U.S. Approves Sale of Powdered Alcohol

Palcohol, a powdered alcohol product has been approved by the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. 

The product allows consumers to mix the the alcohol powder with liquid to create a cocktail.

Four varieties were approved and use either powder from distilled vodka or Puerto Rican rum.

The cocktails are meant to be mixed with water. The powdered vodka and rum can be mixed with cola or orange juice for a more traditional cocktail. Each pouch contains the equivalent of one shot of alcohol.

Palcohol should be available to consumers by summer, and to be sold anywhere liquor is available in the U.S., abroad and online to people of a legal drinking age. Some states, however, are working to ban powdered alcohol.

Here's everything you need to know about powdered alcohol: