eli5: If vitamins are things considered essential to human life, why is salt not considered a vitamin?

Question

Salt isn’t regularly considered a spice, nor is it discussed as a vitamin like A, B, etc. But isn’t it necessary in small amounts for humans?

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Answer 1

The logic in your question is invalid. If all humans are mammals, then why isn’t a German Shepard a human? If all elephants are heavy, then why isn’t a boulder an elephant? If all baseballs are round, then why isn’t the moon a baseball?