Citrus

Bold, refreshing, and a worldwide favorite

Bold, refreshing, and a worldwide favorite

In today’s fast-moving market, securing reliable, high-quality ingredients is more challenging than ever. At Treatt, we’ve been solving these challenges for decades, rooted in our deep expertise in citrus essential oils.

It’s from this foundation that our full range of natural extracts and ingredients has flourished—delivering consistent quality and innovation, even in the face of complex supply chains and shifting consumer demands.

With an established reputation for excellence, Treatt’s capabilities, knowledge, and precision techniques are trusted worldwide by those who demand the best. Our citrus ingredients are synonymous with reliability and premium quality, ensuring that you get the highest standards at every stage—from sourcing to delivery. Whether you’re looking for natural citrus solutions directly from the named fruit, bespoke blends, or price-stable synthetics, we offer a diverse portfolio designed to give you the flexibility and dependability you need to succeed.

At Treatt, we don’t just react to citrus trends—we anticipate them. We’re continuously innovating to ensure that the next generation of citrus flavors meets evolving consumer tastes and expectations. From today’s must-have products to the trends of tomorrow, we’re your partner in securing the future of product innovation.

Lime

Lemon

Orange

Grapefruit

Bergamot

Mandarin

Tangerine

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Demand for this refreshing citrus fruit continues to grow across the globe

The different varieties, and process techniques yield very different profiles, offering formulators flexibility when it comes to creating beverages that will stand out on the shelves.

Talk to us about our range of authentic lime profiles which are FTNF for sublime performance in any application.

  • Mexican Key lime
  • Persian / Tahitian lime

Lemon oils are fundamental to the beverage industry.

As a global favourite, lemon provides a refreshing base for flavour development. Strongly connected with health benefits and refreshment, our zesty, juicy profiles perform well across many beverage categories. Lemon crops span the globe and different regions have distinctive profiles meaning we can deliver a tailored solution to you.

  • Zesty lemon
  • Citral lemon
  • Organic lemon

Orange continues to be one of the most widely consumed flavours in the world.

With its many varieties and impactful profiles, formulators choose to partner with us when working with orange as we have a proven track record of delivering exciting ingredient solutions that transform an end product. We are one of the largest processors of orange essential oils in the world.

  • Sicilian blood orange
  • Brazilian orange
  • Juicy sweet orange
  • Bitter (Seville) orange

Enjoyed by consumers the world over, grapefruit is a flavour increasingly seen across the beer, juice, soda sectors and more.

Demand for this popular flavour continues to rise, despite the challenging natural market.

We offer our customers a range of price-stable, synthetic solutions that help ease the difficulties faced by formulators.

  • Pink grapefruit
  • White grapefruit

Grown almost exclusively in Calabria in southern Italy, oils from bergamot provide distinct and unique flavour profiles.

A citrus like no other. It contains higher levels of the compounds linalool and linalyl acetate which creates the distinct floral, citrusy and light aroma and taste. Best known for its use in teas, bergamot pairs extremely well with lemon flavours.

True mandarins are grown in Italy and the root stock is now planted in many regions of the world. Each is processed differently to produce a diverse range of profiles.

Each variety of mandarin imparts its own unique character. Our experts work with customers to identify exactly which notes will bring their product to life.  Whether you’re looking to add seasonality or create an all-round fresh and juicy characteristic, we will help you find what you’re looking for.

  • Distilled mandarin
  • Yellow mandarin
  • Red mandarin

Tangerine is the second most widely grown citrus fruit after orange.

These punchy, true to the fruit, flavour ingredients create exciting results. Each variety brings something special and our range of products offers formulators the flexibility needed to create a standout solution. Tangerine and mandarin are from the same botanical family.

  • Tangerine, Clemetine and Murcot are all in the same botanical family (Citrus Reticulata).

Product range

Essential Oils

We offer an industry-leading range of high-quality FTNF (from the named fruit), single strength or concentrated citrus essential oils, expertly obtained through cold pressing or steam distillation of citrus fruits, followed by vacuum distillation.

Essential Oil Blends

Our cost-stable portfolio of impactful solutions provides customers with powerful products that perform consistently in response to prevailing market conditions.

Natural Isolates

Our collection of FTNF oils is fractionally distilled to produce highly desirable concentrated segments, or a single purified citrus molecule, delivering citrus ingredients in its purest, most powerful form.

TreattZest™

TreattZest™ is our authentic, premium range of highly soluble citrus extracts, with a well-balanced sensory profile that’s impressive even at low dosage rates, delivering an appealing cost-in-use.

About TreattZest™

TreattClear™

TreattClear™ is our range of water-soluble, clean-label natural citrus solutions that perform effectively directly dosed in a range of beverage applications, delivering a pure and natural flavor.

About TreattClear™

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Working for a sustainable citrus future

We're passionate about citrus and equally dedicated to protecting the planet. Our commitment is to craft beloved extracts and ingredients sustainability.

Find out more about our approach to sustainability and our work with SAI Platform, an organization that is leading the way in sustainable agriculture worldwide to make a real difference.

We understand what it takes to craft a standout beverage that excites the senses, whether you're reformulating an existing product or creating something entirely new.

Karen Cocksedge - Senior Citrus Product Manager

A team of brilliant minds, united by a passion for citrus

With hundreds of years of collective expertise, we live and breathe the citrus industry. That’s why we’re the go-to partner for some of the world’s leading flavor and fragrance houses and beverage consumer goods companies, re-imagining citrus innovation.

Our regulatory knowledge, dedication and attention to detail enables us to deliver end-to-end quality products that customers can trust. From new product development to precise flavor matching, we take huge pride in solving our customers' problems, no matter how complex.

Connect consumers with the world's favorite flavors

We believe in sharing our extensive knowledge of the citrus industry with our customers, empowering them to make the right commercial decisions. From technical know-how in essential oils to understanding production and processing techniques and their impact on yields, we help your brands connect with consumers in innovative and creative ways.

Our understanding of the latest beverage consumer trends and insights and the macro trends driving the market play a finely tuned role in helping you stay ahead of the curve.

Powerful products, processed for performance

Manufactured in the UK and North America, we use effective and efficient processes to ensure that our citrus products are consistently high-quality, regardless of application. Not only do we guarantee quality, we also provide our customers with an agile supply that can respond to their requirements.

Our distillation expertise allows us to concentrate a wide range of essential oils, providing customers with the benefits of scale. We also isolate specific compounds, extract oils, and produce water-soluble and enhanced soluble oils to meet the evolving demands of global markets.

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