Food (Resource)

This article is about food consumed by Duplicants. For the building category, see Food (Building).

Food quality is explained on another page.

Ingredients and recipes

Basic Information					Cooking Information
Image + Name	DLC	Quality	Spoil Time	kcal per kg	Ingredient	Ingredient Amount	Source	You get
Barbeque		Good [+3]	4 cycles	4000 kcal per kg	Meat	3200 kcal	Electric Grill	4000 kcal
Berry Sludge		Good [+3]	Never	4000 kcal per kg	Bristle Berry Sleet Wheat Grain or Megafrond Grain	1600 kcal 5 units	Microbe Musher	4000 kcal
Bog Jelly		Terrible [0]	4 cycles	1840 kcal per kg			Bog Bucket	1840 kcal
Bristle Berry		Terrible [0]	8 cycles	1600 kcal per kg			Bristle Blossom	1600 kcal
Cooked Seafood		Good [+3]	4 cycles	1600 kcal per kg	Raw Shellfish or Pacu Fillet	1000 kcal	Electric Grill	1600 kcal
Curried Beans		Great [+4]	16 cycles	5000 kcal per kg	Tonic Root Nosh Bean	5 units 5 units	Gas Range	5000 kcal
Fish Taco		Great [+4]	4 cycles	4200 kcal per kg	Pacu Fillet Tallow Sleet Wheat Grain or Megafrond Grain	1000 kcal 2400 g 2 units	Deep Fryer	4200 kcal
Fried Mushroom		Poor [+1]	8 cycles	2800 kcal per kg	Mushroom	2400 kcal	Electric Grill	2800 kcal
Frost Bun		Standard [+2]	8 cycles	1200 kcal per kg	Sleet Wheat Grain or Megafrond Grain	3 units	Electric Grill	1200 kcal
Frost Burger		Ambrosial [+6]	4 cycles	6000 kcal per kg	Frost Bun Lettuce Barbeque	1200 kcal 400 kcal 4000 kcal	Gas Range	6000 kcal
Gristle Berry		Poor [+1]	8 cycles	2000 kcal per kg	Bristle Berry	1600 kcal	Electric Grill	2000 kcal
Grubfruit Preserve		Good [+3]	32 cycles	2400 kcal per kg	Grubfruit Sucrose	2000 kcal 4000 g	Electric Grill	2400 kcal
Grubfruit		Poor [+1]	4 cycles	250 kcal per kg			Grubfruit Plant	2000 kcal
Hexalent Fruit		Grisly [-1]	Never	6400 kcal per kg			Hexalent	6400 kcal
Jawbo Fillet		Good [+3]	4 cycles	1000 kcal per kg			Jawbo dying	12000 kcal
Lettuce		Terrible [0]	4 cycles	400 kcal per kg			Waterweed	4800 kcal
Liceloaf		Terrible [0]	8 cycles	1700 kcal per kg	Meal Lice Water	1200 kcal 50 kg	Microbe Musher	1700 kcal
Meal Lice		Grisly [-1]	8 cycles	600 kcal per kg			Mealwood	600 kcal
Meat		Grisly [-1]	8 cycles	1600 kcal per kg			Critter dying	1600-16000 kcal
Megafrond Grain		Standard [+2]	16 cycles	N/A			Megafrond	36 units
Mimillet		N/A	8 cycles	N/A			Mimika dying	1 unit
Mixed Berry Pie		Superb [+5]	4 cycles	4200 kcal per kg	Grubfruit Gristle Berry Sleet Wheat Grain or Megafrond Grain	1000 kcal 2000 kcal 3 units	Gas Range	4200 kcal
Muckroot		Grisly [-1]	Never	800 kcal per kg			Buried Muckroot Buried Object	800 kcal 800 kcal
Mush Bar		Grisly [-1]	8 cycles	800 kcal per kg	Dirt Water	75 kg 75 kg	Microbe Musher	800 kcal
Mush Fry		Terrible [0]	8 cycles	1050 kcal per kg	Mush Bar	800 kcal	Electric Grill	1050 kcal
Mushroom Quiche		Superb [+5]	4 cycles	6400 kcal per kg	Omelette Lettuce Fried Mushroom	2800 kcal 400kcal 2800 kcal	Gas Range	6400 kcal
Mushroom Wrap		Great [+4]	4 cycles	4800 kcal per kg	Fried Mushroom Lettuce	2400 kcal 1600 kcal	Gas Range	4800 kcal
Mushroom		Terrible [0]	8 cycles	2400 kcal per kg			Dusk Cap	2400 kcal
Nosh Bean		Good [+3]	8 cycles	N/A			Nosh Sprout	12 units
Nosh Noms		Good [+3]	8 cycles	5000 kcal per kg	Nosh Bean Tallow	6 units 1000 g	Deep Fryer	5000 kcal
