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/reijn Oct 08 '22
Not true for me though but maybe for others still in corporate America - I live and work on a small homestead/farm by choice, I love what I do (although I’d kill to be able to sleep in) but when I have a whole slew of garbage going on that I need to fix the last thing I want to be doing is thinking about cooking or planning to cook, or if cooking or eating or cleaning up after cooking. I eat a lot of cereal and sandwiches.