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A Balanced Diet

by pawjwp

A Balanced Diet tracks food groups for the player, with the five classical groups of fruits, grains, proteins, vegetables and sugars set by default.

FabricForgeClient and serverGNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or laterOpen source1.20 – 1.20.6

What it does

Each food group is a value from 0% to 100% that rises as the player eats foods from that category and gradually decays over time, using up the hunger bar. Nutrition values are usually set through tags, and a per-food definition is available for finer control. Pack makers can build their own groups and classifications through data files.

The mod is a fork of Diet, created to add some clarity, balance and quality-of-life features. Its additions can be switched off and rely on data, including a notification system for crossing set thresholds, quality overlays and diet bars that show which thresholds begin giving positive or negative effects. The author has stated the mod is likely to receive further updates for 1.20.1. Client and server both need it, and it is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later, so the code is open source. Files cover 1.20 – 1.20.6 for Fabric and Forge, with 3.1.0+1.20.1 as the latest file for 1.20.6.

Key features

  1. Five default food groups

    The default configuration creates fruits, grains, proteins, vegetables and sugars, which can be changed or replaced.

  2. Diet suites with effects

    Suites list the food groups they use and the effects attached to them, with rewards and penalties triggered by configured group levels.

  3. Custom potion and attribute effects

    Effects can be registered potion effects, modded effects or direct attribute changes, such as raising maximum health by a set amount.

  4. Threshold notifications and overlays

    Notifications fire when a group crosses a specified threshold, and item icons, hex colors and diet bars show where effects begin.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.20.63.1.0+1.20.13.1.0+1.20.1
1.20.53.1.0+1.20.13.1.0+1.20.1
1.20.43.1.0+1.20.13.1.0+1.20.1
1.20.33.1.0+1.20.13.1.0+1.20.1
1.20.23.1.0+1.20.13.1.0+1.20.1
1.20.13.1.0+1.20.13.1.0+1.20.1
1.203.1.0+1.20.13.1.0+1.20.1
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

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Questions

Does A Balanced Diet need to be installed on the server?

Yes. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod.

Which loaders does A Balanced Diet support?

It is published for Fabric and Forge. The latest file for either loader is 3.1.0+1.20.1 for 1.20.6, dated 2026-10-03.

Can modpack developers change the food groups?

Yes. Food groups, classifications and diet suites are defined through data files, so the default five groups can be replaced.

In the catalog

A Balanced Diet is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.

Food mods6,151Fabric modsMods for 1.20.611,154

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What the author says

A Balanced Diet is a fork of the Diet mod, which facilitates the creation and management of dietary food groups in Minecraft. Diet comes with a default configuration that creates five classical food groups (fruits, grains, vegetables, proteins, and sugars). The mod is highly configurable; users and modpack developers…
pawjwp, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
pawjwp
Published
2026-05-06
Updated on Modrinth
2026-10-03
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

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