The application discloses a lemon essence, a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the field of essence preparation. The lemon essence comprises the following raw materials: lemon fruit fragrance 10-15%, green fragrance 1-2%, sweet agent 1-3%,
enhancer 5-10%, stabilizer 1-3%, and the rest is an
alcohol solvent. The lemon fruit fragrance comprises
lemon oil, sweet
orange oil and D-
limonene; the green fragrance comprises orange flower
alcohol, leaf
alcohol,
linalool, oxidized
linalool, alpha-
terpineol, beta-
terpinene, isopinocamphone and lemon
aldehyde; the sweet agent comprises
ethyl maltol and
vanillin propylene glycol acetal; the
enhancer comprises
ethyl butyrate, ethyl 2-
methyl butyrate,
ethyl acetoacetate, leaf alcohol acetate,
linalyl acetate and
geranyl acetate; and the stabilizer comprises a low-
carboxylic acid, a heat-resistant agent and an
antioxidant. The application can inhibit the oxidation and
thermal decomposition of the easily-oxidized components from the
molecular level by synergistically compounding the components, significantly improves the
aroma stability of the essence under long-term storage and high-temperature
processing conditions, and can be widely applied in the fields of beverages, foods and the like.