Talk:Rose's lime juice

Old discussions
We sat in a corner of the bar at Victor's and drank gimlets. "They don't know how to made them here." he said. "What they call a gimlet is just some lime or lemon juice and gin with a dash of sugar and bitters. A real gimlet is half gin and half Rose's Lime Juice and nothing else.  It beats martinis hollow." By Raymond Chandler "The Long Goodbye" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.227.27.139 (talk • contribs) 08:15, 5 December 2005

Does anybody know how long this stuff keeps? I think listing the product's shelf life would be a good addition to the article, because I'm pretty sure that this product was invented in order to preserve the shelf life of lime juice on sea voyages. The sugar is a preservative. I notice that the bottle says nothing about shelf life. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.107.251.57 (talk • contribs) 21:12, 11 June 2006

Shelf life of Rose's Lime Juice varies from a few weeks to a few months depending on storage conditions. Heat and sunlight are greatly detrimental to the freshness of the product. Rose's Lime should be a golden yellow color, not green. The photo in the article is not representative of actual product. If stored over 90 degrees Fahrenheit It will brown and develop off flavors within two weeks. I remember Rose's Lime Juice contained alcohol as a preservative until the early 1990's. The ABV was 10%. After that point the alcohol was removed and artificial preservatives were added. I wish I had an old bottle or a photograph for the article. If anyone has one would you post a pic?Myongpark (talk) 17:31, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Photo
The article needs a photo! Badagnani 01:01, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Done! Geoff  TC 22:05, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

High Fructose Corn Syrup
Should some mention be made that the US version (at least) contains that nasty High Fructose Corn Syrup rather than proper sugar? --Stephend01 (talk) 04:22, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Is it made with sugar still elsewhere? --jpgordon:==( o ) 05:04, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes - the UK version is still made with sugar --Stephend01 (talk) 12:56, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Proposed move
Rose& → Rose's lime juice —
 * Improper move. the article was moved to a fully capitalized name contrary to WP:common name. The brand is Rose's, the product is lime juice which is not a proper name.  Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 06:55, 12 December 2009 (UTC)--Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 06:55, 12 December 2009 (UTC)


 * "Rose's Lime Juice" still looks like a tradename to me. - —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anthony Appleyard (talk • contribs)
 * Look at the picture of the bottle, only "Rose's" is trademarked. Further, the USPTO only has the name Rose's as a registered mark. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 15:50, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Support. According to their website, the most official name is "Rose's Cordial Mixer® Lime" (note position of the ®), and the current bottle label is "ROSE'S LIME CORDIAL MIXER". I imagine this is because it doesn't have a sufficiently large percentage of real lime juice to be called "lime juice" these days.  In any case, "Lime Juice" is not part of the name, and shouldn't be capitalized. Tevildo (talk) 16:02, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Support. 'Lime Juice' is not part of the proper name, so no caps for it. --RL0919 (talk) 22:33, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Looking at the website it seems to me that this traditional product is discontinued, or at least its traditional name. Nonetheless Rose's Lime Juice used to be a trademark / proper name for decades. See the bottle. -- H005 (talk) 23:28, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Reply - I prefer the United States Patent and Trademark office which states that it never was trademarked as such. The label design is trademarked, but not the name as it is too general - according to the USPTO. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 23:58, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

History errors?
The History section states that Lauchlan Rose lived 1829-1885. But it also says “In 1893, Rose purchased plantations there to ensure his supply.”

This does not make sense. Maybe the company purchased plantations, but Rose himself could certainly not have done it if he died in 1885. Or is the year 1893 wrong? Ango74 (talk) 22:21, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

Title
As you can see from the bottle, it's called Rose's Lime Juice Cordial. It is not a bottle of lime juice. 80.189.152.211 (talk) 22:48, 27 August 2023 (UTC)