Tortilla at a glance

Food Food & water
A whole one changes hunger by -5 and gives 40 calories. It stays fresh for 3 days and rots after 5. It weighs 0.1.
Tortilla is a food item in Project Zomboid. A whole one changes hunger by -5 and gives 40 calories. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.

Food Food & water
A whole one changes hunger by -5 and gives 40 calories. It stays fresh for 3 days and rots after 5. It weighs 0.1.
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.Tortilla | Food |
Tortilla is on 4 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 Dry Goods | General Store (shelves); General store storage (box, crate); GigaMart (shelves); and 2 more places | 6.9% | 4 |
| Mexican Kitchen Baking | Mexican Restaurant (cupboard); Taco kitchen (cupboard) | 6.2% | 4 |
| Grocery Storage Crate 1 | Cafeteria kitchen (box, crate, shelves); Grocers (box, crate, shelves); Grocery (box, crate, shelves); and 1 more place | 1.2% | 4 |
| Kitchen Dry Food | Survivor cache 1 (cupboard); Survivor cache 2 (cupboard); Survivor cache (big building) (cupboard); and 3 more places | 1.1% | 2 |
Inside bags and cases: Plastic Bag, Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
Used up as an ingredient in 2 recipes: Burrito, Slice Tortilla.
Used in 1 recipe (as an ingredient or tool):
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
It weighs 0.1 in Build 42.
Base.Tortilla.
40 calories, and it changes hunger by -5.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.