Advice please on alcoholic beverage product production

[Zmg]

Hi all,

I am in the pre start up stage. I am looking to produce a powder to put in alcohol drinks that changes the colour/flavour etc. To be clear, the product itself will not be alcoholic. I have an exact recipe of the ingredients to use to make the product, however I am unsure of how to produce the powder. I am therefore looking for advice on -

- where I can produce the powder?
- Is there a factory/place that will produce the product for me?
- are there factories (specifically in the north of England) that do such a thing?

Thank you in advance

 

[Mitch3473]

Would this be your first offence...

 

[DontAsk]

Rohypnol?

 

[billmccallum1957]

http://cultech.co.uk/

or search here... https://www.vitafoods.eu.com/en/Exhibitor-List-2017.html

 

[Zmg]

Thank you Bill

 

[Root 66 Woodshop]

First thing I'd be looking at is to whether or not it's legal... i.e. changing of flavours?

Most alcoholic beverages comes in different flavours... surely by making a powder that isn't really needed would be met with a huge fist from the likes of Kopperberg, Budwieser etc.

Why would you need to change the flavour of any alcoholic beverage anyway... other than to have people assume that they're drinking non-alcoholic drinks ... which in turn would/could cause issues with driving offences etc...

 

[Root 66 Woodshop]

https://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/multimedia/pdfs/Fguidnot1.pdf

Wouldn't want you wasting your time with any kind of experimental flavour changing powder that may not be legal... without the correct research

 

[TotalWebSolutions]

Perhaps the OP can explain more about the concept. At first glance I took it to mean something to put with a spirit instead of a mixer (a mixer in powder form). Is that the case?

 

[Mr D]

For places to produce the powder you could look initially at places who produce powder for other people.

 

[Zmg]

To clear up some of the ambiguities.

The powder would be a shimmer powder (a finer glitter) that would be added to drinks such as prosecco, for example, to give it a fun colour. I don't even necessarily want to add a flavour, it was just an idea.

So, essentially, my question is, where can I produce this shimmer powder. It should be quite simple, its a simple edible glitter essentially.

 

[Zmg]

For places to produce the powder you could look initially at places who produce powder for other people.

I don't know where other people produce such powder, there is currently one company producing such a product and I do not know where they are producing, hence why I am asking.

 

[SeekingSuzy]

First thing I'd be looking at is to whether or not it's legal... i.e. changing of flavours?

So you think that adding orange juice to vodka (or indeed making ANY type of cocktail), or putting a splash of lime in a pint of lager may be illegal? Wow.

 

[SeekingSuzy]

The powder would be a shimmer powder (a finer glitter) that would be added to drinks such as prosecco, for example, to give it a fun colour....

Apparently I cannot post links because I do not have the post requirement.

Type "Popaball Shimmer For PROSECCO" into YouTube!

Manufactured and sold by POPABALL LIMITED (Company number 07343412)
Block D Benfield Business Park, Benfield Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, NE6 4NQ

.....& a quick google search reveals a number of similar products already on the market. Many even available through ebay.

Trying to copy someone elses product ideas, particularly in a market you know absolutely nothing about, rarely turns into a profitable venture.

 

[Root 66 Woodshop]

So you think that adding orange juice to vodka (or indeed making ANY type of cocktail), or putting a splash of lime in a pint of lager may be illegal? Wow.

Funnily enough I never said that... the rest of my post explained enough to be honest...

I think if you look deeper into cocktails there is a certain limit as to what you can add and how many different "mixers" of alcoholic beverages you can actually mix in a pub, i.e. staff are not allowed to mix [X] amount of spirits... one of the main reasons is because the Landlord could actually be charged for allowing people to be drunk/disorderly in their establishment...

My actual point being was with regards to the product itself...

 

[SeekingSuzy]

I think if you look deeper into cocktails there is a certain limit as to what you can add and how many different "mixers" of alcoholic beverages you can actually mix in a pub, i.e. staff are not allowed to mix [X] amount of spirits... one of the main reasons is because the Landlord could actually be charged for allowing people to be drunk/disorderly in their establishment...

Now you really are making yourself look rather silly. If you do not have any real knowledge of the law, don't make it up!

There is nothing, whatsoever, in the Licensing Act 2003 (or even the 1964 act) that prevents the mixing of, say, 50 different alcoholic beverages all at once and I challange you to prove differently. Furthermore, the illegal serving of drunks, which happens in almost every establishment in the country (and is very, very, rarely enforced), has no element of 'disorder' in it whatsoever. That is as laughable as your suggestion that , say, mixing cola with white rum has implications for drink driving.