For example, cheese is mold and mold that grows on food after it sits for a while is also mold, but that mold is disgusting whereas cheese is edible.

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    Cheese is not mold, though. Blue cheese contains it, other kinds are milk solids and maybe some bacteria.

    Edit: To answer the question: Soy can be turned into either bioplastic or food. Pure carbon can be diamonds or soot/coal/graphite. Electrical resistance can either be unwanted waste or the primary purpose of the circuit (like in a space heater).