Clemon PET 250ml — Resealable Lemon Fizz

Twenty taka, one bottle, sharp lemon and hard carbonation. For a lot of people this is the only way they buy Clemon — one with lunch, and that's the end of it. It's also the cheapest way to find out whether you like it.

The cheapest way to buy Clemon

Clemon is Akij Food & Beverage's lemon soft drink, built on acidity rather than sweetness. Sharp, citrus-forward and heavily carbonated, it's the local alternative to cola and it divides most households cleanly — people tend to have a side.

At BDT 20, this 250ml bottle is the entry point to the range. It's a single serve, it reseals, and it costs little enough that trying it isn't a decision.

Bottle vs can: 

Both hold 250ml. The bottle is BDT 20 and the can is BDT 40 — exactly double for the same volume.

The bottle also reseals, which the can doesn't. Drink half with your meal, cap it, finish it an hour later. That matters more at a desk than at a table, and it's the practical difference between the two formats.

What the can gives you is speed and protection. Aluminium chills far faster than plastic, so a can is drinkable in roughly fifteen minutes in ice water. It also blocks light completely and holds carbonation better over a long shelf life.

Even so, at half the price the bottle is where most people should start. The can earns its premium when you want something cold immediately or you're handing drinks to several people at once.

What it costs per litre

At BDT 20 for 250ml, this works out at roughly BDT 80 per litre. Across the range:

• 2-litre bundle — about BDT 60 a litre
• 1-litre PET — about BDT 64 a litre
• 500ml PET — about BDT 80 a litre
• 250ml PET — about BDT 80 a litre
• 250ml can — about BDT 160 a litre

Notice that the 250ml and 500ml bottles cost exactly the same per litre. Consequently there's no value reason to size up between them — buy whichever you'll actually finish. The family bottles, meanwhile, work out roughly a quarter cheaper, which is the relevant comparison if you're stocking a fridge rather than buying one drink.

Where the 250ml fits

Three situations suit it particularly.

One drink with a meal, where a larger bottle gets left half-finished. Carrying, since a small PET bottle travels in a bag, reseals, and won't split if it's knocked about. And trying it, because BDT 20 is low enough to find out whether you like a flavour before committing to a litre.

There's also the group case. At BDT 20 a bottle, buying a mix of Clemon and Mojo for several people is the cheapest way to keep everyone happy — preference splits fairly evenly across most tables.

Why citrus works better with spicy food

This is where Clemon earns its place rather than competing on price.

Acidity cuts through oil and clears the palate between mouthfuls. As a result, a lemon drink pairs considerably better than a cola with biryani, tehari, fried chicken, kebabs, singara and anything chilli-heavy — which covers most of what gets eaten here.

Cola brings caramel depth and a rounder sweetness instead. That works with burgers, barbecue and smoky food, where sweetness against char is the point. Alongside chilli, though, sweetness tends to sit on top of the heat rather than relieving it.

In heat, too, most people find citrus more refreshing than caramel.

What's in it

Clemon is a carbonated lemon soft drink — carbonated water, sugar, an acidulant and flavouring.

This page doesn't publish a nutrition panel, but the same drink in the 250ml can does, and it states its basis properly: 105 kcal and 26.5g of sugar per 250ml. That's roughly 10.6g per 100ml, the standard concentration for a regular soft drink, and about six teaspoons in a bottle this size.

Read the printed label as the definitive source. For anyone reducing sugar, Clemon Zero is the sugar-free version in a 250ml can.

Product Details

• Brand: Clemon (A Product of Akij Food & Beverage Ltd.) 
• Product Type: Carbonated Soft Drink 
• Flavour: Lemon 
• Net Volume: 250ml 
• Packaging: PET Bottle

Storage Instructions

• Store in a cool, dry place. 
• Keep away from direct sunlight and excessive heat. 
• Chill before serving for the best taste. 
• Refrigerate after opening and consume within a short time to retain freshness and carbonation.

Chilling and serving

Nothing ships chilled, so allow time for the fridge.

A 250ml bottle chills quickly — roughly twenty minutes in a fridge, or ten to fifteen in ice water with a spoon of salt stirred in. Ice water works faster than the freezer because the water contacts the whole bottle rather than just the air.

Temperature matters more with a sharp drink than a sweet one. Warm, the acidity reads harsher and the carbonation flatter, which undoes most of what makes Clemon worth drinking in the first place.

Once it's open

The reseal is the bottle's main advantage, so use it properly. Squeeze the air out before capping so the liquid rises toward the neck — less headspace means less fizz escaping into it. Cap tightly, and keep it cold rather than leaving it on a desk.

A 250ml bottle will still be pleasant a few hours later treated that way. Overnight, it'll have gone noticeably flat.

The rest of the range

Clemon runs from this 250ml bottle up to a 2-litre bundle, in cans and PET, with Clemon Zero on the sugar-free side and a lime-and-mint Mojito variant. Mojo covers the cola alternative across a comparable range.