Dried Stuffed Berry

Dried Stuffed Berry is a preserved food item produced and consumed in Oxygen Not Included as a long-term shelf-stable form of Stuffed Berry. It is created by processing Stuffed Berries in a Dehydrator and can be reconstituted back into a consumable Stuffed Berry using a Rehydrator. Dried Stuffed Berry occupies the building category for preserved rations and functions as a logistics-friendly food that extends the same calories available from Stuffed Berries while reducing perishability and allowing easier storage and transport.

The Dehydrator converts Stuffed Berries into Dried Stuffed Berry at a fixed recipe: 6000 kcal of Stuffed Berry plus 12 kg Plastic yields 6 units of Dried Stuffed Berry and 6 kg Water. Each production cycle consumes plastic as a binding/packaging component and produces water as a byproduct. Dried Stuffed Berry can be returned to an edible form by the Rehydrator with a simple recipe: 1 unit Dried Stuffed Berry plus 1 kg Water → rehydrated Stuffed Berry.

• Dried Stuffed Berry serves to preserve the caloric value of Stuffed Berries without the same spoilage behavior, making it suitable for stockpiling and long expeditions across biomes.
• The production requires Plastic; plan plastic supplies when setting up dehydrator production lines to avoid shortages.
• The Dehydrator both consumes and produces mass in the form of water; route plumbing or storage accordingly to capture or dispose of the 6 kg Water produced per batch.
• Rehydration requires water; ensure water availability near Rehydrators used to convert rations back into edible Stuffed Berries.
• Use Dried Stuffed Berry to decouple food harvesting schedules from immediate consumption needs: produce when plastic and surplus food are available, and rehydrate on demand near colonies or outposts.
• Stockpile management and automation can combine Dehydrators, storage containers, and Rehydrators to create an efficient preserved-food pipeline that minimizes duplicant time and travel.