Gristle Berry

Gristle Berry is a cooked food made from Bristle Berry at the Electric Grill. It is a direct upgrade to the raw crop, converting one unit of Bristle Berry into one unit of Gristle Berry while increasing its calorie value by 400 kcal and improving its food quality.

Because the conversion is 1:1, Gristle Berry is mainly useful when you want to squeeze more calories out of an existing Bristle Berry supply without changing your farming setup. The extra calories also reduce the amount of Bristle Blossom production needed to feed a Duplicant: a single Duplicant requires about 3.75 domesticated or 15 wild Bristle Blossoms worth of raw berries, but only 3 domesticated or 12 wild when those berries are cooked into Gristle Berry.

A few practical points:

• Gristle Berry is produced at the Electric Grill, not at the Gas Range.
• The recipe uses 1 Bristle Berry per 1 Gristle Berry.
• The cooked version provides 400 more kcal than the uncooked berry.
• Since it is a cooked food, it benefits meal planning where higher calorie density is more important than preserving raw ingredients.

In short, Gristle Berry is the refined form of Bristle Berry, turning an early agricultural crop into a better food source with no change in ingredient count and a meaningful calorie boost.