREE, NATURAL FLAVORS.

Lemonade is a combination of lemon juice, water, and sugar. The lemonade is an example of a hom*ogeneous mixture. A hom*ogeneous mixture has the same composition throughout.

Mixed together, lemon juice, water, and sugar form a solution. A solution is a mixture in which the different kinds of matter are spread out evenly. In lemonade, water is called the solvent. Sugar and lemon juice are solutes.

Lemon juice and lime juice are rich sources of citric acid, containing 1.44 and 1.38 g/oz, respectively. Lemon and lime juice concentrates contain 1.10 and 1.06 g/oz, respectively. The citric acid content of commercially available lemonade and other juice products varies widely, ranging from 0.03 to 0.22 g/oz.

In a one gallon container, place sugar and hot water, and stir until sugar dissolves. Add lemon juice and water to render one gallon. Stir well until well mixed. Pour lemonade over a glass of ice, squeeze slice of lemon on top, and garnish with a sprig of mint.

Is it OK to drink homemade lemonade? ›

The answer is yes, homemade lemonade is healthier than carbonated lemonade, but only if you cut down on the sugar. Unsweetened lemonade is always the best way forward, allowing you to keep the hydrating properties, vitamin C, and antioxidants but cut down on the drawbacks, primarily caused by excess sugars.

The answer is carbonation! Carbonation is the process of adding carbon dioxide (CO2) to a liquid. In this experiment, you are creating a chemical reaction between an acid—the lemon juice—and a base—the baking soda. The chemical reaction creates carbon dioxide in your liquid and that's what forms the bubbles.

It depends on the size, variety, and juiciness of the orange, but orange juice packager Tropicana puts the number at 36 oranges per gallon of juice. Citrus America, a company that makes juicing equipment for supermarkets and restaurants puts the number at 48 oranges per gallon.

Juice half a lemon into your water and you'll add a mere 6 calories to your diet. Plus you'll get more than a sixth of your daily vitamin C, which is needed to protect us from cell damage and repair injury.

How much lemon juice to put in water? Mix the juice of ½ lemon in about 16 oz. of water (or about 1 ½ Tablespoons lemon juice in 2 cups of water). Stay away from the bottled lemon stuff - fresh is best!

It is traditionally a homemade drink using lemon juice, water, and a sweetener such as cane sugar, simple syrup, maple syrup or honey.

Lemonade is a combination of lemon juice, water, and sugar.

Ingredients. PURE FILTERED WATER, LEMON JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, LESS THAN 1% OF: LEMON PULP, NATURAL FLAVORS, PECTIN, SUCRALOSE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM. * Not a significant source of saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, dietary fiber, vitamin D, calcium, iron and potassium.

Start with the proportions of 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of water, 1 cup of lemon juice.