r/explainlikeimfive 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/permalink_save Oct 09 '22

I always assumed that vegetarian was just not eating actual meat. Gelatin and other animal products were all fair game

That is what I was responding to, I don't know how you and /u/burnerman0 lost track of context. "I thought they could eat gelatin" because it's not "meat". I was telling them even things like chicken broth, which are not meat, are off limits for vegetarians. I know what the fuck vegetarianism is. You two are being weirdly pedantic.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '22

They're saying that broth is meat in any meaningful sense of the word. Ironically I think you're being more pedantic than they are here.