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Default Betadine discontinued: UK replacement for sanitizing brewing equipment?



"Adam Funk" > wrote in message
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> On 2014-05-09, Jethro_uk wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 09 May 2014 13:49:53 +0100, Fredxxx wrote:
>>
>>> On 09/05/2014 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 using a dishwasher? Surely a non-eco one will get up
>>> the temperatures required for sterilising?

>>
>> Technically, it's not sterilising, it's "sanitising".
>>
>> Fitting 45 500ml bottles in a dishwasher in one go ....

>
> ...& the shortest programme on mine takes 45 minutes.


I don’t care how long it takes because they go in the
dishwasher with everything else and the machine does
that by itself with me doing something else entirely.