Welcome to L316 NCO Professional Ethics. The United States military abides by a code of ethics that could be described as better than the morals that influence many in the civilian population based on information from Major General Jerry E. White of the Air Force Reserves.
Most vitamins are made out of parts of several varieties of fish like cod. However, some companies make vegan vitamins, which are made of various plants like soy.
Vitamins are naturally occurring organic nutrients, which means they're based on the elements carbon and hydrogen. Minerals are inorganic compounds -- ones not based on carbon and hydrogen -- and are smaller particles that come mostly from natural geological processes.