Did You Know This

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Did you know that Tropical Punch is the most popular flavor of KOOL-AID sold?

Did you know that KOOL-AID was invented by an young chemist named Edwin Perkins in Hastings, Nebraska?
Edwin Perkins
Did you know that as a child, Perkins developed many flavoring extracts and perfumes?

Did you know that in 1918, Perkins married his childhood sweetheart, Kitty, and developed a remedy to kick the tobacco habit called "Nix-O-Tine"?





Did you know that KOOL-AID competition was Fruit Smack, which was sold via mail order in the 1920s?

Did you know that Fruit Smack was sold in six flavors: Grape, Cherry, Raspberry, Orange, Root Beer, and Lemon?







Kool-Aid AdDid you know that in 1927, Perkins developed a method of removing the liquid from Fruit Smack so the remaining powder could be re-packaged in envelopes (which Perkins designed and printed) under a new name to be called Kool-Ade?

Did you know that the original spelling of KOOL-AID was Kool-Ade?

Did you know that Tropical Punch is the most popular flavor of KOOL-AID sold?

Did you know that Orange is the 5th best selling KOOL-AID sold?
  1. Tropical Punch
  2. Lemonade
  3. Cherry
  4. Grape
  5. Orange

Did you know that KOOL-AID highest sells are recorded is most popular in St. Louis, Missouri?

Did you know that Memphis, TN is one of the five cities that KOOL-AID records its highest sales?

Did you know that KOOL-AID top Cities with the recorded highest sales are (in order)? Memphis, Tennessee, San Antonio, Texas, New Orleans, Louisiana and Little Rock, Arkansas.

Did you know that KOOL-AID has been available in Latin America?

Did you know that  a Spanish version of KOOL-AID began printing its label shortly after launching?

Did you know that  KOOL-AID is also available in Canada, the Caribbean, and Asia?

Did you know that more than 563 million gallons of KOOL-AID are consumed each year, with more than 225 million gallons in the summer?










Now if you didn't know, now you know...


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