There is no "Ummmm" about it!

Clinistix are notoriously inaccurate in giving a real assessment of sugar
levels in urine! I know because I have used them. They are a cheap and
useless ( ie very inaccurate) method of detecting sugar in urine.

This is a case of someone pussyfooting about and has nothing to do with
winemaking at all.
The statement ----"Sorry if these questions are too simple for this group."
is a sure sign that the respondent is just stirring. And it has stirred me!

I suggest the poster readdresses his/her post to a diabetic newsgroup where
an appropriate answer might be expected.

Hot on here

--
Trevor A Panther
In South Yorkshire, England
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"Alastair Thomson" > wrote in
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> Ummm, I think this was a valid question....
>
> The poster wants to know how to test the residual sugar in wine. A
standard
> way of doing is to use the Clinitest kit that was used for testing sugar
in
> urine for diabetes.Works fine for wine too.
>
> I don't know about clinistix, but I do know that the blood sugar meters
> won't work because they only respond to glucose levels and wine sugars are
> a mix of glucose, sucrose, fructose and others.
>
> The mad kiwi winemaker.
>
> On 2004-03-13 17:07:45 -0500, "Pinky" >
> said:
>
> > As a diabetic I really can't put up with this sort of fatuous post by a
> > troll!
> > I would ask no one else to respond and I am sorry for posting myself!
> > It make me so cross! I mean really what a load of rubbish ( my spelling
> is
> > wrong.It should be "cr*p")
> >
> > -- Trevor A Panther
> > In South Yorkshire, England
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> > "TAMSNJ" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Can clinistix (by Bayer) be used to test wine sugar? What
> concentrations
> > of
> > > sugar correspond to the colors on the test?
> > >
> > > How about a diabetic's blood sugar test meter? Can this be used to
test
> > for
> > > sugar? How do I translate from the meter reading to % sugar in the
> wine?
> > >
> > > Sorry if these questions are too simple for this group. Thanks to
those
> > that
> > > respond.
> > >
> > > JPG
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> The Mad Kiwi Winemaker
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