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Yeast at a glance
Food Food & water
It weighs 0.2.
Weight0.2
Yeast
Yeast is a food item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 0.2. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
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What it is and how to use it
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.
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Item ID and variants
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.Yeast | Food |
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Where it spawns: the loot tables
Yeast is on 16 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 Yeast | Fish 'N' Chips Restaurant (shelves); Pizza Restaurant (crate, shelves) | 100% | 4 |
| Store Kitchen Baking | Cafeteria kitchen (cupboard); Restaurant (cupboard); Diner kitchen (cupboard); and 4 more places | 13% | 4 |
| Gigamart Baking Misc | General Store (shelves); General store storage (box, crate); GigaMart (shelves); and 2 more places | 12% | 4 |
| Western Kitchen Baking | Western kitchen (cupboard) | 6.1% | 4 |
| Kitchen Dry Food | Survivor cache 1 (cupboard); Survivor cache 2 (cupboard); Survivor cache (big building) (cupboard); and 3 more places | 5.6% | 2 |
| Bakery Kitchen Storage | Bakery (shelves); Bakery kitchen (crate, shelves); Donut kitchen storage (shelves) | 5.6% | 4 |
| Italian Kitchen Baking | Italian kitchen (cupboard) | 4.8% | 4 |
| Kitchen Baking | House kitchen (cupboard); Kitchen (cupboard) | 3.9% | 4 |
It is on 8 more tables with smaller shares.
Inside bags and cases: Plastic Bag, Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
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Recipes: how to make it and what it makes
What it is used for
Used up as an ingredient in 4 recipes: Make Cake Batter, Prepare Baguette, Prepare Bread Dough, Prepare Pizza.
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Similar items
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Quick answers
How much does the Yeast weigh in Project Zomboid?
It weighs 0.2 in Build 42.
What is the item ID for Yeast?
Base.Yeast.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.