Powdered alcohol – just add water
Dutch students invented the powder, to which it is enough to add water, to receive an alcoholic drink. Fortress, that powdered alcohol can legally be sold to minors. 20-a gram packet called Booz2Go costs money 1-1,5 euro. Its content is sufficient to mix with water, to get an effervescent drink with a three percent alcohol content. The drink has a lime color and flavor. – We aim at the youth market – said 20-year-old Harm van Elderen, which together with four colleagues from the Helikon Vocational Institute (Helicon Vocational Institute), located near Amsterdam, developed a formula for powdered alcohol as part of a thesis. Because it is not a liquid alcohol, we can sell it to the youth below 16 age – said Martyn van Nierop. In the Netherlands, you can drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes after graduation 16 age. Young inventors say, that several companies have already become interested in the commercial production of their alcoholic lemonade.