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  • Byproducts: nearly every recipe now leaves waste behind, so recipe pages list byproducts alongside ingredients.
  • Garbage & recycling: waste sorts from mixed garbage down to pure materials, and can be recycled back into stock.
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Beet

Beet

A brilliantly colored bulb with an earthy sweetness.

Weight125 gMax stack100Food230 calCompostableCrop

Notes

Beet is a root vegetable crop that provides 230 calories and a modest mix of carbs, fat, and vitamins (2 each of carbs and fat, 4 vitamins). It can be planted and harvested from wild Beet plants, and its relatively balanced nutrient profile makes it a useful ingredient for salads and other dishes that contribute to a varied diet for faster skill-point gain. Keep in mind that eating raw beet alone gives low total nutrition, so it pairs best with other foods to improve your diet balance and the resulting XP multiplier.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

Nutrition

Calories230Shelf life96 h
Carbs2
Protein0
Fat2
Vitamins4

Diet & XP

Eating doesn't change a food's calories or nutrition — those are fixed. What your diet changes is your skill-gain rate (XP). This estimates the rate this food's nutrients contribute. ≈ estimate; set your diet in the ⚙ Character panel.

Nutrient total8Balanced-diet ××0.5Variety ××1Tastiness ××1Skill-gain rate16

Base: this food alone (+12 base gain). Craving & dinner-party bonuses are situational (assumed ×1).

Recycling & waste

Salvages into (per unit)

The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.

How garbage, sorting & recycling work

Categories

Found in the wild

Used in

Bakery Oven
Campfire
Cast Iron Stove
Farmers Table
Fiber Scutching Station
Industrial Mill
Mill
Research Table

See also