diff -r 804d45bdaa86 -r a9f8de2d7b2b www/includes/db_inventory_fermentables.php
--- a/www/includes/db_inventory_fermentables.php	Thu Oct 04 22:50:40 2018 +0200
+++ b/www/includes/db_inventory_fermentables.php	Tue Nov 06 22:55:55 2018 +0100
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 if (! $connect) {
 	die('Connect Error (' . mysqli_connect_errno() . ') ' . mysqli_connect_error());
 }
+mysqli_set_charset($connect, "utf8" );
 
 // get data and store in a json array
 $query = "SELECT * FROM inventory_fermentables ORDER BY supplier,name";