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BetterFood

by MagmaGuy · for Minecraft

Automatically eat food from inventory!

4.3KDownloads
9d agoLast updated
Spigot · PaperLoaders
26.3Latest game version

About BetterFood

From SpigotMC

Automatically eat food from inventory!

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How it Works:
A very small and simple as can be plugin that automatically makes players eat cooked and crafted food from their inventories.

The list of valid items is as follows:
  • Dried kelp
  • Cookies
  • Melon slices
  • Sweet berries
  • Apples
  • Baked potatoes
  • Bread
  • Cooked cod
  • Cooked rabbit
  • Beetroot soup
  • Cooked chicken
  • Cooked mutton
  • Cooked salmon
  • Mushroom stew
  • Cooked porkchop
  • Pumpkin pie
  • Cooked beef
  • Rabbit stew
Why?
Honestly I never liked how Mojang implemented the food system. It constantly takes players out of what they're doing in order to fill up a meaningless bar. I do understand that food is important for a survival game, but I think holding down right click for a few seconds every couple of minutes does not make for a compelling game mechanic.

What about other foods?
Raw foods and foods that give buffs are best left to manage by the player. I would not want players to waste raw food they're harvesting for cooking, nor am I making this plugin to make people lazier about food. If people are willing to put the effort in to cook or craft their food, they get to have it refill automatically. Sounds like a good balance, right?

How to Setup:
  1. Put the BetterFood.jar into your server and restart your server
  2. You're done!


Permissions:
betterfood.user - plugin only applies to players with this permission.

/betterfood toggleEating
- Toggles automatic healing for the player
/betterfood toggleMessage - Toggles eating messages for the player


Read the full description on SpigotMC →

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Supports 4 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.3.

Loaders

Runs on Spigot and Paper.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

BetterFood on Nxeon

From our catalogue
One-click install
Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers, for Paper servers. We download it from SpigotMC, place it, and restart the server.
Server side
Required on the server
Server type needed
Spigot, Paper
Server load
light
Smallest plan we suggest
Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
Latest build
1.5.7, released 2026-10-26

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
Paper1.21 to 26.3 (4 versions)26.3
Spigot1.21 to 26.3 (4 versions)26.3

From 13 recorded builds of BetterFood.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
1.5.72026-10-261.21 to 26.3 (4 versions)Spigot, Paper
1.5.62026-10-17n/aSpigot, Paper
1.5.52026-10-02n/aSpigot, Paper
1.5.42026-09-29n/aSpigot, Paper
1.5.32026-09-16n/aSpigot, Paper
1.5.22026-09-14n/aSpigot, Paper

Run BetterFood on a Minecraft server

Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.

What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on SpigotMC as “Plugins”

Quality of life & UI

Small conveniences, tweaks and interface improvements players notice straight away.

Runs on your server

From source side support

SpigotMC lists BetterFood as required on the server. Check its SpigotMC page to see whether players need it too.

Compatibility

Game
Minecraft
Loaders
SpigotPaper
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server
Game versions
26.3 and 3 earlier
Requires
One-click install needs a Paper server.

Verified at the source

  • ✓SpigotMCOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-27Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorMagmaGuy, as published on SpigotMC
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

BetterFood, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install BetterFood?

SpigotMC lists BetterFood as required on the server. Check its SpigotMC page to see whether players need it too.

Which loaders does it support?

Spigot and Paper.

Is it free?

Yes. BetterFood is free to download from SpigotMC.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

NxLabs

Run BetterFood on a Minecraft server.

Deploy in about a minute from $4.99 a month, then add BetterFood in one click.