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 S1 Seedless Lime > Lime Uses
Food use
Limes are often used
as a lemon substitute in South East Asia . The fruit halves or wedges are commonly
served in "lemon" teas. Lime halves are often served on the side with seafood and
meats dishes to be squeezed into the dish right before consumption.
The juice is also made into acid beverages. The fruits can be preserved whole in
sugar syrup, or made into sweet pickles, or marmalade. In Malaysia , the whole fruit
is pressed and preserved with sugar and licorice and is a popular snack.
It is also a popular ingredient for chutneys. The preserved peel is added as flavouring
to other stewed or preserved fruits. It is employed like calamondin or lemon juice
to make gelatin salads, desserts or pie. Limes are also used as an alternative to
vinegar in dressings and sauces.
Non-food
use
Industrial
Lime Juice is used to bleach tea stains from kitchen utensils and to remove other
tough stuff stains. It is also used as a rinse after shampooing hair.
Lime juice has
been used on the face as a freshening lotion and also as a skin conditioner. The
juice is also used for dyeing leather. The pressed peel oil is an ingredient in
the perfume industry.
Medicinal
In traditional medicine, lime juice is believed to be an antidote for the fast relief
of painful oral irritations and inflammations as a result of biting or eating certain
irritant plants like Dieffembachia spp., Xanthosoma spp. or Philodendron spp. The
juice is also believed to be effective against coral stings.
Lime juice is
also used to reduce the swelling and itching from mosquito bites. In tropical Africa
, lime twigs are popular as chewsticks, which is the traditional alternative to
modern toothbrushes and have been proven to be as effective in cleaning teeth.
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