n. — proprietary, Food & Drink, historical
a powdered drink mix available in various fruit flavours.
Type: 1. Origin — Freshie is a Canadian-made product that was popular from the 1950s to the 1980s. Produced by Daltons Limited (see the 1980 quotation) as an alternative to Kool-Aid, it was part of the Canadian post-war childhood experience (see, e.g. the 1958 quotation). The name was filed as a trade-mark in 1949 and has been protected since (see Canadian Intellectual Property Office reference). The product as such has lost market share to carbonated drinks since the 1990s and seems to be (2016) not in production.
See also COD-2, which marks it "Cdn".