Citrus Oils from Oranges, Lemons, Limes and More

Food Partners: THE Citrus Oil Experts

We aren’t just Citrus Experts, we’re your partners in all things fruit – purveyors of citrus ingredients in every form! From our home in Winter Haven – Polk County, we use our decades of industry expertise to help our clients thrive.

With one of the largest networks of growers and producers in the world, we’re able to supply manufacturers across the globe with citrus oils necessary to craft the perfect flavors, or compose the most alluring aromas.

Orange

Introduce a bright, true-to-fruit essence of premium sweet orange to your production line. Our Cold-Pressed Orange Oil is mechanically expressed at ambient temperatures to safeguard those highly coveted flavor-giving compounds like aldehydes and esters, that give beverage and flavor formulations their signature punch.

  • Botanical Name: Citrus sinensis
  • TSAC CAS #: 8008-57-9
  • Extraction Method: Cold Pressed
  • Applications: Carbonated Soft Drinks, Energy Drinks, RTD Seltzers, Sports Drinks and Frozen Beverages and more…

Lemon

Bring the vibrant, sun-ripened essence of fresh lemons to your customers. Our Cold-Pressed Lemon Oil is produced using the gentler Brown extraction technique to maximize yields and protect the hallmark zing imparted by compounds like citral in your flavors and aromas.

  • Botanical Name: Citrus limon
  • TSAC CAS #: 8008-56-8
  • Extraction Method: Cold Pressed
  • Applications: Iced Tea, Baked Goods, RTD Cocktails, Hydration Drinks, multi-surface cleaning sprays and more…

Grapefruit

A Natural way to bring the sophisticated, bittersweet essence of freshly peeled grapefruits to your creations. Our Cold-Pressed Grapefruit Oil is pressed from Citrus Paradisi peel without added heat to preserve the tart and complex profile and bright top notes that deliver the unmistakable signature your formulations demand.

  • Botanical Name: Citrus Paradisi
  • TSAC CAS #: 8016-20-4
  • Extraction Method: Cold Pressed
  • Applications: Hard Seltzers, Craft Beer, Perfumes, Hydration Drinks, multi-surface cleaning sprays and more…

Lime

Bring the bold, uplifting essence of zesty limes to your solutions. Whether cold-pressed to retain raw, green peel aromatics or distilled to capture classic, sweet top notes, our Lime Oils safeguard the essential volatile compounds that high-performing flavor and fragrance applications rely on.

  • Botanical Name: Citrus Aurantifolia (Key), Citrus Latifolia (Persian/Tahitian)
  • TSAC CAS #: 90063-52-8 / 8008-26-2
  • Extraction Method: Distilled or Cold Pressed
  • Applications: Carbonated Soft Drinks, Confectionery, Energy Drinks, Personal Care Products, Sauces, Marinades and more…
Food Partners is your source for citrus oil from Mandarin, Orange, Lemon and Lime - plus other citrus oils.

Mandarin / Tangerine

Enhance your ingredient portfolio with the addition of the rich,  juicy sweetness of freshly pressed oil from these easy-peeling varieties. Our oils are cold pressed to preserve the delicate top-notes and subtle fruity undertones that give premium beverage, personal care, and perfumery formulations their distinctive, high-end profile.

  • Botanical Name: Citrus Reticulata
  • TSAC CAS #: 8008-31-9
  • Extraction Method: Cold Pressed
  • Applications: Flavored Waters, Wellness Ranges, Low / No Alcohol Spirits, Hard Seltzers, Confectionery, Home Fragrances and more…

Food & Beverage Formulation

Our Citrus Oils are used by leading food and beverage manufacturers around the world in formulations that require a clean label and familiar character, yet with a robust flavor profile that pops – particularly within carbonated soft drinks, flavored waters/seltzers and other functional beverages.

Chemical and Cleaning Applications

Citrus Oil contains D-Limonene, making them a natural active ingredient in industrial degreasers, engine cleaners, paint strippers, and high-strength adhesive removers as well as household dish soaps and floor cleaners. This “hidden” natural talent imparts consumer-loved aromas into hard-hitting products.

