Alcohol powder
Alcohol powder , also called dry alcohol , is a powder containing ethanol . It consists of dextrins that are soaked in ethanol. Dissolving it in water creates an alcoholic drink. Other possible uses include adding to desserts or solid medicines. Since the development, alcohol powder products have been brought onto the market several times without, however, becoming widespread.
development
In 1974, General Foods Corporation was first granted a patent on an alcohol-containing powder in the United States . In 2005 Stiftung Warentest tested the German product Subyou .
In June 2007, Dutch students announced that they had developed an alcohol powder called Booz2go , which when dissolved in water makes a drink with a lime flavor and color and an alcohol content of three percent. Both Jost-Henner Nies, the manufacturer of Subyou , and the Dutch students indicate young people as a target group. Harm van Elderen said in an interview with Reuters : “We target young people. They are more interested because you can compare it [the alcohol powder] with Bacardi mix drinks ”. The American company Lipsmark, on the other hand, claims that its product, called Palcohol , is primarily aimed at athletes and travelers who do not want to transport heavy glass bottles. However, intensive advertising was directed at a young target group. The approval for the alcohol powder was first granted in 2014 by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) of the USA, but then withdrawn.
Another alcohol powder (also called vodka powder in press reports at the time) was developed in Russia in 2010, mainly for use in veterinary medicine, as animals often do not consume alcohol-containing drugs in liquid form voluntarily. It was also suitable for human consumption, but was not marketed for the same.
Legal issues
The legal assessment of powders containing alcohol has not yet been clarified. In Germany, the main criticism is that alcohol powder circumvents the spirits tax , the special levy on alcopops and the beverage deposit, and that young people in particular are at high risk of abuse. Legal restrictions on the distribution or dispensing of alcoholic beverages generally only apply to liquids. In most countries, powder-based alcohol could even be sold to young people and would not be affected by alcohol taxes. In the USA, alcohol powder has been used as a flavoring for puddings and ice cream. However, a US manufacturer is preparing a range of alcohol powdered drinks that are subject to normal alcohol laws.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Effervescent powder: Alkopops aus der Tüte , Westdeutsche Zeitung of October 28, 2004 (accessed online on June 22, 2007, no longer online on April 4, 2011.)
- ↑ New on the market: Alcopops as powder , Stiftung Warentest , May 2005
- ↑ Patent US 3795747 A, Alcohol-containing powder , Google Patents
- ↑ a b Alcohol as a powder: Intoxication from the sachet on www.sueddeutsche.de, April 20, 2014
- ↑ New on the market: Alcopops as powder , Stiftung Warentest , May 2005.
- ↑ a b Just add water - students invent alcohol powder Reuters , June 6, 2007, English, accessed on June 22, 2007.
- ↑ alcohol powder Palcohol - From water mach ... Rum ( Memento of 26 April 2014 Internet Archive ) on www.br.de, April 22, 2014.
- ↑ Palcohol: the powderized alcohol that turns water into rum , The Guardian , English, accessed May 28, 2014.
- ↑ Manuela Nyffenegger: Posse about alcohol powder for drinks in the USA: The mojito from the bag has to wait , NZZ, April 24, 2014.
- ↑ Werner Pluta: Palcohol: The Cocktail in Powder Form , golem.de, April 22, 2014.
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Instead of alcopops, addiction in bags threatens , taz , November 10, 2004 (German, accessed August 1, 2010).
