Freshness
by SmallHanyu
Freshness adds a spoilage clock to food, so items left in a chest or inventory eventually rot on NeoForge 1.21.1.
What it does
Food items in the mod gain a freshness timer and go bad once it runs out. Shelf life is set per category: meat and other perishables are given their own durations, and crops and other food follow their own tags. Expired food turns gray and can no longer be eaten or used in crafting, which leaves players with a reason to watch their supplies before they spoil.
Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. Items created through the creative inventory receive freshness data automatically, so creative play is not affected. Shelf life can be adjusted in the config, and additional items can be assigned to perishable categories through the freshness:meat food, freshness:crop food and freshness:perishable item tags.
Freshness is published for NeoForge only, with a single game version, 1.21.1, and its latest file is 1.0 for 1.21.1 from 2026-07-31. The code is released under the MIT License, but the project is not open source.
Key features
Food spoilage timer
Food items gain a freshness timer that counts down until the item rots.
Category shelf life
Different item categories have different expiration times, with meat and other perishables given their own durations.
Gray expired food
Expired food turns gray and cannot be eaten or used in crafting.
Creative inventory support
Items taken from the creative inventory automatically receive freshness data.
Tag-based configuration
Items join perishable categories through freshness:meat food, freshness:crop food and freshness:perishable item tags, so modpacks can add their own foods.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does Freshness need to be installed on the server?
Which versions of Minecraft does Freshness support?
How are other foods added to the spoilage system?
In the catalog
Freshness is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,596 Food mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
A lightweight mod that adds food spoilage mechanics to Minecraft. Every perishable item has a limited shelf life — keep an eye on your supplies before they go bad!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/freshness
- Owner
- SmallHanyu
- Published
- 2026-07-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-31
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15