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Connie Lee

By Connie Lee
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The NIMA confuses me. To use it in restaurants you would have to purchase a meal to use it, correct? Wouldn't that be a waste of money if the meal positive for gluten? You wouldn't get your money back and you would have to sit and watch everyone else eat. Has anyone had an experience like that?

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What's the NIMA?

Connie Lee Newbie
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18 minutes ago, plumbago said:

What's the NIMA?

It's a gluten sensing device advertised as good to take to restaurants 

trents Grand Master
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Yes, you would but it's better than getting sick.

Scott Adams Grand Master
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If you ordered a gluten-free meal which then tested positive for gluten, it is very unlikely that the restaurant would charge you for the meal. I agree with @trents and even if they charged you for the meal, it would be better to not eat it anyway to avoid getting sick.

I have a Nima sensor and gave up using it at restaurants for a few reasons, for example, if you put a pea sized sample of food in the sensor from one item or area of your plate, it won't guarantee that gluten contamination might be in another area of food on your plate. What if some crumbs got stuck to a piece of bacon, but you didn't test that specific spot? 

I used my Nima instead to test the things that I consume at home regularly which are not labelled gluten-free, for example a can of refried beans, ground spices, corn tortillas, etc.

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13 minutes ago, Scott Adams said:

If you ordered a gluten-free meal which then tested positive for gluten, it is very unlikely that the restaurant would charge you for the meal. I agree with @trents and even if they charged you for the meal, it would be better to not eat it anyway to avoid getting sick.

I have a Nima sensor and gave up using at restaurants for a few reasons, for example, if you put a pea sized sample of food in the sensor from one item or area of your plate, it won't guarantee that gluten contamination might be in another area of food on your plate. What if some crumbs got stock to a piece of bacon, but you didn't test that specific spot? 

I used my Nima instead to test the things that I consume at home regularly which are not labelled gluten-free, for example a can of refried beans, ground spices, corn tortillas, etc.

Thank you for the information. That helps a lot.

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