Project Zomboid Food & Nutrition Database

This is a complete, searchable database of 451 Project Zomboid food items, built from the game's Build 42 scripts. Every item shows how much it reduces hunger and thirst, its calories and full macros (carbohydrates, protein, fat), its effect on unhappiness, and how many days it stays fresh before rotting. Filter by food type (canned, meat, berry, vegetable, and dozens more) or sort by calories and how filling each item is.

Build 42 made nutrition matter more than ever. Calories feed the weight and fitness system — eat too few over time and you lose weight and strength; binge on high-calorie food and you gain it. The macros matter for a fit build, and the days-fresh / days-rotten numbers tell you what to eat first before your fridge (or the power grid) gives out. Negative hunger means the food fills you: −60 hunger restores far more than −10.

Use it to plan a base pantry: canned goods for shelf-life, high-calorie staples for survival, and which foraged berries and mushrooms are actually worth eating. Watch the flags — some items are alcoholic or can be poisonous raw. Pair with the character build planner if you're running the Nutritionist trait or a weight-sensitive build.

All values are vanilla Build 42, straight from the game files. Cooking, freshness, and rotting all change these in-game, and mods add their own food — treat this as the base-item baseline. Running your own server? XGamingServer's Project Zomboid hosting spins up in minutes with full sandbox control over hunger and loot.