# I made negative calorie food that starves you to death

**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-made-negative-calorie-food-that-starves-you-to-death/21837
**Category:** The Garage
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**Created:** [November 1, 2019, 5:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-made-negative-calorie-food-that-starves-you-to-death/21837 "2019-11-01T05:56:50Z")
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### Author: ![Scyrinal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Scyrinal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Scyrinal)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2019, 5:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-made-negative-calorie-food-that-starves-you-to-death/21837/1 "2019-11-01T05:56:50Z")

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![2019-10-31](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/2/2c3ed0cc025170853a1a8486dc631f6806a1fdf5.png)

Made a account to post this. All the food I preserved myself has become this. The ultimate weight loss solution. Eat it, sleep and die of starvation! Never get fat again!

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### Author: ![Invalid\_Username](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Invalid\_Username](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Invalid_Username)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2019, 10:54am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-made-negative-calorie-food-that-starves-you-to-death/21837/2 "2019-11-01T10:54:27Z")

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Looks like somebody tripped over a decimal or something again.

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### Author: ![crazykiddeath](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/crazykiddeath/32/5709_2.png) [@crazykiddeath](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/crazykiddeath)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2019, 11:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-made-negative-calorie-food-that-starves-you-to-death/21837/3 "2019-11-01T11:00:39Z")

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Is that literally concentrated tapeworm or something?

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### Author: ![Sediment](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/sediment/32/6534_2.png) [@Sediment](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sediment)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2019, 11:06am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-made-negative-calorie-food-that-starves-you-to-death/21837/4 "2019-11-01T11:06:27Z")

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Now just puree that, fill a chemical sprayer with it and hose down zombies/ other baddies. They’ll shrivel up like a raisin right before your eyes!

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### Author: ![anothersimulacrum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/anothersimulacrum/32/10770_2.png) [@anothersimulacrum](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/anothersimulacrum)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-made-negative-calorie-food-that-starves-you-to-death/21837/5 "2019-11-01T13:04:50Z")

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Could you [make a bug report](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/issues/new?template=bug_report.md) and upload the save (may not be necessary)?

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### Author: ![KorGgenT](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/korggent/32/12330_2.png) [@KorGgenT](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KorGgenT)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-made-negative-calorie-food-that-starves-you-to-death/21837/6 "2019-11-01T21:59:24Z")

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looks like integer overflow.

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### Author: ![Scyrinal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Scyrinal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Scyrinal)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-made-negative-calorie-food-that-starves-you-to-death/21837/7 "2019-11-01T22:35:05Z")

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![2019-11-01](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/0/0231c6590a35b3e31f79e1a55ecfd466f016da22.png)

Well its happening to all canned food, but not pickled food. But only canned food the player produces.

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### Author: ![Scyrinal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Scyrinal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Scyrinal)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2019, 3:41am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-made-negative-calorie-food-that-starves-you-to-death/21837/8 "2019-11-04T03:41:06Z")

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After some testing I determined it only happens when food is made in batches. Not individually. It might be something with the batch cooking,

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### Author: ![anothersimulacrum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/anothersimulacrum/32/10770_2.png) [@anothersimulacrum](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/anothersimulacrum)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2019, 3:51am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-made-negative-calorie-food-that-starves-you-to-death/21837/9 "2019-11-04T03:51:25Z")

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Yep, it’s been figured out and a fix has been posted. It may have been merged by now.
