TonyP
Senior Member
Star Sans and K-meta are both used for sanitizing. It appears to me that Star Sans is the preferred sanitizer for brewing and K-meta is the favorite for wine making. I've been doing some research to understand why. Here's some points I've come up with and I'd appreciate your comments.
Star Sans: Seems to provide superior sanitizing, no need to rinse, works by vapors so not as useful for hydrometer, thermometer, more expensive, extra item to have, not harmful to user.
K-meta: Probably not as good at sanitizing but good enough, not necessary to rinse but wine makers often do to control sulfitating, can be used easily for everything, less expensive, already on hand for final sulfitating, some people get a reaction to k-meta fumes particularly those with asthma.
Star Sans: Seems to provide superior sanitizing, no need to rinse, works by vapors so not as useful for hydrometer, thermometer, more expensive, extra item to have, not harmful to user.
K-meta: Probably not as good at sanitizing but good enough, not necessary to rinse but wine makers often do to control sulfitating, can be used easily for everything, less expensive, already on hand for final sulfitating, some people get a reaction to k-meta fumes particularly those with asthma.