Flavor Aid

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Flavor Aid is a soft drink beverage made by Jel Sert, introduced in 1929. It is similar to Kool-Aid.

According to Jel Sert's website, Flavor Aid comes in the following flavors: Cherry, Raspberry, Grape, Berry Punch, Tropical Punch, Orange, Lemonade, Lemon-Lime, Strawberry and Kiwi-Watermelon.

Jel Sert also acquired the Wyler's trademark for soft drinks from Lipton in 1994, giving it the number two and three brand names in the category. Jel Sert also produces and sells Fla-Vor-Ice and Otter Pops.

Jel Sert has also introduced several flavors "that directly appeal to our Hispanic friends. These items are packed in fully bilingual packaging."^[1] The Hispanic versions do not include Cherry or Berry Punch, and have instead Root Beer, Mango, Apple, Jamaica, Tamarindo, Tangerine, and Pineapple-Orange.

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[edit] Notable facts

Around 913 followers of Jim Jones committed cult suicide by drinking cyanide-laced grape Flavor Aid in 1978.^[2] Many articles and references to the mass suicide erroniously list the drink used as Kool-Aid, so much so that the saying "to drink the Kool-Aid" has entered the English language to refer to those who blindly follow an authority even if it leads to serious harm or death.