Thursday June 07, 2007
Drunk Dry:
Alcohol Powder That Can Be Sold To Children
by Simon Magus
Dutch students have invented an alcohol powder that can be added to water -- and they believe that it's legal to sell to children.
"Because the alcohol is not in liquid form, we can sell it to people below 16," said co-inventor Martyn van Nierop.
When the powder is added to water, it produces an effervescent coloured drink with an alcohol content of 3%.
The powder has been branded as Booz2Go and comes in 20 gram packets that could retail for £1.
"We are aiming for the youth market. They are really more into it because you can compare it with Bacardi-mixed drinks," said co-inventor Harm van Elderen.
The group of five inventors created the product for their final year project at the Helicon Vocational Institute.
They may have found their vocation as several manufacturers are keen to produce the powder.
Particularly as alcohol in powder form wouldn't be subject to the usual taxes levied, as well as being legal to sell to children.
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