Grubfruit Preserve

Grubfruit Preserve is a cooked food item made from Grubfruit and Sucrose. It is produced by cooking raw Grubfruit with additional sucrose on a cooker (Electric Grill or Gas Range) to convert perishable, low-calorie Grubfruit into a longer-lasting, higher-calorie ration suitable for storing and feeding Duplicants.

Raw Grubfruit is produced by Grubfruit Plants and Spindly Grubfruit Plants; domesticated Grubfruit Plants drop 8 kg (2000 kcal) every 8 cycles. Raw Grubfruit by itself is very low in calorie density (250 kcal per kg) and has a short shelf life of 4 cycles, which makes it impractical to store long-term. Converting 2000 kcal (8 kg) of Grubfruit with 4000 g Sucrose yields 2400 kcal Grubfruit Preserve with a shelf life of 32 cycles and Food Quality increased to Good (+3). This improves both survivability and storage efficiency: at 2400 kcal per harvest every 8 cycles, a preserved Grubfruit yields an average 300 kcal per cycle, reducing the number of Grubfruit Plants required per Duplicant to about 3.33.

Grubfruit Preserve recipes on different cookers:

• Electric Grill: cooks 2000 kcal Grubfruit plus 4 kg Sucrose into 2400 kcal Grubfruit Preserve.
• Gas Range: can combine Grubfruit and additional ingredients to achieve similar preserved outcomes (Gas Range examples include multi-ingredient recipes that produce higher-calorie cooked food).

Practical notes and usage:

• Preserve Grubfruit promptly after harvest to avoid the 4-cycle spoil timer on raw Grubfruit; preserved product lasts 32 cycles, making it suitable for refrigerators and ration boxes.
• Using preservation increases Food Quality (Good +3) and raises calorie-per-cycle yield, making Grubfruit farming a viable early- to mid-game food source when paired with a reliable Sucrose supply.
• Farming strategy: domesticated Grubfruit Plants produce 2000 kcal every 8 cycles, so staggered planting or preserving harvests smooths food availability and prevents mass spoilage when multiple plants ripen simultaneously.
• Spindly Grubfruit Plants produce less per harvest but can be cooked into Roast Grubfruit Nut without requiring a Divergent critter; both approaches rely on cooking to improve shelf life and effective calories.
• Grubfruit Preserve is used like other cooked meals and fits into standard food storage and distribution systems (ration boxes, refrigerators). Plan cooker throughput and ingredient supply (Sucrose) to match harvest cadence.
• Grubfruit farming requires at least one Divergent critter present for standard Grubfruit Plants; Spindly variants deliberately exclude Divergent critters and have different yields and cooking outputs.

Keep in mind that Grubfruit Preserve production depends on available Sucrose and cooking capacity; optimize Fertilizer Synthesizer output and cooking schedules if you are scaling Grubfruit farms to feed multiple Duplicants.