Fragrances

Citrus oils provide the bright, distinctive “top notes” for a vast majority of commercial perfumes and colognes. The compelling smell of citrus is synonymous with many body washes, shampoos, lotions, and deodorants. Our citrus oils can be sourced for high-end perfumes and consumer scents alike.

Food Partners Is Ready to Help

Bringing over 30 Years of Experience

Not Just Another Importer, We’re Your New Partner

For years, Food Partners has stood as a highly respected and trusted leader in the global industrial citrus ingredient market, and our specialized citrus oils portfolio represents the pinnacle of that deep-rooted expertise.

Effortless Sourcing & Squeeze-Worthy Expertise – when it comes to securing high-quality citrus and fruit ingredients, Food Partner takes the headaches out of your supply chain. As your dedicated global liaison, we specialize in sourcing hard-to-find ingredients that give your business a distinct competitive edge in a fast-moving marketplace. From managing long-term bulk contracts to navigating spot-sale demands, the answer is: “When the ingredient matters, we know where to find it.“

Seamless, End-to-End Logistics Coordination, sourcing the right product is only half the battle – getting it to your facility on time is what keeps your business running. We act as an agile extension of your team, managing every detail from order placement and electronic tracking to shipment scheduling and warehouse delivery monitoring. We take complete ownership of the logistical process, ensuring every shipment moves efficiently off the dock and into your warehouse so you never have to worry about supply interruptions.

Built on Trust & Service, our foundation is our relationships, represented by our handshake commitment to trust, integrity, and transparency. Rather than offering one-size-fits-all transactions, we deliver highly personalized, one-on-one service tailored to your unique operational goals. Whether you need us as an ingredient sourcer, supply chain coordinator, or strategic consultant, we adapt to serve whatever role best empowers your business to thrive.

A Sustainable & Responsible Global Partner. Partnering with us means aligning with a supply chain built on strict corporate social responsibility. Aligned with global benchmarks like the UN Global Compact and the European Fruit Juice Association (AIJN), we prioritize fair economic practices, environmental sustainability, and local community support. When you partner with us you gain an ethical, dependable advocate dedicated to helping you squeeze maximum value from every stage of your business.

B2B Frequently Asked Questions

Citrus Oils

  • Cold-Pressed Oil (Single-Strength): Mechanically expressed directly from the outer peel (flavedo) at ambient temperatures without thermal processing. Retains 100% of the raw, true-to-fruit aromatic esters, aldehydes, and volatile top notes.

  • Distilled Oil: Recovered using steam or vacuum distillation (common in lime and orange processing). Heat alters the volatile chemistry, yielding a sweet, spicy, cooked, or candy-like profile with zero raw peel bitterness.

  • Folded Oils (5X, 10X, Terpeneless): Concentrated via fractional vacuum distillation to selectively remove hydrophobic, easily oxidizable monoterpenes (primarily d-limonene). Folding multiplies the core flavor compounds (like citral or aldehydes) by weight, dramatically improving water solubility and chemical stability in finished formulations.

Unlike standard systems that crush whole fruit and mix expressed oil with acidic fruit juice, the Brown Oil Extractor utilizes thousands of rotating stainless-steel micro-needles to puncture only the oil sacs in the peel. The oil is immediately washed away with a fine water spray before juice extraction occurs. This prevents thermal degradation, enzymatic oxidation, and acid-catalyzed reactions, yielding an ultra-pure, crystal-clear oil free from heavy pith waxes and bitter sediments.

Standard purees contain a high amount of water. When baked inside a pastry crust, that water turns to steam and migrates into the dough, causing a soggy product—a process called syneresis or “weeping.” By evaporating the puree down to 30°–40° Brix, we remove the excess water, creating a thick, sticky, low-moisture paste that acts as a natural humectant, keeping the pastry crisp and the filling soft.

Food Partners, as a part of the Brothers International network, has access to one of the largest networks of growers and importers in the world.

Unpredictable weather events, greening diseases, and geopolitical shifts can cause sudden market shortages. Because we maintain long-term contract allocations, regional cold-storage warehousing, and multi-continent sourcing relationships, we absorb market volatility so your facility never experiences raw material outages or production line downtime.

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