An overwhelming majority of what we eat is made from plants and animals. This means that composition of our almost entire food is chemicals from the realm of organic chemistry (carbon-based large molecules). Water and salt are two prominent examples of non-organic foodstuffs - which come from the realm of inorganic chemistry. Beside some medicines is there any more non-organic foods? Can we eat rocks, salts, metals, oxides and I just don’t know that?

  • Magiccupcake
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    Calcium carbonate, is the main ingredient in tums, and is the main component of limestone.

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      But limes are organic, so shouldn’t limestone also count as organic?