Glucose test strips?

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dcwilson303
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Glucose test strips?

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I was looking for ways to test sugar levels in potatoes (for making fries/chips etc) when, I found these. Figured it might be a useful & cheap way to test sugar levels in your mash. Wondering if any have tried it here?
https://www.carolina.com/catalog/detail ... _pEALw_wcB
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Most use a refractometer but can't speak for all.
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The test strips are cool, thanks for sharing. But a refractometer costs like two packs of these test strips and I will use it many times per mashing, it never runs out!
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Pretty sure that stuff is also known as Tes tape . Its used by pregnant woman to test urine for Glucose levels . We got heaps of it at work ....LOl .. not for that purpose . I’m curious if it will also show
other sugars as well .
Never crossed my mind to use it in distilling .Thanks ... might be worth a look
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