The food cycle starts with basic chemicals in the soil and ends with:

Answer: The food cycle starts with the basic chemicals in the soil and ends up in producing complex compounds.

Explanation:

The process of food cycle starts from the soil where the carbon dioxide and water combines in the presence of sunlight to get converted into complex compounds.

These compounds are used by the plants itself and other animals. The animals use these complex compounds to get energy for sustaining their life.

The complex compounds are generally carbohydrates which is stored in the form of glycogen in the plants.