Kool-Aid
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| Type | Drink mix |
| Current owner | Kraft Foods |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Introduced | 1927 |
| Markets | Worldwide |
Kool-Aid is a brand of flavored drink mix owned by the Kraft Foods Company.
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[edit] Invention and production
Kool-Aid was invented by Edwin Perkins and his wife Kitty in Hastings, Nebraska, United States. All of his experiments took place in his mother's kitchen.[1].Its predecessor was a liquid concentrate called Fruit Smack. To reduce shipping costs, in 1927, Perkins discovered a way to remove the liquid from Fruit Smack, leaving only a powder. This powder was named Kool-Aid. Perkins moved his production to Chicago in 1931 and Kool-Aid was sold to General Foods in 1953.[1]
Hastings still celebrates a yearly summer festival called Kool-Aid Days on the second weekend in August, in honor of their city's claim to fame. Kool Aid is known as Nebraska's "official soft drink". [2]
[edit] Flavors
| Original 6 flavors[2] | Cherry, Grape, Lemon-Lime,[3] Orange, Raspberry, Strawberry[4] |
| Singles flavors[5] | Cherry, Grape, Orange, Tropical Punch |
| Sugar-Free flavors[citation needed] | Double Double Cherry, Triple Awesome Grape, Lemonade, Soarin' Strawberry Lemonade, Tropical Punch, Blue Raspberry |
| Agua Frescas flavors[6] | Jamaica, Mandarina-Tangerine, Mango, Tamarindo, Pina-Pineapple |
| Other flavors worldwide or previously available[6] | Apple, Berry Blue, Black Cherry, Bunch Berry, Blastin' Berry Cherry, Cherry, Cherry Cracker, Chocolate, Cola, Eerie Orange, Frutas, Frutas Vermelhas, Golden Nectar, Grape, Grape Blackberry, Grape Tang, Marty Mango, Tang Splash, Grapeberry Splash, Great Bluedini, Groselha, Guaraná,Ice Blue Raspberry Lemonade, Incrediberry, Kickin-Kiwi-Lime, Kolita, Lemon, Lemonade, Lemonade Sparkle, Lemon-Lime,Lime, Man-o-Mangoberry, Mango, Mountainberry Punch, Oh-Yeah Orange-Pineapple, Orange, Orange Enerjewz, Pina-Pineapple, Pink Lemonade, Pink Swimmingo, Purplesaurus Rex, Rainbow Punch, Raspberry, Roarin' Raspberry Cranberry, Rock-a-Dile Red, Root Beer, The Grapeinator Grape, Scary Black Cherry, Scary Blackberry, Sharkleberry Fin, Slammin' Strawberry-Kiwi, Soarin' Strawberry-Lemonade, Strawberry, Strawberry Falls Punch, Strawberry Split, Strawberry-Raspberry, Sunshine Punch, Surfin' Berry Punch, Tangerine, Tropical Punch, Watermelon-Cherry, Shakin' Starfruit |
[edit] Other products
[edit] Cultural references
Drinking the Kool-Aid has become a common phrase owing to the beverage's alleged role in the Jonestown Massacre.
[edit] References
- ^ "History of Kool-Aid". Hastings Museum of Culture and History. http://www.hastingsmuseum.org/koolaid/kahistory.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
- ^ Kool-Aid Days
- ^ Grosvenor, Charles R, Jr. (1995). "Food of the Eighties". In the 80s. http://www.inthe80s.com/food/limekoolaidandjello0.shtml. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- ^ "The History of Kool-Aid". Hastings Museum of Natural & Cultural History. 2008. http://www.hastingsmuseum.org/koolaid/kahistory.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- ^ "Kool-Aid Powdered". http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/Products/ProductInfoSearchResults.htm?CatalogType=1&BrandId=25&SearchText=Kool-Aid%20Powdered%20&PageNo=1.
- ^ a b Shaw, Scott (October 8, 2006). "Kool-Aid Komics". Oddball Comics. http://www.oddballcomics.com/article.php?story=2006-10-09. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
[edit] External links
- KoolSpace at KraftFoods.com
- History of Kool-Aid from a museum in Hastings, Nebraska
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