Nutrient Bar		Grisly [-1]	Never	800 kcal per kg			Start of The Game Vending Machine	16000 kcal 800 kcal
Omelette		Standard [+2]	4 cycles	2800 kcal per kg	Raw Egg	1600 kcal	Electric Grill	2800 kcal
Ovagro Fig		Terrible [0]	8 cycles	325 kcal per kg			Ovagro Node (vines)	0-7800 kcal
Pacu Fillet		Standard [+2]	4 cycles	1000 kcal per kg			Pacu dying	1000 kcal
Pemmican		Standard [+2]	Never	2600 kcal per kg	Meat Tallow	1600 kcal 1000 g	Microbe Musher	2600 kcal
Pepper Bread		Superb [+5]	8 cycles	4000 kcal per kg	Pincha Peppernut Sleet Wheat Grain or Megafrond Grain	1000 g 10 units	Gas Range	4000 kcal
Pickled Meal		Grisly [-1]	32 cycles	1800 kcal per kg	Meal Lice	1800 kcal	Electric Grill	1800 kcal
Pikeapple Skewer		Poor [+1]	8 cycles	1200 kcal per kg	Pikeapple	800 kcal	Electric Grill	1200 kcal
Pikeapple		Grisly [-1]	16 cycles	800 kcal per kg			Pikeapple Bush	800 kcal
Pincha Peppernut		Terrible [0]	4 cycles	N/A			Pincha Pepper	4 kg
Plant Meat		Poor [+1]	4 cycles	1200 kcal per kg	Critter		Saturn Critter Trap	12000 kcal
Plume Squash		Terrible [0]	16 cycles	4000 kcal per kg			Plume Squash Plant	4000 kcal
Raw Egg		Grisly [-1]	4 cycles	1600 kcal per kg	Critter Egg		Critter Egg getting to 0% viability Egg Cracker	100 g-2000 g
Raw Shellfish		Standard [+2]	4 cycles	1000 kcal per kg			Sanishell dying	4000 kcal
Roast Grubfruit Nut		Poor [+1]	8 cycles	1200 kcal per kg	Spindly Grubfruit	800 kcal	Electric Grill	1200 kcal
Shellfish Tempura		Great [+4]	4 cycles	4200 kcal per kg	Raw Shellfish Tallow Sleet Wheat Grain or Megafrond Grain	1000 kcal 2400 g 2 units	Deep Fryer	4200 kcal
Sherberry		Grisly [-1]	Never	800 kcal per kg			Sherberry Plant	800 kcal
Sleet Wheat Grain		Terrible [0]	16 cycles	N/A			Sleet Wheat	18 kg
Smoked Fish		Good [+3]	32 cycles	2800 kcal per kg	Pacu Fillet or Jawbo Fillet	6000 kcal	Smoker	11200 kcal
Snac Fruit		Grisly [-1]	Never	800 kcal per kg			Snactus	800 kcal
Soufflé Pancakes		Good [+3]	8 cycles	3600 kcal per kg	Raw Egg Sleet Wheat Grain or Megafrond Grain	1600 kcal 2 units	Electric Grill	3600 kcal
Spicy Tofu		Superb [+5]	4 cycles	4000 kcal per kg	Tofu Pincha Peppernut	3600 kcal 1000 g	Gas Range	4000 kcal
Spindly Grubfruit		Terrible [0]	8 cycles	800 kcal per kg			Spindly Grubfruit Plant	800 kcal
Squash Fries		Good [+3]	4 cycles	5400 kcal per kg	Plume Squash Tallow	4000 kcal 1000 g	Deep Fryer	5400 kcal
Stuffed Berry		Great [+4]	4 cycles	4400 kcal per kg	Gristle Berry Pincha Peppernut	4000 kcal 2000 g	Gas Range	4400 kcal
Surf'n'Turf		Great [+4]	4 cycles	6000 kcal per kg	Barbeque Cooked Seafood	4000 kcal 1600 kcal	Gas Range	6000 kcal
Swamp Chard Heart		Grisly [-1]	Never	2400 kcal per kg			Swamp Chard	2400 kcal
Swampy Delights		Poor [+1]	8 cycles	2240 kcal per kg	Bog Jelly	1840 kcal	Electric Grill	2240 kcal
Sweatcorn		Grisly [-1]	16 cycles	800 kcal per kg			Sweatcorn Stalk	800 kcal
Tender Brisket		Good [+3]	8 cycles	5000 kcal per kg	Tough Meat	6 kg	Smoker	16000 kcal
Toasted Mimillet		Poor [+1]	8 cycles	1500 kcal per kg	Mimillet	1 unit	Electric Grill	1500 kcal
Tofu		Standard [+2]	4 cycles	3600 kcal per kg	Nosh Bean Water	6 units 50 kg	Microbe Musher	3600 kcal
Tough Meat		Grisly [-1]	4 cycles	N/A			Rhex Lumb	5 kg 12 kg
Veggie Poppers		Standard [+2]	16 cycles	2863 kcal per kg	Sweatcorn or Pikeapple or Spindly Grubfruit	5600 kcal	Smoker	11450 kcal

