Kool-Aid is a brand of flavored drink mix owned by Kraft
Foods. The powder form was created by Edwin Perkins in
1927 based upon a liquid concentrate called Fruit Smack.     
    
     
      
     
  Edwin Elijah Perkins        
  (January 8, 1889 – July 3, 1961)

The building in Hastings, Nebraska, where Kool-Aid was invented.

Todays Kool-Aid look.