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")

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"TAMSNJ" > wrote in message
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> 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

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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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.

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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
> > Remove "PSANTISPAM" from my address line to reply.
> > All outgoing mail is scanned by Norton
> > Anti Virus for your protection too!
> > "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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Trevor,
I'm really not sure what you're concerned about. The use of Clintest
tablets is standard practice in winemaking for testing residual sugar in
wine. A logical follow on question is whether Clinistix and meters and
serve the same purpose - they can't as far as I know.

His question is about WINE not about diabetes, and is perfectly valid.

I don't know your situation or why this bothers you, and I'm sorry it does,
but it is a valid winemaking question.

Alastair

On 2004-03-13 22:12:01 -0500, "Pinky" >
said:

>
>
> 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
> Remove "PSANTISPAM" from my address line to reply.
> All outgoing mail is scanned by Norton
> Anti Virus for your protection too!
> "Alastair Thomson" > wrote
in
> message
news:2004031319203716807%madkiwiwinemaker@visualma giciannospamcom...
> > 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
> > > Remove "PSANTISPAM" from my address line to reply.
> > > All outgoing mail is scanned by Norton
> > > Anti Virus for your protection too!
> > > "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
> > (Remove nospam for e-mail)
>
>
>


The Mad Kiwi Winemaker
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"Pinky" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> 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!
>

Wow, now that's a subtle troll.

For someone to sit down and think, hmm, given that Clinistix are notoriously
inaccurate, why don't I go to some discussion group that has nothing to do
with diabetes, and ask about measuring sugar levels with Clinistix, because
I'll bet I'll run into a diabetic that has had a bad experience with them
there, and it will really, really **** them off.

Good catch, Trevor. I would have missed it completely. ;-)

Brian

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