Food storage

Food is only fully preserved when it's both, in a Deep Freeze, and in a Sterile Atmosphere.

Spoilage speed

Each Food has a base decay rate. For foodstuff with a base shelf life of 4 cycles this is -25% freshness/cycle. Each modifier causes a part of this base decay rate which are then added together.

Example:

• Unrefrigerated is x0.7, normal atmosphere is x0.3, for normal food spoilage speed of x1
• Refrigerated is x0.2, polluted atmosphere is x1, for a faster food spoilage speed of x1.2

Temperature

Cooling Food slows down its spoilage. A Refrigerator cools down its contents to 1 °C / 33.8 °F. The game looks at the food item and its surrounding atmosphere, and picks whichever is lower to decide whether it is refrigerated. Therefore, food can be refrigerated simply by being stored in a cold place.

If the Food is inside a Vacuum, the temperature of the food alone determines whether it's considered refrigerated or frozen.

Unrefrigerated

Above 4 °C / 39.2 °F: food spoilage multiplier is x0.7 (-17.5%/cycle from a base -25%/cycle)

Refrigerated

Below 4 °C / 39.2 °F: food spoilage multiplier is x0.2 (-5%/cycle from a base -25%/cycle)

Deep Freeze

Below -18 °C / -0.4 °F: food spoilage multiplier is x0 (only the atmosphere will contribute to spoilage)

The only exception is Sleet Wheat Grain, which is much easier to store without spoilage: its refrigerated temperature is less than or equal to 35 °C / 95 °F, and its deep freeze temperature is less than or equal to 10 °C / 50 °F.

