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By Garland Pollard
CHERRY HILL, N.J. – LEM is a special kind of lemon filling, found in select grocery stores and specialty food shops. Made by Cherry Hill, N.J.-based Serv-Agen, it is quite different than your regular pie filling.
It was originally called Mrs. Morrison’s LEM, and was a “one-line item” company. It is made with pure egg yolk batter, tapioca flour and no artificial lemon flavors. Eventually, it became part of the Serv-Agen company, makers of Serv-a-Gravy.
Its ingredients are a lesson in marketing. The prize element of the filling is that the oil of lemon in the ingredients is sent to an extra sterile pharmaceutical company where it is turned into an encapsulated gel capsule, before it is packaged.
We found out about Lem while writing about Serv-a-Gravy, that classic gravy sauce in a packet. The company was founded by Herbert W. Salus in 1936, though LEM much older, over 100 years old. Salus was a civil service commissioner and attorney who got into the spice business on the side. LEM can be found at many regional grocery stores. If you have questions, the company is at 856-685-7946.
6 responses so far ↓
1 BARBARA // Mar 31, 2010 at 9:27 am
Where can I purchase LEM Pie and Pudding?
I live in Magnolia, NJ (very close to Cherry Hill) and I can’t find it…………..Thanks
2 L L // Apr 2, 2010 at 11:55 am
This information is wrong. Serv-Agen is closed up. The phone # 856-685-7946 is no longer. Sorry
3 dayle // May 19, 2010 at 2:37 pm
I live in Myrtle Beach, SC and I can’t fine Lem pie filling anymore either. What’s happened to it?
4 Karen // May 27, 2010 at 4:10 pm
I live in Pa below Philadelphia and my mom too is looking for LEM pie filling. The only store around here that still carried it was Shop N’ Bag in Aston and they recently closed. Now she doesn’t know where to find it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
5 Garland Pollard // May 28, 2010 at 7:14 pm
I would talk to your grocery store. From what I understand Haddon House distributors and some other specialty wholesalers carried the line. I would ask for it at gourmet stores, etc.
6 Reverend MA // Aug 11, 2010 at 5:28 pm
On Monday, I purchased a box of LEM at the Acme in South Philadelphia on Passyunk Avenue. It was stocked with the Jell-o and what not.
I am eager to give it a go.
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