Testing for all grain sugar conversion

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Testing for all grain sugar conversion

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I asked the wife to pick up a bottle of iodine while she was out. She picked up a bottle of Iodides Tincture. This is a clear de-colorized iodine (45% denatured alcohol. Is this suitable for testing an AG sugar conversion?
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should be
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Wouldn't think it would need any.But manufacture should have included that.
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easiest way to tell is test it with some starchy water , and then with some sugar water
...iodine typically turns starch black, and has no reaction to sugar
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