Atmospheres

Food spoils depending on the atmosphere it is exposed to:

• Normal Atmosphere: food spoilage multiplier: x0.3 (-7.5%/cycle from a base -25%/cycle)
• Polluted Atmosphere: food spoilage multiplier: x1 (-25%/cycle from a base -25%/cycle)
• Sterile Atmosphere: food spoilage multiplier: x0 (only the temperature will contribute to spoilage)

The following atmospheres are considered as sterile and slow down Food spoilage:

• Carbon Dioxide
• Chlorine
• Hydrogen
• Gas Gold
• Rock Gas
• Gas Copper
• Gas Steel
• Steam
• Vacuum

Polluted Oxygen and Gas Phosphorus are considered polluted atmospheres. Any other Gases, Liquids or Solids (like on a conveyor rail inside a Tile) are normal atmospheres. like other entities, Food entombed inside Manual airlocks, mechanized airlocks, or natural tiles will retain their state indefinitely until dug out.

Spoilage speed table

Spoil Speed Multiplier

Temperature	Atmosphere
	Sterile	Normal	Polluted
Below -18 °C / -0.4 °F (frozen)	x0	x0.3	x1
-18 °C / -0.4 °F to 4 °C / 39.2 °F (refrigerated)	x0.2	x0.5	x1.2
Above 4 °C / 39.2 °F (unrefrigerated)	x0.7	x1	x1.7

Shelf Life Multiplier

Temperature	Atmosphere
	Sterile	Normal	Polluted
Below -18 °C / -0.4 °F (frozen)	forever	x3.333	x1
-18 °C / -0.4 °F to 4 °C / 39.2 °F (refrigerated)	x5	x2	x0.833
Above 4 °C / 39.2 °F (unrefrigerated)	x1.428	x1	x0.588

Buff and Debuffs

Aquatic Diet

Radiation Resistant: Aquatic Diet is a buff dupes get that gives Radiation Resistance 20% when they eat sea-grown foods. It's exclusive

Soul Food

Frost Burger has the highest food quality in the game and unique Soul Food effect, which grants -15% stress relief and -2 Athletics for 2 cycles.

Hot Stuff

Athletics +3, Strength +3, Sneeziness +1, Stress: +5%/cycle

Frost Resistant: Spicy Diet

Temporary immunity against Chilly Surroundings and Soggy Feet

Tips

After the November 2025 Quality of Life Update food inside food storages get little icons that indicate their state. There is an icon for the following states:

• Refrigerated if it is between 4 °C / 39.2 °F and -18 °C / -0.4 °F
• Deep Freeze: if it is below -18 °C / -0.4 °F
• Fresh: if it is between 50% and 100% freshness
• Stale: if it is below 50% freshness
• Seasoned: if it was spiced
• Germs: if it has any % of germs

History

• EX1-463874:
  • Rottable items now have two stages of cooling: refrigerated and deep freeze.
  • Rottable items aren't fully preserved unless they are both in sterile atmosphere AND deep-frozen, because temperature and atmosphere effects now stack.
    • Temperature and atmosphere effects have been rebalanced to account for this.
    • Refrigerated food now lasts 5x as long instead of 2x.
  • Food preservation times were incorrectly reported in the Codex, and were missing their refrigeration value.
  • Rottable foods correctly detect if they're in an active fridge or not.
  • Refrigerators cool things to 2 °C / 35.6 °F instead of 4 °C / 39.2 °F, so that they actually get cold enough to be refrigerated. Note: foods in a powered fridge are always considered refrigerated regardless of temperature.
  • Foods dropped from a fridge will no longer continue cooling off on the ground.
  • "Unrefrigerated Food" notification now jumps to that food when clicked. Only partially stale unrefrigerated food in storage will trigger the notification.
• EX1-465635: Foods in vacuum now use exclusively their internal temperature to decide if they are refrigerated or not.
• U48-567980: Raw Egg is now edible.
• U56-674504: Added new foods and ingredients, The Prehistoric Planet Pack DLC
• U57-700386: Food items shown in a storage UI can now display icons to show whether the item is fresh / stale / deep frozen / refrigerated / spiced.