Fruit Jam
| Fruit Jam | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Ingredients |
| Type | NoExplicit |
| Hunger | -30 |
| Thirst | - |
| Calories | 550 |
| Fresh | - |
| Rotten | - |
| Cook Time | - |
| Weight | 0.2 |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.JamFruit
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Fruit Jam is a jar of sweet fruit preserve. It can be eaten straight from the jar, and it is rich in energy. One jar lowers hunger by 30 and lifts mood a little.
Jam is also a sweet ingredient for cakes, bread, pancakes, toast, sandwiches and oatmeal. It keeps indefinitely, so it is a good item to stash. Jars are found in kitchens, crepe restaurants, bakeries and general stores. The Chef is the best occupation for ingredients. It starts with the most Cooking skill. The Burger Flipper also starts with some Cooking skill.
Eating
A jar of Fruit Jam lowers hunger by 30 and lowers unhappiness by 10. It holds 550 calories, with 130 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of protein and no fat. That is a lot of energy for its weight of 0.2.
The high calorie count makes jam useful for a character who is losing weight. Nearly all of that energy comes from carbohydrates.
The table shows the game figures for one serving. Negative hunger and thirst fill the character up, and negative unhappiness and boredom cheer them up.
| Item | Hunger | Calories | Carbs | Protein | Fat | Unhappiness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit Jam | -30 | 550 | 130 | 1 | 0 | -10 |
Cooking
Fruit Jam is a sweet ingredient for evolved dishes. It adds 15 hunger to a Cake or a loaf of Bread. In Pancakes or an Ice Cream Cone it adds 5. On Toast, in a Sandwich or in Oatmeal it adds 3.
A cake or a loaf of bread gets the most from a jar. Since one jar holds 30 hunger, it can be spread across several dishes.
These dishes take the Fruit Jam as an ingredient, with the hunger it restores in each.
| Dish | Hunger Restored | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Bread | 15 | - |
| Cake | 15 | - |
| Ice Cream Cone | 5 | - |
| Pancakes | 5 | - |
| Oatmeal | 3 | - |
| Sandwich | 3 | - |
| Toast | 3 | - |
Locations
Fruit Jam is a fairly common find. Crepe restaurant kitchen counters hold it a little under half the time, and their fridges about a quarter of the time. General store shelves carry it about a fifth of the time. Bakery and donut shop fridges turn it up nearly as often.
In homes, kitchen and living room counters and overhead cupboards hold a jar about one time in ten. Food caches, Gigamart and grocery store shelves carry it now and then.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Kitchen crepe | Counter | 40% |
| Kitchen crepe | Fridge | 24.6% |
| General store | Shelves | 19.4% |
| Bakery | Fridge | 17.4% |
| Bakery kitchen | Fridge | 17.4% |
| Donut kitchen | Fridge | 17.4% |
| Donut kitchen storage | Fridge | 17.4% |
| Gigamart | Shelves | 4.8% |
| Grocery store | Shelves | 4.8% |
| Restaurant kitchen | Fridge | 4.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Living room | Counter | 12.9% |
| Living room | Overhead cupboard | 12.9% |
| Kitchen | Counter | 10.3% |
| Kitchen | Overhead cupboard | 10.3% |
| Hoarder kitchen | Fridge | 2.5% |
| Any building | Fridge | 0.9% |
| Living room | Fridge | 0.9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Food cache1 | Food box | 9.5% |
Notes
- Fruit Jam keeps indefinitely, so it suits a long-term food stash.
- A single jar can be spread across several dishes.
- It adds the most hunger to a Cake or a loaf of Bread.
- Crepe restaurants are the best place to find it.
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