Margarine is a food item in Project Zomboid. A whole one changes hunger by -24 and gives 3255 calories. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Food Food & water
A whole one changes hunger by -24 and gives 3255 calories. It weighs 0.3.
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.Margarine | Food |
Margarine is on 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery Kitchen Freezer | Bakery (freezer); Bakery kitchen (freezer); Donut kitchen (freezer); and 1 more place | 33% | 4 |
| Cafeteria Kitchen Fridge | Cafeteria (fridge); Cafeteria kitchen (fridge) | 8.3% | 4 |
| Diner Kitchen Fridge | Diner counter (fridge); Diner kitchen (fridge); Dinner kitchen (fridge) | 8.2% | 4 |
| Fridge Other | Convenience store (fridge); Corner Store (fridge); Fossoil gas station (fridge); and 7 more places | 5.0% | 2 |
| Bakery Kitchen Fridge | Bakery (fridge); Bakery kitchen (fridge); Donut kitchen (fridge); and 1 more place | 4.3% | 4 |
| Crepe Kitchen Fridge | Crepe kitchen (fridge) | 3.1% | 4 |
| Western Kitchen Baking | Western kitchen (cupboard) | 3.0% | 4 |
| Bakery Kitchen Baking | Bakery kitchen (cupboard); Donut kitchen (cupboard) | 1.7% | 4 |
It is on 7 more tables with smaller shares.
Inside bags and cases: Plastic Bag, Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
Used up as an ingredient in 8 recipes: Make Cake Batter, Prepare Biscuits, Prepare Chocolate Chip Cookies, Prepare Chocolate Cookies, Prepare Muffins, Prepare Oatmeal Cookies, Prepare Pie Dough, Prepare Sugar Cookies.
Used in 8 recipes (as an ingredient or tool):
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
Counts as: any bakingfat, any minoringredient.
It weighs 0.3 in Build 42.
Base.Margarine.
3255 calories, and it changes hunger by -24.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.