Raw food

Raw food is primarily used as ingredients for making meals at a stove or processed by a nutrient paste dispenser. Some foods taste good eaten raw, but most don't. Raw food must be stored at a temperature no greater than 0 °C (32 °F) to prevent spoilage and rot.

Raw (bad tasting)

The following food items will cause colonists to get the Ate raw food thought. Animals eat these items with no such effect.

Eating raw human meat gives an especially bad mood effect for most colonists (see Human Resources).

	Name	Nutrition	Deterioration rate	Shelf life
	Agave fruit	0.05	6	25
	Corn	0.05	6	60
	Potatoes	0.05	6	30
	Rice	0.05	6	40
	Eggs
	Meat	0.05	6	2

Raw (tasty)

The following food items are tasty, even when eaten raw, and this incurs no mood penalty. However, all raw food is considered unsafe and comes with an increased risk of food poisoning.

	Name	Nutrition	Deterioration rate	Shelf life
	Berries	0.05	6	14
	Milk	0.05	10	14
	Insect jelly	0.05	6	never

Animal Feed

Hay is edible only by herbivorous animals. It can be combined with any meat into Kibble, which is edible by all animals (and humans, incurring a mood penalty).

	Name	Nutrition	Deterioration rate	Shelf life
	Hay	0.05	6	60