Salted Food
Salted Food adds a salt ore to the Overworld and a seasoning recipe that turns cooked meats into salted versions with a larger saturation boost.
What it does
Salt ore generates as veins deep in the Overworld, giving players a mining goal that leads into a new cooking route. Salt is then combined with cooked beef, pork, chicken, mutton or rabbit at a crafting table to produce salted versions of each meat. Salted meat does not fill the hunger bar, but it raises saturation considerably, so a player can keep working or fighting for longer before eating again.
The mod is built to sit inside the default Minecraft experience without changing how the game feels. It suits survival worlds, cooking-themed modpacks and multiplayer servers that want more realism around food. Since both the server and every player run the mod, the salted items behave the same for everyone on a server that installs it.
Files are published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, across nine release versions, 1.18.2 – 1.21.8. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The code is covered by All rights reserved, so the mod is not open source.
Key features
Salt ore veins
Salt ore appears in veins deep underground in the Overworld, and mining it is the first step of the seasoning chain.
Salting at a crafting table
Cooked beef, pork, chicken, mutton and rabbit can each be combined with salt at a crafting table to create a salted version.
Saturation boost
Salted meat adds no hunger points but significantly increases saturation, which extends the time before the next meal.
Vanilla-friendly balance
Salted items use the existing food system and leave the rest of the game's progression and survival rules unchanged.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.20.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.19.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Prime Cuts is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.16.5 – 26.1.2 under All rights reserved, while Salted Food covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge. Cooked Extras is released under the MIT License and covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 26.1.2, so it differs from Salted Food in its license and version range. Dinners Revamped is a Fabric-only mod for 1.21.8 – 1.21.10 under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salted Food | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2026-02-07 |
| Prime Cuts | Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.5 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-29 |
| Cooked Extras | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-06-14 |
| Dinners Revamped | Fabric | 1.21.8 – 1.21.10 | Client and server | 2025-10-21 |
Questions
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In the catalog
Salted Food is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
Tired of eating bland, tasteless meat? Salted Food is a lightweight and immersive mod that introduces salt mechanics to Minecraft. Stop just cooking your food—season it to maximize its potential! 🧂 Key Features In vanilla Minecraft, food management can quickly become a chore. With this mod, you finally have a reason…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/salted-food
- Owner
- OpenBlock’s Team
- Published
- 2026-01-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-02-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15