📝 Description
Schweppes Bitter Lemon is a refreshing, carbonated soft drink with a distinctive lemon flavour and a subtle bitterness that sets it apart from traditional lemonades. This 1.5-litre bottle is ideal for the whole family, for parties, barbecues or simply as a refreshing drink throughout the day. The drink combines lemon juice and extract, sugar, sweeteners and quinine to create its characteristic flavour.
🍋 Character and flavour
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Flavour: fresh citrus with a slightly bitter aftertaste – a refreshing and distinctive combination of sweet and bitter.
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Texture: sparkling, carbonated.
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Best served chilled – works brilliantly on its own or as a mixer in drinks.
🧾 Ingredients
Water, sugar, lemon juice and lemon extract (approx. 3.6 %), carbon dioxide, citric acid, natural flavouring, quinine, modified starch and stabilisers, preservatives and antioxidants.
📊 Nutritional values (per 100 ml)
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Energy: ~78 kJ / ~18 kcal
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Fat: 0 g
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Carbohydrates: ~4.4 g
‑ of which sugars: ~4.2 g -
Protein: ~0 g
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Salt: ~0.01 g
(1.5 l contains approx. 7.5 portions of 200 ml each.)
📦 Packaging and storage
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Volume: 1.5 l
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Packaging: PET bottle – practical for both home and outdoor use
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Storage: store in a cool, dry place, away from direct sunlight; consume within approx. 3 days of opening.
🍹 Summary of benefits
✔️ refreshing citrus flavour with a bitter undertone 🍋
✔️ A sparkling drink that’s ideal when well chilled
✔️ The classic Schweppes brand with a long tradition
✔️ Great for sharing or as a mixer in cocktails
💡 Tip: Serve with ice and a slice of lemon – the flavour will be even fresher and well-balanced between sweet, sour and bitter. 🍹