emissions on the planet. of course it is not much at first but worldwide it is a gigantic amount. stefan has been researching powder beer for the last two years and he is confident it will be market ready by the end of this year, providing it passes all the necessary tests. if it does, perhaps we will see powder versions of other drinks like vodka, gin and whiskey in the future too. but the biggest test will be convincing the beer and spirit aficionados. wendy urquhart, bbc news. you could argue that that is a business news story and we have a lot more of that to come on the programme, in particular we will bring you up to speed on what is happening in regards to the banking sector. it has been
so all eyes are on the federal reserve and what it s going to do interest rates policy and more generally, we are going to have to pause for breath and see what happens to investor sentiment in the days to come. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we ll tell you how this new powdered beer could mark a changing point for the beer industry and the planet. applause. i m so proud of both of you. let there be no more wars or bloodshed between arabs and israelis. with great regret, the committee has decided that south africa will be excluded
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surgery, i think that is just wrong. surgery, i think that is ust wronu. , ., ., wrong. interesting going to turkey for wrong. interesting going to turkey for weight wrong. interesting going to turkey for weight loss - wrong. interesting going to i turkey for weight loss surgery shows no sign of waning. the government says it takes obesity seriously and those travelling abroad need to consider the risks. monica blaha, bbc news. the days of lugging crates of beer to a barbecue or a party could well be over. a german brewery has come up with a new product that it says could change the entire alcohol market and be good for the planet at the same time. wendy urquhart has the story. imagine if you fancied a glass of beer, instead of opening the fridge or going to the pub you could just open a packet, sprinkle powder into a glass of water, spritz it up a bit and chill with a glass of lager. a german brewery has invented a beer powder that tastes like the real thing and there are big plan
into a currently alcohol free i to i normal beer with the help of normal water. it tastes like a pilsener. and later, it will taste like a schwarzer abt, like a bock beer. we want to make virtually everything in powderform. we want the complete beer taste but we want to add the carbon dioxide in powderform and the alcohol in powder form and of course it s absolutely fascinating that we have succeeded for the first time worldwide. stefan says it will be very easy for breweries to add the powder beer to water at bottle plants and points out that they will not only make huge savings on beer export transport cost, it will massively reduce the industry s carbon footprint. translation: we have calculated that in regards to germany - it can reduce co2 emissions by 3% 5% and looking globally that will be about half the co2