Powdered Alcohol that goes with its brand name "Palcohol" has gained its entry to the United States. This has been confirmed by the Phoenix inventor of the Powdered Alcohol after the Federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau approved its sale in the country on Tuesday.
The new product Powdered Alcohol is the first ever in the world and now it can be tested by alcohol enthusiasts and drinkers this coming summer. Tom Philips shared the news after the controversial product has faced wide criticisms last year.
Palcohol or powdered alcohol has been previously launched in website where it promoted the product as alcohol powder that can be mixed with water to create an alcoholic drink, The Verge reports.
Lawmakers have earlier contested its approval as it can catch the minor's attention with its flavored powdered alcohol. However, powdered alcohol controversies were cleared after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration presented its scientific review.
Lipsmark, the company manufacturing the powdered alcohol Palcohol will come in several varieties. It will be available in vodka and rum, and in three cocktails- Lemon Drop, Cosmopolitan and Powderita, which tastes like a margarita, WSJ reports.
The powdered alcohol Palcohol will be sold in pouches. It is manufactured under Arizona-based Lipsmark LLC, where it can be readily mixed with water just like an instant juice or iced tea.
According to its website Palcohol, there are reasons why banning the powdered alcohol product is immoral, irresponsible and hypocritical: When it is banned, it will create greater demand. Two, banning powdered alcohol can create black market and when it happens, the state will find it hard to control its distribution.
Further, the website states that it is irresponsible to ban the product because actually banning it won't work as the federal will lose huge tax revenue by prohibiting it.
Last year, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) wrote to FDA to convince the agency to forbid the product before it becomes the 'kool aid of the teen binge drinking.' Powdered alcohol has also becomes debate for several states including Mississippi, Virginia, Ohio, Colorado, North Dakota, New York, New Jersey and Washington.
