Beurer DS 81: 1 G ETTING TO KNOW YOUR INSTRUMENT Instrument functions 2 S AFETY INFORMATION

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1 G

ETTING TO KNOW YOUR INSTRUMENT

Instrument functions  

These digital diet kitchen scales are used to 

weigh food and monitor diet. Weight is dis-

played in 1 g graduations. The scales are 

designed for private use. The following func-

tions can thus be performed quickly and 

easily: 

•

 measuring the 

weight

of foodstuffs up to  

5000 g (weighing mode). 

•

 determining various 

nutritional values

(protein content, fat content, cholesterol, 

carbohydrate content) of 1000 foodstuffs. 

•

 determining the 

energy value

 of 1000 

foodstuffs in kilocalories (kcal) or kilojoules 

(kJ). 

•

 calculating the carbohydrate content in 

bread units 

(BE)

•

 storing foodstuffs which have been 

weighed over a specific period and dis-

playing the totals (storage mode).  

The diet kitchen scales also have the follow-

ing functions: 

•

  Additional weighing function (tare function) 

for weighing foodstuffs directly one after 

the other in one bowl 

•

  Possibility to switch between grams and 

ounces 

•

 Automatic  switch-off function after 90 

seconds 

•

  Automatic warning function when the up-

per weighing range limit of 5000 g is ex-

ceeded 

•

 'Change battery' display when batteries 

are low 

2 S

AFETY INFORMATION

WARNING

Note that you must not take any medica-

tion (e.g. administration of insulin) based 

solely on the nutritional information of the 

the diet scale. Check the nutritional in-

formation against a second source before 

 administering medication (e.g. literature 

on the subject, nutritional courses).  

A plausibility check is particularly impor-

tant in view of possible operating errors 

(e.g. typing errors when entering informa-

tion) as well as possible deviations of 

nutritional food values from the approxi-

mate values stored in the diet scale. In 

serious cases, this could lead to errors in 

administering medication, for which we 

cannot assume liability. 

IMPORTANT

•

  The values stored in the scale for 

finished products and mixtures (e.g. 

Black Forest gateau) may be subject 

to relatively great deviations depend-

ing on the manufacturer or prepara-

tion. With finished products, we there-

fore recommend comparing the values 

with the information given by the ma-

nufacturer on the packaging and, with 

mixtures, we recommend calculating 

the nutritional value by addition of the 

separate ingredients. 

•

  The stored nutritional values for the 

individual food items are programmed 

into the scale in good faith and in ac-

cordance with the applicable data at 

the time of printing the instructions for 

use. 

•

  If foods have no information (display: 

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 ), do not add these to the sum 

function. The end result could be in-

correct.