Vegetable Oil is a food item in Project Zomboid. A whole one changes hunger by -30 and gives 2120 calories. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Food Food & water
A whole one changes hunger by -30 and gives 2120 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.OilVegetable | Food |
Vegetable Oil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crate Oil Vegetable | Arena kitchen (box, crate, shelves); Burger kitchen (box, crate, shelves); Chinese kitchen (crate, shelves); and 8 more places | 100% | 4 |
| Spiffos Kitchen Baking | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 29% | 4 |
| Chinese Kitchen Sauce | Chinese kitchen (cupboard) | 7.4% | 4 |
| Gigamart Baking Misc | General Store (shelves); General store storage (box, crate); GigaMart (shelves); and 2 more places | 5.8% | 4 |
| Store Kitchen Baking | Cafeteria kitchen (cupboard); Restaurant (cupboard); Diner kitchen (cupboard); and 4 more places | 5.3% | 4 |
| Bakery Kitchen Storage | Bakery (shelves); Bakery kitchen (crate, shelves); Donut kitchen storage (shelves) | 3.7% | 4 |
| Jays Kitchen Baking | Restaurant (cupboard); Fish 'N' Chips Restaurant (cupboard); Jay's Chicken kitchen (cupboard); and 1 more place | 3.1% | 4 |
| Crepe Kitchen Baking | Crepe kitchen (cupboard) | 2.5% | 4 |
It is on 6 more tables with smaller shares.
Inside bags and cases: Plastic Bag, Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Press Oil Hand press | 30 × Seed Paste or Bowl with Seed Paste | Oil Press; Stone Block; Cheese Cloth | No skill needed |
Used up as an ingredient in 7 recipes: Make Cake Batter, Prepare Biscuits, Prepare Chocolate Chip Cookies, Prepare Chocolate Cookies, Prepare Muffins, Prepare Oatmeal Cookies, Prepare Sugar Cookies.
Made with:
Used in 7 recipes (as an ingredient or tool):
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
Counts as: any bakingfat, any oil, any minoringredient.
It weighs 0.2 in Build 42.
Base.OilVegetable.
2120 calories, and it changes hunger by -30.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.