Nutrient paste meal
Nutrient paste meal
A synthetic mixture of protein, carbohydrates, and vitamins, amino acids and minerals. Everything the body needs, and absolutely disgusting.
Nutrition Facts
- Nutrition
- 0.9
- Taste
- Awful
Base Stats
- Days To Start Rot
- 0.75
- Deterioration Rate
- 10
- Flammability
- 1
- Market Value
- 10
- Mass
- 0.44
- Max Hit Points
- 50
A Nutrient paste meal is generated from a nutrient paste dispenser and requires 0.3 nutrition from any edible ingredients to create. No cooking skill is required to create this meal. When eaten it causes the Ate nutrient paste thought with a -4 mood penalty. Nutrient paste meals restore 0.9 saturation.
Nutrient paste meals have advantages over meals prepared by a cook. The greatest advantage is that it is extremely efficient on food reserves. It only consumes 0.3 nutrition worth of ingredients to produce a meal with 0.9 nutrition, whereas fine meals or pemmican use 0.5 nutrition to provide the same amount.
A second less important advantage is that nutrient paste meals never cause food poisoning, while meals prepared by a cook always have a chance of causing food poisoning.
Colonists will prefer eating a simple meal or berries instead of using the dispenser. Using a fueled stove, an electric stove or even a campfire provides better meals.