Onion (Powdered) is a food item in Project Zomboid. A whole one changes hunger by -10. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Food Food & water
A whole one changes hunger by -10. It changes thirst by 20. 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.PowderedOnion | Food |
Onion (Powdered) is on 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gigamart Spices | GigaMart (shelves); Grocers (shelves); Grocery (shelves) | 11% | 4 |
| Mexican Kitchen Sauce | Mexican Restaurant (cupboard); Taco kitchen (cupboard) | 8.0% | 4 |
| Pizza Kitchen Sauce | Pizza Restaurant (cupboard) | 6.8% | 4 |
| Store Shelf Spices | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 5.8% | 4 |
| Store Kitchen Sauce | Cafeteria kitchen (cupboard); Diner kitchen (cupboard); Dinner kitchen (cupboard); and 2 more places | 5.4% | 4 |
| Italian Kitchen Butcher | Italian kitchen (cupboard) | 4.6% | 4 |
| Burger Kitchen Butcher | Burger kitchen (cupboard); Restaurant (cupboard) | 4.3% | 4 |
| Mexican Kitchen Butcher | Mexican Restaurant (cupboard); Taco kitchen (cupboard) | 3.7% | 4 |
It is on 6 more tables with smaller shares.
Inside bags and cases: Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
Counts as: any minoringredient, any driedfood.
It weighs 0.2 in Build 42.
Base.PowderedOnion.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.