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Arri London
 
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>
> Rose's Lime Cordial
> (purchased at a grocery store in Ontario, Canada)
>
> 736 ml / 26 fl oz. bottle
> Product of USA
> Trademark of L. Rose and Company
> Authorized User: Cadbury Beverages Canada Inc.
> Mott's Division, Mississauga Ontario
>
> Ingredients:
> Water, Sugar, Concentrated lime juice, citric acid, natural flavors,
> sodium metabisuphite, colors.
>
> For free recipies call 1-800-270-9905
>
> Barcode: 065912004119
>
> No alcohol listed on the label (and if it had more than 0.5% alcohol
> then it couldn't be sold at the store where it was bought anyway).
>
> So why does the label identify this as "lime cordial" and not "lime
> juice"?


Because it contains sugar and other additives along with the lime juice.
So it isn't just lime juice, it is a cordial meant to be mixed with
something.

>
> Does it go by the name "lime cordial" in the UK, and hence they thought
> that it should have the same label in Canada?
>
> Do they think that the customer is looking to make an alcoholic drink
> with it (ie a "cordial") and hence they slap the "cordial" label on it,
> thinking that "lime juice" would be interpreted as an ordinary cooking
> ingredient instead of a component of a mixed drink?


The word cordial doesn't really just mean an alcoholic drink; at least
not in the UK. There are elderflower, berry, apple cordials etc. They
are syrups to be diluted with water or juice or alcohol.