# Nutrition/Weight
Here is a list of food organized by its nutrition/weight ratio. The idea is that, all other considerations being equal (such as other uses for food besides nutrition, etc.), it makes most sense to eat foods with a lower ratio first and hang on to food that gives a higher ratio to maximize weight efficiency.
V indicates vegetarian food
! indicates vegan food

Food

Cost

Weight

Probability

Nutrition

Nutrition/weight

Turns to eat

Conduct

lembas wafer

45

5

20

800

160

2

!

lump of royal jelly

15

2

0

200

100

1

V

pancake

15

2

25

200

100

2

V

egg

9

1

85

80

80

1

V

blessed tin of spinach

5

10

0.625

600

60

1-2

!

slime mold (user defined fruit)

17

5

75

250

50

1

!

candy bar

10

2

13

100

50

1

V

uncursed tin of spinach

5

10

11.25

401-600

40.1-60

varies

!

food ration (gunyoki)

45

20

380

800

40

5

!

cram ration

35

15

20

600

40

3

!

K-ration

25

10

0

400

40

1

!

banana

9

2

10

80

40

1

!

orange

9

2

10

80

40

1

!

clove of garlic

7

1

7

40

40

1

!

sprig of wolfsbane

7

1

7

40

40

1

!

fortune cookie

7

1

55

40

40

1

V, breaks illiteracy unless blind

kelp frond

6

1

0

30

30

1

!

eucalyptus leaf

6

1

3

30

30

1

!

C-ration

20

10

0

300

30

1

!

apple

7

2

15

50

25

1

!

carrot

7

2

15

50

25

1

!

pear

7

2

10

50

25

1

!

tripe ration

15

10

140

200

20

2

melon

10

5

10

100

20

1

!

cursed tin of spinach

5

10

0.625

201-600

20.1-60

varies

!

cream pie

10

10

25

100

10

1

V

lichen corpse

5

20

n/a

200

10

3

!

meatball

5

1

0

5

5

1

meat ring

5

1

0

5

5

1

meat stick

5

1

0

5

5

1

huge chunk of meat

105

400

0

2000

5

20

lizard corpse

5

10

n/a

40

4

3

corpse

5

varies

0

varies

varies

varies

tin

5

10

75

varies

varies

varies

Racial bonuses and penalties
As of NetHack 3.6.1, the following bonuses and penalties exist:

Lembas wafers provide 200 extra nutrition to elves while providing 200 less nutrition to orcs. (At a nutrition/weight ratio of 120 for orcs, they remain the most efficient food available.)
Cram rations provide 100 extra nutrition for dwarves.