Can't find a True Lemon shaker or True Orange at your local store? Or maybe you just want larger quantities of your favorite True flavor? Then click here to check out our three online distributors and their great specials and discounts!

True Lemon is Now Available in Canada: In stores and online!

Ever since True Lemon hit the market, we have been getting requests from our friends up north to make True Lemon available in Canada. We are pleased to say now it is! To find a store near you that sells True Lemon, click here. To order online from our Canadian distributor, click here.

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Are your lemon wedges dirtier than you think?

Many of our customers forwarded the video links from HealthInspections.com and YouTube  to us about  a recent study that examines the cleanliness of lemon wedges that you get in your water, iced tea and drinks at restaurants. (View Health Inspections video.)

The lemon wedge study was done by Anne LaGrange Loving, a New Jersey professor and microbiologist. (The results of the study were published in The Journal of Environmental Health, Dec. 2007.) The study looked at lemon wedges from 21 restaurants and found that 69% of them had high counts of bacteria that could potentially make you sick (e-coli, etc.).

Professor Loving's hypothesis is that many restaurant workers don't use tongs or gloves when handling the lemon wedges which go on/in the glass so the lemon wedges may be picking up bacteria from the restaurant workers bare hands. She also suggests that lemon wedges may be cut on cutting boards which aren't properly cleaned. (Since restaurant workers may not think of a lemon wedge as something you eat, they may cut corners on cleanliness.) 

Also, watch the news story from St. Louis's KMOV TV which did it's own lemon wedge study.

To view the video on HealthInspections.com, click here.

To view Snopes.com, a website devoted to analyzing urban myths, review, click here.

CLICK HERE TO HELP US SEND 1,000,000 PACKETS OF FRESH-SQUEEZED LEMON TASTE TO OUR TROOPS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN

Over the last six months we have heard from more and more soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan (and their families) that many of our troops enjoy putting True Lemon, True Lime or True Orange in their water to help make it taste more refreshing. One soldier, who is serving in Iraq on his second-tour and loves True Lemon, encouraged us to contact a wonderful non-profit called Operation Gratitude.

Operation Gratitude has sent more than 319,000 care packages to our brave troops over the last several years. Operation Gratitude is getting ready for another push of care packages (their Patriotic Drive in May) and we are going to donate 10 packets of True Lemon to Operation Gratitude every time someone registers for free samples. (Your friends/family will receive two packets of True Lemon, a packet of True Lime and a packet of True Orange along with a coupon.) Our goal is to donate 1,000,000 packets in the next two months!

We hope that if you enjoy True Lemon, True Lime and/or True Orange that you will click on this link and pass the word on to your friends and family. You'll not only be introducing them to a great-tasting, natural way to drink water but it's a very easy way to do something nice for our troops who are doing so much for us. Here's the link.

Pull that True Lemon box out of your cabinet! If you're using True Lemon or True Lime only occasionally, then you're missing our products' great versatility. True Lemon, True Lime and True Orange are a great way to drink more water every day (without turning your water into a sweetened beverage). They can also be added to beverages and drinks, used to season food and can be used in any recipe that calls for lemon, lime or orange juice.

And to showcase that, here are some great recipes submitted by our customers.

Dry Spice Rub for Chicken and Pork: Lori Wentling uses this for her poultry and pork, and you can store this for up to 6 months

Gluten-Free DeLightful Lemon Bars: Jules Shepard says you won't even have crumbs left!

Still waiting for Free Samples?

We had such a tremendous response to our "free samples" offer that we fell a bit behind last year processing sample requests. We are really sorry about the delay in getting out your samples. All sample requests have been processed and are on their way. If you haven't received your True Lemon, True Lime and True Orange samples yet, you should receive them within the next two weeks.

Please email us if you don't receive your samples by March 15th (at the absolute latest). Moving forward, all sample requests will be processed and delivered within 3 weeks.

12 packets a day is Kathy's True Lemon way!

How does a family use 12 packets of True Lemon a day? Click here to find out from this month's Super Fan, Kathy Trzuskiowski from Lumberton, NJ.

True Lemon is Now Available in Over 12,000 stores:

To find a store near you, click here. In most stores, True Lemon (along with True Lime) can be found in the ingredients aisle next to Splenda®. (The next two most popular locations are in the powdered drink mix section or next to the bottled lemon juice, usually in the juice aisle.) If you can't find it, ask someone in the Grocery Department to help you or call us toll-free:
866-885-3666.