When the player is satisfied, they will gain residual nutrition based upon the player's current nutritional levels with more nutrition gained when the player is malnourished than if they aren't. In order to replenish the bar, the player must eat some food in that category. As the player's hunger depletes, their nutrition bars will slowly deplete as well. Each of these categories' levels are represented with a visual bar on the health tab of the player's inventory.
When spawning, The Player starts with each category of nutritional value completely full. 'Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.' ― Miles Kington While some foods are biologically different from their categories (tomatoes are actually a fruit), they have been placed in the category that is typically used by society.Other food items are listed under these categories in-game for searching purposes, but are inedible (e.g.There are five different categories of food: Fruit, Vegetable, Grain, Protein, and Dairy.