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> "zxcvbob" > wrote in message
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>> I'm pretty sure what you are buying in those bottles is Key™ lime
>> juice rather than the juice from key limes. (Good quality, but
>> misleadingly labeled Persian lime juice)
>>
>> Best regards, Bob
>
>
> I don't think I have ever seen that trademark name at the local store
> - there are a couple brands here, I'll have to check.

The Key™ was an extreme example of how they might legally mislabel the
stuff. (Like the "wheat" crackers that someone posted about a few days
ago that contain 0% whole wheat. They are just regular saltines with a
little caramel color added. The name makes you think that they have a
significant amount of whole wheat, but really all saltines are wheat
crackers.)

> My last bottle smelled just like the ripe whole key limes I can
> sometimes get by the bag and just like the little ripe key limes I
> get in Florida, and not like other limes.
>
> However, I have a brand new bottle and brand, Nellie and Joes, and it
> says "Key West Lime Juice from concentrate", and it's from a shop in
> the Florida keys. They say "the only lime juice manufactured in the
> keys" which is a kind of odd phrasing, and why an extra step of "from
> concentrate" if its bottled local? Fresh key limes have enough punch
> they don't need to be concentrated to use.
>


That Nellie and Joe's bottle has awfully tortured language to make you
think the bottle contains key lime juice without actually saying that.
They apparently buy frozen concentrated lime juice from who-knows-where,
and dilute and bottle it (that's the "maufactured" part) in Key West,
Florida. Maybe they buy the best lime juice in the world and really are
a super-premium product. I won't buy it because I think the label is
dishonest. The best case would be if they buy Mexican lime juice from
Mexico or The Caribbean (see below), but I doubt it. If that were the
case, they would proudly say "key limes" on the bottle somewhere.

> This bottle does smell a little sharper and heavier than the other
> key limes I have had, so maybe it really is persian limes. Can't say
> that I have ever had a persian lime that I knew of so I could say it
> for sure.


Persian limes (Citrus latifolia) are the large thick-skinned limes that
look like green lemons. There's nothing really wrong with them, except
that they are picked green to keep them from being confused with lemons.
When they ripen, they turn yellow. Mexican limes, or "limons" are the
same thing as real key limes (Citrus aurantifolia). Key limes haven't
been grown commercially in Florida since the 1920's when all the
orchards were replanted after a freeze or flood or something wiped them out.

Best regards,
Bob