🆕 Updated for Eco 14 — “Garbage & Recycling” — this server and these numbers now reflect the new version. What changed →
  • 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.
  • Pollution has four kinds: acid rain, chemical, soil and heavy mineral, each settling into the ground differently. Pollution guide →
  • Modules reworked: upgrades are now Basic / Advanced / Modern / Specialty, one per slot, driving the same bonus system as talents. Module guide →
  • Fresh water: machines need it — water drawn from the ocean has to be desalinated first.

The character calculator has been updated for these changes. Read the garbage & recycling guide →

Cornmeal

Cornmeal

Dried and ground corn; it's like a courser flour.

Weight100 gMax stack100Food60 calCompostableSkillMilling Lv 1StationMill

Notes

Cornmeal is a basic food ingredient made from dried and ground corn, used in recipes like Tortilla, Pupusas, and Mochi. It provides modest nutrition (60 calories, 9 carbs, 3 protein, 3 fat) and is compostable, but its real value is as a cooking component rather than a standalone meal. A practical tip: stock cornmeal in your store early so cooks can produce higher-tier dishes, which will improve everyone's diet balance and accelerate skill-point gain.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

Nutrition

Calories60Shelf life96 h
Carbs9
Protein3
Fat3
Vitamins0

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 total15Balanced-diet ××0.5Variety ××1Tastiness ××1Skill-gain rate≈ 19.5

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

Total raw to craft this

Steps1Total labor15 calTotal time2 min

Categories

Obtained from

Industrial Mill
Mill

Used in

Cast Iron Stove
Kitchen
Mill
Oil Refinery
Stove

See also

Pale as morning dust and faintly sweet, it waits in the pantry — humble, patient, and ready to become something more.