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Fever-Tree Sicilian Lemonade

Fever-Tree Sicilian Lemonade is a cloudy sparkling lemonade, alcohol-free, that Fever-Tree’s UK site says is made with the juice and peel oil of Femminello siracusa lemons. The UK mixer, Refreshingly Light, holds 6% lemon from concentrate, with sugar at 4.4g a 100ml from fructose. It is sharper than a clear lemonade, and our Sicilian Shandy pours it at five times the measure of lager.

Quick Facts

ABV0% ABV

Legal categoryNon-alcoholic

OriginUnited Kingdom (lemons sourced from Sicily)

Flavour Strengthlight medium

SeasonYear-round (especially popular in spring and summer)

Our keeping timeUnopened: to the best-before date. Once opened, use it straight away: the fizz goes first.

Storage

Store unopened bottles in a cool, dry place. Refrigerate before use. We use an opened bottle straight away, while the carbonation and citrus aroma last.

Allergens

None of the 14 listed allergens. Recipes change: check the bottle.

The ingredient

About Fever-Tree Sicilian Lemonade

Flavour Profile

Primary Flavours

Fresh lemonCitrus oilLight sweetness

Tasting Notes

Bright lemon aroma with natural citrus acidity and restrained sweetness. Soft, rounded mouthfeel with a clean, refreshing finish and no artificial sharpness.

Peel oil is what makes it smell of lemons

Fever-Tree press the oil from the skin of Sicilian lemons with sfumatrice equipment, a gentle pressing they describe as normally reserved for the perfume industry. Peel oil carries the scent of a fresh lemon in a way juice alone does not, so the bottle smells like cut fruit rather than sweets. The lemons are Femminello siracusa from Sicily, and their juice goes in alongside the oil.

It is cloudy because the lemon stays in

The cloud is lemon. The Refreshingly Light mixer carries 6% lemon from concentrate, more than twice the 2.5% lemon juice in Fever-Tree’s clear Premium Lemonade, and its fructose gives it 4.4g of sugar a 100ml. So it reads sharper and fuller at once, and a lemon wedge adds little.

The Sicilian lemonades and the clear one, from Fever-Tree’s UK site (read 17 October 2026)

Refreshingly Light Sicilian Lemonade

Look: Cloudy
Lemon content: 6% lemon from concentrate
Sweetened with: Fructose
Where it suits: Shandy, gin or vodka, or alone over ice

Sparkling Sicilian Lemonade

Look: Cloudy
Lemon content: 7.3% lemon from concentrate
Sweetened with: Sugar
Where it suits: A soft drink over ice

Premium Lemonade

Look: Clear
Lemon content: 2.5% lemon juice
Sweetened with: Sugar
Where it suits: Fruit cups, gin, vodka

Bottle	Look	Lemon content	Sweetened with	Where it suits
Refreshingly Light Sicilian Lemonade	Cloudy	6% lemon from concentrate	Fructose	Shandy, gin or vodka, or alone over ice
Sparkling Sicilian Lemonade	Cloudy	7.3% lemon from concentrate	Sugar	A soft drink over ice
Premium Lemonade	Clear	2.5% lemon juice	Sugar	Fruit cups, gin, vodka

A shandy where the lemonade leads

Fever-Tree’s own Sicilian Shandy pours the lemonade first and tops it with lager or beer, adding a squeeze of lime. Our Sicilian Shandy keeps that order and sets the measures at 200ml of lemonade to 40ml of lager, so the lemonade decides the taste and the lager adds a malty edge.

Over gin or vodka it makes a sharper long drink than a clear lemonade does, and it is tart enough to drink alone; Fever-Tree sell the Sparkling version for exactly that.

Keep it sealed until the glass is ready

Keep bottles cool and sealed until needed. The bubbles carry the peel oil up to the nose, and both fade once the cap is off, so a half-used bottle in the fridge makes a duller drink the next day.

Using it

Using Fever-Tree Sicilian Lemonade

Usage

Our Sicilian Shandy pours 200ml over ice, slides 40ml of lager down the side and ends on a squeeze of lime, after Fever-Tree’s own serve of lemonade topped with beer. It also lengthens gin or vodka where the lemon should lead. Leave out any extra lemon.

Pro Tip

If a gin and lemonade tastes flat, try this bottle before adding sugar or juice. The peel oil puts lemon on the nose, and that often lifts the drink more than another squeeze would.

Top Tips

Skip the lemon wedge: there is more lemon in the bottle than a wedge would add.
In a shandy, pour the lemonade first and slide the lager down the side so the head stays small.
Choose it where lemon should lead; reach for a clear one when you want the colour untouched.
Chill it before opening, so it holds its bubbles on the pour.

Possible Substitutions

Lemonade: A cloudy sparkling one made with real lemon juice
Fever-Tree Premium Lemonade: Clear and sweeter, with less lemon

Production Method

Carbonated spring water with lemon from concentrate (6% in the Refreshingly Light mixer, 7.3% in the Sparkling soft drink), fructose or sugar, citric acid, lemon flavourings and ascorbic acid. The peel oil is pressed out with sfumatrice equipment.

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Common Questions

What is Fever-Tree Sicilian Lemonade?

A cloudy, fizzy soft drink that Fever-Tree’s UK site says it makes with the juice and peel oil of Sicilian lemons. It has no alcohol. The mixer version on sale in the UK is Refreshingly Light, which uses fructose, with sugar at 4.4g a 100ml and 6% lemon from concentrate.

How is Sicilian lemonade different from regular lemonade?

It is cloudy where most British lemonade is clear, and Fever-Tree’s UK site gives it more lemon: 6% in the Light mixer against 2.5% lemon juice in the clear Premium Lemonade. The peel oil adds the smell of fresh lemon. The result is sharper and less sweet, so it suits drinks where lemon should lead.

What is sfumatrice?

A machine that presses whole lemons gently to release the oil held in the skin. Fever-Tree say the process is normally reserved for the perfume industry, and they use sfumatrice-torchio extracts of Sicilian lemons in their lemon mixers. The oil carries the aroma of freshly cut peel.

Can you drink Sicilian lemonade on its own?

Yes. Fever-Tree’s UK site sells both versions to drink neat as well as to mix, and the sharpness that suits a shandy makes it a drier soft drink than most lemonades. Serve it very cold in a tumbler packed with ice, and do without the lemon wedge.

Is Fever-Tree Sicilian Lemonade sugar free?

No. The Refreshingly Light bottle uses fructose, a fruit sugar, which works out at 4.4g and 18 kcal a 100ml. Fever-Tree’s UK site lists ordinary sugar in the Sparkling version. Neither lists an artificial sweetener on the UK site.

How do you make a Sicilian shandy?

Pack a highball with ice and add 200ml of chilled Sicilian lemonade. Tilt the glass, run 40ml of lager in slowly, then squeeze in a little lime. That is our measure; Fever-Tree’s own serve simply tops the lemonade with your choice of lager or beer.

What can I use instead of Sicilian lemonade?

Another cloudy sparkling lemonade made with real lemon juice is the closest swap. A clear lemonade plus fresh lemon gets near, though it tastes sweeter and lacks the peel oil. Check the lemon content on the label: it predicts the sharpness better than the name does.

Sources.

Correct as of 17 October 2026.

Fever-Tree (UK), “Refreshingly Light Sicilian Lemonade”.
Fever-Tree (UK), “Sparkling Sicilian Lemonade”.
Fever-Tree (UK), “Premium Lemonade”.

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Updated 17 October 2026

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