Pseudo Juice Calculator
To use, enter your weight of peel in grams into the box below to see the automatically calculated ingredient ratios.
Lemon
- Sugar (g)
- Citric acid (g)
- Malic acid (g)
- Water (ml)
- Salt (g)
Lime
- Sugar (g)
- Citric acid (g)
- Malic acid (g)
- Water (ml)
- Salt (g)
Reference amounts for 100g peel weight
| Ingredient | Lemon | Lime |
|---|---|---|
| Sugar (g) | 100 | 100 |
| Citric acid (g) | 90 | 80 |
| Malic acid (g) | 10 | 40 |
| Water (ml) | 1,667 | 1,667 |
| Salt (g) | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Pseudo juice, pseudo citrus, or artificial juice is a technique pioneered by Brian Tasch in 2020 and updated in 2023.
It's a way of making a super juice that lasts a lot longer than regular super juice, but still tastes almost as good as freshly squeezed.
Pseudo Juice is easy to make and really adds a punchy citrus zing to any drink.
Method
Peel your fruit (make sure to get as little of the white pith as possible) and cut into small pieces. Alternatively, use a microplane or zester.
Weigh the peel carefully and use the above tool to get the weights for the acids, sugar and salt. Add the peel and other dry ingredients to a large jar and muddle thoroughly. Seal and leave the jar to stand for at least 4 hours.
Add the water to the mix and shake well to mix.
You can use an immersion blender to really get everything out of the peels which will vastly improve the flavour, but it will make filtering slower.
Filter well, pour into a sterilised bottle and keep the juice in a fridge. It should keep for a couple of weeks.