Flavor Aid
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Flavor Aid is a non-carbonated
beverage made by The Jel Sert Company in West Chicago, Illinois. It was introduced in 1929[1] and sold throughout the United States as an unsweetened, powdered concentrate drink mix, similar to Kool-Aid
brand drink mix.
Flavors
Flavor Aid came in cherry, raspberry, grape, berry punch, tropical punch, orange, pineapple-orange, lemonade, pink lemonade, lemon-lime, strawberry, mango, and kiwi-watermelon flavors.[citation needed]
The manufacturer has also introduced several flavors of Flavor Aid designed to appeal to the
]Jonestown massacre
The drink became infamous for being linked to the
tranquillizer drugs, were found half-consumed amidst the hundreds of bodies. Kool-Aid, rather than Flavor Aid, is usually erroneously referred to as the drink used in the massacre. The association with Kool-Aid has spawned the figure of speech "drink the Kool-Aid".[3] Criminal investigators testifying at the Jonestown inquest spoke of finding packets of "Kool aid" (sic), and eyewitnesses to the incident are also recorded as speaking of "kool aid" or "Cool Aid."[4]
References
- ^ "Our Story – Jelsert". Retrieved July 4, 2018.
- ^ From the Jel Sert website. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
- ^ Higgins, Chris (8 November 2012). "Stop Saying 'Drink the Kool-Aid'". The Atlantic. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
- "'Jonestown': Portrait of a Disturbed Cult Leader". Day to Day. October 20, 2006. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
- Paul McFedries (1998-10-27). "Wordspy article on the expression "Drink the Kool-Aid," October 27, 1998". Logophilia Limited, www.wordspy.com. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved January 29, 2008.
- ^ "Guyana inquest" (PDF).
External links
- Flavor Aid brand page, Jel Sert website Archived 2017-09-24 at the Wayback Machine