• vithigar@lemmy.ca
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    23 hours ago

    The “something” in question is elements. Barring the very inadvisable edge case where you’re ingesting some kind of pure metal or degenerate matter there is not anything you can eat that does not contain chemicals.

    Complaining about a food containing “chemicals” makes about as much sense as calling out the software you use for being compiled from “code”.

    • angrystego@lemmy.world
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      23 hours ago

      Yes, but what I meant was, for example, artificial vanilla flavour is a chemical, which used to be made from cloves oil, now is made from wood compounds. The processes and ingrediences needed to produce it are also diverse and interesting.