The invention discloses a method for debitterizing
lemon juice, belonging to the technical field of beverage preparation. The method comprises the steps as follows: firstly, selecting an undamaged lemon, cleaning, peeling, juicing, filtering and centrifuging to obtain the
lemon juice; secondly, putting the
lemon juice into a water bath kettle being 85-95 DEG C, deactivating
enzyme for 8-15min, and cooling; thirdly, measuring the bitter
substance content and the Vc content of the lemon juice; fourthly, adding 0.3-0.7g of beta-
cyclodextrin into every 100mL of the lemon juice subjected to
enzyme deactivation, uniformly mixing, putting a mixture into the water bath kettle, and
processing for 60-120min at the temperature of 30-50 DEG C; and lastly, measuring the bitter
substance content and the Vc content of the debitterized lemon juice, and calculating the debitterizing rate and the
loss rate of the lemon juice. According to the method provided by the invention, the removal rate of bitter substances-
limonin and
naringin in the lemon juice is high, the
loss rate of Vc is low, and the lemon juice with good
flavor can be obtained; and meanwhile, the cost is low, the required equipment is simple and the
processing operation is convenient.