Does lime or lemon have more citric acid?
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7Welcome to Seasoned Advice - Citrus is a type of tree that grows fruit, such as lemons and limes. Asking if one has more citrus doesn’t make sense. Maybe you meant citric acid? Or something else?– Debbie M.Commented Feb 25, 2018 at 19:26
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1If you clarify what you mean, such as if citric acid is what you meant, you likely also need the indicate a location as some cultures do not distinguish between lemons and limes, considering them simply varieties of the same fruit, considering limes to simply be a green variety of lemon. Even then, each fruit has a range of varieties with different characteristics making the question still unanswerable.– dlbCommented Feb 25, 2018 at 23:21
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This question is probably answerable if confined to western grocery staples, and acidity.– rackandbonemanCommented Feb 26, 2018 at 10:34
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Okay, I'm editing this to refer to citric acid, since that seems the most likely guess. user65387, if you meant something different, feel free to edit or just ask a new question. And @dlb, I think that we can safely assume this means the usual English/US definition of lemon/lime, given that the OP thinks they're different fruits. If the answer is that they both have decent ranges, and the ranges overlap, that's still an answer - it doesn't make the question unanswerable.– Cascabel ♦Commented Feb 26, 2018 at 17:42
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"Lemon juice and lime juice are rich sources of citric acid, containing 1.44 and 1.38 g/oz, respectively."
PENNISTON, K. L., NAKADA, S. Y., HOLMES, R. P., & ASSIMOS, D. G. (2008). Quantitative Assessment of Citric Acid in Lemon Juice, Lime Juice, and Commercially-Available Fruit Juice Products. Journal of Endourology / Endourological Society, 22(3), 567–570. http://doi.org/10.1089/end.2007.0304
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