Pizza is a food item in Project Zomboid. A whole one changes hunger by -80 and gives 1529 calories. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
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A whole one changes hunger by -80 and gives 1529 calories. It stays fresh for 3 days and rots after 5. It weighs 1.5.
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.PizzaRecipe | Food |
Base.PizzaWhole | Food |
2 versions share the name Pizza, usually different colours, sizes or states.
Pizza is on 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freezer Frozen Food | GigaMart (freezer); Grocers (freezer); Grocery (freezer); and 1 more place | 1.4% | 2 |
| Safehouse Stove | Survivor safehouse (early) (oven) | 1.2% | 4 |
| Pizza Kitchen Fridge | Pizza Restaurant (fridge) | 1.2% | 4 |
| Freezer Hoarder | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 1.0% | 2 |
| Freezer Trailer Park | House kitchen (freezer); Kitchen (freezer); Living room (freezer) | 0.71% | 1 |
| Freezer Garage | Garage storage (freezer) | 0.70% | 2 |
| Pizza Kitchen Baking | Pizza Restaurant (cupboard) | 0.69% | 4 |
| Freezer Generic | House kitchen (freezer); Kitchen (freezer); Living room (freezer) | 0.58% | 2 |
It is on 2 more tables with smaller shares.
Town by town: loot locations.
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prepare Pizza On any surface | 6 × any flour; Salt; 15 × Cheese; 15 × any pizza sauce; Yeast; *; 0.5 L of water | any rolling pin; any fork or any mixing utensil or any spoon; any bowl | No skill needed. Read: Italian Delights or reach Cooking 6 |
| Prepare Pizza | Pizza | None | No skill needed |
| Prepare Pizza | Pizza | None | No skill needed |
Used up as an ingredient in 1 recipe: Slice Pizza.
It weighs 1.5 in Build 42.
Base.PizzaRecipe, Base.PizzaWhole (variants share the name).
1529 calories, and it changes hunger by -80.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.