Oxygen Not Included Food Spoil Time Comparison (Cycles)
Compare 13 Oxygen Not Included food spoil times, from Barbeque 4 cycles to Pickled Meal 32. Klei base shelf life with fridge and sterile air notes in one tool.
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| Name | Value | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbeque Shortest here at 4 cycles. Made from 3200 kcal Meat. | 4 cycles | Electric Grill meat meal, high quality | 5gamers ONI Food table: Barbeque spoil time 4; ONI Wiki Food Resource page: Barbeque 4 cycles |
| Frost Burger 4 cycles. Needs Frost Bun plus Barbeque. | 4 cycles | Gas Range burger, top tier meal | 5gamers ONI Food table: Frost Burger spoil time 4 |
| Meal Lice 8 cycles raw. Eaten raw or pickled. | 8 cycles | Mealwood grain, starter crop | ONI Wiki Meal Lice page: Spoil Time 8 Cycles |
| Bristle Berry 8 cycles raw. Grills into Gristle Berry. | 8 cycles | Bristle Blossom fruit, farm staple | ONI Wiki Bristle Berry page: Spoil Time 8 Cycles |
| Liceloaf 8 cycles. Made from 1200 kcal Meal Lice plus water. | 8 cycles | Microbe Musher loaf, water recipe | ONI Wiki Liceloaf page: Spoil Time 8 Cycles |
| Mushroom 8 cycles raw. Fries into Fried Mushroom. | 8 cycles | Dusk Cap harvest, mushroom crop | 5gamers ONI Food table: Mushroom spoil time 8 |
| Meat 8 cycles raw. Grills into Barbeque 4. | 8 cycles | Hatch and Pacu drop, raw protein | 5gamers ONI Food table: Meat spoil time 8 |
| Curried Beans 16 cycles. Long mid tier shelf. | 16 cycles | Gas Range bean meal, morale food | 5gamers ONI Food table: Curried Beans spoil time 16 |
| Pikeapple 16 cycles raw. Skewers into 8 cycle meal. | 16 cycles | Pincha Pepperplant fruit, spice crop | 5gamers ONI Food table: Pikeapple spoil time 16 |
| Sleet Wheat Grain 16 cycles. Mills into Frost Bun. | 16 cycles | Sleet Wheat harvest, grain ingredient | 5gamers ONI Food table: Sleet Wheat Grain spoil time 16 |
| Pickled Meal Longest here at 32 cycles. Made from 1800 kcal Meal Lice. | 32 cycles | Electric Grill vinegar meal, preserved | ONI Wiki Meal Lice page recipe table: Pickled Meal Shelf Life 32 cycles; 5gamers ONI Food table: Pickled Meal 32 |
| Grubfruit Preserve 32 cycles. Tied longest. | 32 cycles | Gas Range preserve, grubfruit recipe | 5gamers ONI Food table: Grubfruit Preserve spoil time 32 |
| Smoked Fish 32 cycles. Tied longest. | 32 cycles | Smoker seafood meal, long shelf fish | 5gamers ONI Food table: Smoked Fish spoil time 32 |
About this converter
Oxygen Not Included gives every food a base shelf life in cycles before it turns to rot. Short rows last 4 cycles: Barbeque and Frost Burger. Mid rows last 8 cycles: Meal Lice, Bristle Berry, Liceloaf, Mushroom, and Meat. Long raw rows last 16 cycles: Curried Beans, Pikeapple, and Sleet Wheat Grain. Longest cooked rows last 32 cycles: Pickled Meal, Grubfruit Preserve, and Smoked Fish. That makes one Pickled Meal run equal eight Barbeque runs or four Meal Lice runs. Every figure here is the base unrefrigerated shelf life in a normal atmosphere. Cold storage and sterile air stretch these numbers.
How to use it
Pick two foods and a unit in the top row. The three boxes below stay linked. Change any box and the other two update. One box holds batches of the first food, one holds batches of the second, one holds the total in cycles. Try 1 Pickled Meal against Barbeques to see how many short shelf runs fit inside one long vinegar run. Click any row to load it as Entry A with amount 1.
Refrigeration below 4 C and deep freeze below minus 18 C slow decay, and sterile air such as carbon dioxide or chlorine slows it more. Wild versus domestic does not change spoil times here, since spoil counts from the cooked or harvested item. Berry Sludge and Pemmican never spoil and stay out of the rows to keep the math finite. Dried variants and Hexalent fruit have no fixed spoil entry and stay out too. Liceloaf uses 8 cycles from its own page, not 4 from older recipe tables. Meat 8 covers raw meat before grilling into Barbeque 4.
FAQ
Which foods last longest here?
Pickled Meal, Grubfruit Preserve, and Smoked Fish at 32 cycles each. One equals eight Barbeques.
Which foods spoil fastest here?
Barbeque and Frost Burger at 4 cycles each. Most cooked grill meals sit at 4.
Does a fridge change these numbers?
Yes. Cold air below 4 C slows decay and deep freeze below minus 18 C in sterile air stops it. The table lists base times before those bonuses.
Why are Berry Sludge and Pemmican missing?
They never spoil, so they have no finite cycle count to compare. The notes name them and keep them out of the math.
Sources
- ONI Wiki Meal Lice page: Spoil Time 8 Cycles; Pickled Meal Shelf Life 32 cycles
- ONI Wiki Bristle Berry page: Spoil Time 8 Cycles
- ONI Wiki Liceloaf page: Spoil Time 8 Cycles
- 5gamers ONI Food table: Barbeque 4, Frost Burger 4, Mushroom 8, Meat 8, Curried Beans 16, Pikeapple 16, Sleet Wheat Grain 16, Pickled Meal 32, Grubfruit Preserve 32, Smoked Fish 32
- ONI Wiki Food Resource page and Guide Food table: spoil speed multipliers for refrigerated, frozen, sterile, normal, and polluted storage
Last verified: 2026-10-15 · 13 entries
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