Beverages, lemonade-flavor drink, powder

Lemonade drink powder is a dry mix of sugar, citric acid, lemon flavoring and often added vitamin C, meant to be stirred into water to make an instant lemonade-style drink. It is a pantry and lunchbox staple: scoop a serving into a water bottle or pitcher, stir or shake, and it is ready without squeezing any actual lemons. Because it is shelf-stable and lightweight, it travels well for camping, school lunches, and office break rooms, and some brands are also sold in small single-serving packets meant to be dumped into a water bottle on the go.

A single serving (18 g) delivers 380 calories per 100 g and 97.2 g of sugar per 100 g, all from added sugar rather than fruit, so it reads more like a sweetened drink mix than a juice. It is fortified to provide 45% DV of vitamin C and 39% DV of magnesium per 100 g, which is why it is often marketed on those numbers, but the sugar content is the dominant nutritional fact per serving. Store the powder tightly sealed and dry, since it clumps if it picks up moisture; once mixed, treat it like any sugary drink and use it as an occasional treat rather than a regular substitute for water.