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Default Betadine discontinued: UK replacement for sanitizing brewingequipment?

On 09/05/14 12:04, Adam Funk wrote:
> On 2014-05-09, Tim Watts wrote:
>
>> On 09/05/14 10:19, Adam Funk wrote:
>>> Sorry for the crossposting --- feel free to reply to any one of the 3
>>> groups, as I read them all.
>>>
>>> I'm about to start back on some winemaking & homebrewing after a gap
>>> of several years, & my bottle of Betadine Antiseptic Solution
>>> (aqueous, povidone-iodine USP 10% w/v) is almost empty & has expired.
>>> I asked for a replacement at the local pharmacy & was told that it's
>>> been discontinued (searching the WWW agrees). I'm looking for
>>> something identical or similar under another name to use as a no-rinse
>>> sanitizer.
>>>
>>> The closest things I've found are Vetadine & Vetasept, both sold for
>>> veterinary use. They look like the same thing as Betadine, but
>>> Vetadine is only sold in small bottles at a much higher price.
>>>
>>> Comments?
>>>

>>
>> What's wrong with sodium metabisulphite?

>
> You have to rinse it off thoroughly. OTOH, you can soak clean
> equipment in the right dilution of Betadine for a few minutes, let it
> drip for a few minutes, & use it that way --- it's a lot easier.
>


A trace of sod.meta. is surely fairly harmless though - it's a permitted
food preservative, aka E223. Granted you don't want to nuke the yeast,
but the same must apply to betadine.