Spice of Life: Carrot Cake
by willowv
Spice of Life: Carrot Cake is a Fabric mod for Minecraft 1.20.1 that tracks the unique foods a player has eaten and grants permanent bonus hearts from them.
What it does
Each distinct food a player eats adds to a running total of saturation, and that total determines how many permanent bonus hearts the player gains. The amount of saturation needed per heart depends on how many unique foods the player has eaten and on the quality of each food item in the item registry, so variety and higher-saturation meals matter more than repeating the same dish.
The mod implements a game mechanic that elaborates on the original Spice of Life concept, with its own Carrot Edition rules. It was created with the Fabric Template mod generator and uses code from the Spice of Fabric project by Siphalor, refactored and simplified for Minecraft 1.20.1. Players aiming for the richest saturation values can turn to elaborate meals from mods such as Farmer's Delight Refabricated. AppleSkin can show the saturation values of foods, which makes planning a culinary route easier.
Installation needs Fabric API on the same instance. The mod is open source under the MIT License, with a public source code repository and issue tracker, and is published for Fabric only, with version 1.1.0 for 1.20.1 as the latest file, released on 2026-10-04. The server must run the mod, while a player who joins without it still plays normally.
Key features
Permanent bonus hearts
Eating unique foods raises the player's permanent maximum health, with the bonus based on total saturation gathered.
Saturation per heart
The saturation needed for each heart changes with the number of unique foods eaten and the quality of each food item.
Food tracking
The mod records which foods each player has eaten, so repeated meals add nothing to the bonus.
Meals from other mods
Higher-saturation meals from food mods give more progress, which rewards cooking in the wider food ecosystem.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Spice of Fabric is a Fabric mod for 1.16.4 – 26.1.2 that runs on the server while players may leave it out, under the MIT License and open source. Spice of Life: Valheim Updated covers Fabric and Forge for 1.20.1 only, with both the server and every player needing it, under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only and open source. Spice of Life: Carrot Cake differs by being Fabric-only, limited to 1.20.1 and requiring the server side alone.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spice of Life: Carrot Cake | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-04 |
| Spice of Fabric | Fabric | 1.16.4 – 26.1.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-05-02 |
| Spice of Life: Valheim Updated | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-12-16 |
Questions
Does Spice of Life: Carrot Cake need Fabric API?
Does a player need the mod installed to join a server that runs it?
Which Minecraft versions does the mod support?
In the catalog
Spice of Life: Carrot Cake is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
This mod tracks what unique foods players have eaten, and grants them permanent bonus hearts based on the total saturation of those unique foods. The amount of saturation required per heart depends on the number and quality of the foods in the item registry. Players are encouraged to seek out the highest saturation…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/spice-of-life-carrot-cake
- Owner
- willowv
- Published
- 2026-08-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
