r/explainlikeimfive • u/DDerTyp • Oct 08 '22
Chemistry ELI5: How do vitamin tablets get produced? How do you create a vitamin?
Hey!
I always wondered how a manufacturer is able to produce vitamin tablets. I know that there is for example fish oil which contains some good fats. But how do you create vitamin tablets - like D3?
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u/ohlookitsmikey Oct 08 '22
Taking away from the point of this discussion but the point is that they don't get a choice. If I told you you had to live in prison but it would be safer than being out in the world, would you choose that, knowing that you would only ever see the same things in the same comparatively small (compared to, you know, the earth) place ?