How can I tell if my drink is really sugar free?

taco_truck_tom

I suffer from diabetes mellitus and when travelling, I always try to avoid sugar in food and drinks. I prefer home made food, and when at a new restaurant, I generally skip the dessert unless I'm sure it is sugar free. With drinks anyway I have troubles sometimes. It happened to me a few times when travelling that I ordered a light coke/pepsi, etc. and was served normal coke instead. From my experience this typically happens because the waiter...

Originally asked by seawalker on Stack Exchange (travel) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Here's a site showing various electronic devices and a manual solution (test strips) that seems to solve your problem: https://mysugr.com/diet-drink-really-diet-check-sugar/ 100 test strips for $25 with the suggestion that you can cut them in half to last longer. That would probably last you a few trips and give you peace of mind. Here's another (old) site recommending the use of test strips: http://home.ptd.net/~hwagner/2r_strip.htm typically used to test urine, but could also be used to test drinks for sugar content. Here's a random site selling such strips: https://www.enasco.com/product/SB09754M though it might be adisable to speak to your doctor to determine if these should be used for...

Full answer by Berwyn: https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/69139 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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