Hot Sauce is a food item in Project Zomboid. A whole one changes hunger by -16 and gives 430 calories. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Food Food & water
A whole one changes hunger by -16 and gives 430 calories. It weighs 0.2.
Food in Build 42 has a hunger value, calories and a shelf life. Fresh food goes stale and then rotten, so eat perishables first and keep tins and dry goods for later. Cooking raises the value of many ingredients.
More: Cooking guide · Food list.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.Hotsauce | Food |
Hot Sauce is on 23 loot tables in the game files. Share is how much of a table's total weight this item takes, before your sandbox loot settings. Each container rolls its table several times, so a bigger share and more rolls both mean you see it more often.
| Loot table | Where that table is used | Share | Rolls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crate Hotsauce | Mexican Restaurant (crate, shelves); Taco kitchen (crate, shelves) | 100% | 4 |
| Seafood Kitchen Sauce | Seafood Restaurant (cupboard) | 15% | 4 |
| Burger Kitchen Sauce | Arena kitchen (cupboard); Burger kitchen (cupboard); Restaurant (cupboard) | 13% | 4 |
| Jerky Factory Spices | Jerky factory (shelves); Jerky shipping (shelves) | 11% | 4 |
| Jays Kitchen Sauce | Jay's Chicken kitchen (cupboard) | 10% | 4 |
| Butcher Spices | Butcher (box, shelves); Butchery (box, shelves); Knox butcher (box, shelves) | 8.8% | 4 |
| Mexican Kitchen Sauce | Mexican Restaurant (cupboard); Taco kitchen (cupboard) | 8.0% | 4 |
| Fish Chips Kitchen Sauce | Catfish kitchen (cupboard); Restaurant (cupboard); Fish 'N' Chips Restaurant (cupboard) | 7.9% | 4 |
It is on 15 more tables with smaller shares.
On zombies: zombies in these outfits can carry it: Bandit Late, Bandit Mid, Bandit Early, Bandit, Private Militia.
Inside bags and cases: Plastic Bag, Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
It weighs 0.2 in Build 42.
Base.Hotsauce.
430 calories, and it changes hunger by -16.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.