Original
The house recipe: whole lemon juice, a light hand with sugar, sharp carbonation. The one that started it.
Japanese RTD lemonade · worldwide, under exclusive licence from GENDA
A canned lemonade built on a Japanese citrus tradition: sharp, real fruit, properly carbonated, nothing artificial doing the work. Already a cult favourite at home in Japan, now landing market by market with three flavours to start.
Where it's from
LEMONADE by Lemonica (“Lemonica”) was founded in Kanazawa, Japan, in 2017 by Seiji Kawamura. The concept was inspired by a treasured family recipe he discovered among his grandmother’s belongings—handwritten instructions for making traditional Japanese drinks using naturally extracted syrups with no additives. This deep-rooted connection to his heritage led to the creation of Lemonica, bringing authentic, high-quality lemonade to people worldwide. In 2023, Lemonica became part of the GENDA Group, a publicly listed company with a market capitalisation of approximately €1.285 billion (as of March 2025).
That's the Lemonica name's own footprint, separate from the canned range below.
IDC holds the exclusive worldwide licence to can, distribute and grow Lemonica in RTD format, under licence from GENDA Inc.
Seiji's grandmother's recipe, from her kitchen to over 100 stores across Japan.
The range
Each can is built around real fruit and a clean carbonation, no flavour doing more talking than the citrus itself.
The house recipe: whole lemon juice, a light hand with sugar, sharp carbonation. The one that started it.
Original, cut with real strawberry. Fruit forward without losing the citrus backbone underneath.
A softer, rounder take: ripe peach layered over the same lemon base, built to feel like high summer in a can.
The campaign
From street-level wheatpaste to studio product shots, the look is already turning up in campaigns and content well beyond this page.
Availability
IDC holds the exclusive worldwide licence to can, distribute and grow Lemonica, market by market, a separate track from Lemonica's own café network shown above. The canned range itself is starting in the UK, inside Lemonade by Lemonica and Yoshoku outlets and a growing list of independent retailers, before expanding as new distribution partners come on board.
Reactions
A couple of early reactions from people who've tried it.
“It's a great product and brand with HUGE potential.”
— Nathan, London“That's the best tasting, most authentic, pure lemonade I've ever had.”
— Ray, London