We all know what organic food, is right? There is a big difference between organic vs inorganic foods. Well, to be certified USDA organic, foods must be grown naturally, with no added chemicals. The same is true of manufactured products such as maple syrup or CBD extract. Everything that goes into these products must be organic, and all processing must be done with food or pharmaceutical grade equipment in a controlled setting. SOPs are required as well as equipment cleaning logs. Yearly inspections are performed, and they are quite thorough. The certification and compliance protocols are rather intense, so if you buy an USDA certified organic product, you can be assured that it is a natural as can be.
Now if a food or product is not organic, that doesn’t mean it is inorganic. It simply means it was grown with chemicals (pesticides, fungicides, fertilizers, hormones, herbicides) and/or processed with chemicals (preservatives, EDTA, color). That is fine for most folks. But if you want your quality assured, buy USDA certified organic products.
Inorganic has a completely different scientific meaning. An inorganic material contains no carbon (except certain carbon compounds that are considered inorganic, such as carbonate salts). That doesn’t mean inorganic chemicals aren’t required for life: quite the contrary. Your bones are made from calcium, and you need potassium to survive. These are the essential minerals in your diet.
Let’s compare two simple substances, both crucial to life: Glucose (sugar) and salt. Glucose is an organic compound with the formula C6H12O6 (it is also a carbohydrate, as you can see: C6(H2O)6). Salt is and inorganic compound with the formula NaCl (sodium chloride). Make a pile of each, and they look almost identical: white cubic crystals. Now put the sugar in a hot oven, say 500 oF. Watch it melt, turn brown and caramelize (which is the sugar polymerizing into starch). Then it starts bubbling as it loses water and begins decomposing. Leave it a while and you end up with this hard black substance. That is carbon, minus the water. You’ve cooked an organic compound down to its essential element, inorganic carbon. Put the salt in the oven, and nothing happens. You could leave it at 500 for months, and nothing would happen. Inorganic salts are very stable.
So organic has many meanings, as does inorganic. Both types of compounds are crucial to life. Organic foods and products, however, if USDA certified, guarantees contaminate free food. Your only choice.
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