Tomato Paste is a food item in Project Zomboid. A whole one changes hunger by -15 and gives 120 calories. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Food Food & water
A whole one changes hunger by -15 and gives 120 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.TomatoPaste | Food |
Tomato Paste is on 9 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 Tomato Paste | Pizza Restaurant (crate, shelves) | 100% | 4 |
| Pizza Kitchen Sauce | Pizza Restaurant (cupboard) | 34% | 4 |
| Kitchen Canned Food | Survivor cache 1 (cupboard); Survivor cache 2 (cupboard); Survivor cache (big building) (cupboard); and 3 more places | 2.9% | 2 |
| Western Kitchen Sauce | Western kitchen (cupboard) | 2.9% | 4 |
| Store Kitchen Sauce | Cafeteria kitchen (cupboard); Diner kitchen (cupboard); Dinner kitchen (cupboard); and 2 more places | 2.7% | 4 |
| Safehouse Food Mid | Survivor safehouse (mid game) (cupboard) | 2.0% | 4 |
| Hoarder Kitchen Food | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 1.2% | 4 |
| Safehouse Food | Survivor safehouse (early) (cupboard) | 0.91% | 4 |
It is on 1 more table with smaller shares.
Inside bags and cases: Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
It weighs 0.2 in Build 42.
Base.TomatoPaste.
120 calories, and it changes hunger by -15.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.