All creatures require sustenance to survive. While most are content with directly consuming what nature provides, sapient beings have the limitless capacity to turn raw food into complex concoctions ranging the gamut from tasty and nutritious to body chemistry-incompatible.
Bread
A common staple food. A salarian requests it on Kadara.
Cereal
BlastOhs
A sweet, tasty, high-sucrose, chocolate breakfast cereal with dehydrated potato snacks. It exists in both dextro and levo-protein brands. This product is earmarked for use in trade and negotiation. The product can be found, in large quantities, in Vetra's room on the ship.
Eden Sunrise
In addition to the crew of the Tempest, the Space Hamster is also fond of it.
Fire-rosted spider-beetle
An angaran cuisine that is served alive, the roasting doesn't kill it but actually causes it to become angry enough to spit which is considered its gravy. No Milky Way species can safely digest it, but Pelessaria B'Sayle believes it is worth it.
Fruits, vegetables and other edible plants
A list of edibles that can be served without being a part of a dish or is a dish on its own.
Amanita jatanum
A mushroom that grows on Elaaden, it has mild psychoactive effects but also valuable medicinal properties. Extracted agents could be used to enhance medi-gel's pain-reducing capabilities. Its classification is tentative, other submitted names are: redbulb mushroom and ember shroom. It has mild psychoactive effects but also valuable medicinal properties.
Cardacha cthonis
A plant that grows on Voeld, it has a high nutritional content, extremely nutritious seeds are tucked into the stem coil. The stem is also water-rich and could be easily peeled. Its classification is tentative, other submitted names are: thulus stem and octopus plant.
Coffee bean
Alec Ryder and many of the Andromeda Initiative personnel are coffee drinkers. SAM owes his existences to the bean.
Diplazium dizona
A plant that grows on Kadara, it is a tasty source of vitamins and minerals when gathered and properly cooked. Its classification is tentative, other submitted names are: sword fern and stickgrass.
Elmohk
A fruit that is grown on Aya, its organic material is composed of: 74% water, 25.5% Cellulose, and 0.5% minerals.
Hops
Most of these plants are used to create drinks, and all can be acquired during Task: Better Crafting.
- Cascade, it originates from Earth.
- Golding, it originates from Earth.
- Saaz, it originates from Earth.
- Unicellular fungi, saccharomyces cerevisiae; a mushroom that grows on Havarl.
- A plant that grows on Kadara; its Dandelion root, Sorghum, and Cyone Aloe can all be used.
Korkro
A root that krogan grow, but it takes a while to chew through it. Drack is fond of it.
Lactarius assefa
A mushroom that grows on Havarl, it has an extremely high nutritional content, especially rich in protein. It has to be prepared carefully because of its sour aftertaste. Its classification is tentative, other submitted names are: thatchcap mushroom and soldier's joy.
Lagenaria lunarium
A succulent, segmented gourd that grows on Elaaden, it has a high nutritional value and water content. The flesh surrounding the seeds could be eaten raw, or sliced and dried for storage. Its classification is tentative, other submitted names are: moon gourd and whitepulp melon.
Neolecta riftia
A fungi plant that grows on Eos, it has a high nutritional content and a pleasant taste from absorbing mineral salts. Its classification is tentative, other submitted names are: tubeworm fungus and trumpet plants.
Nereocystis hamonia
A kelp-like plant that grows on Kadara, while not especially nutritious, it is vitamin-rich and has a pleasantly cleansing taste. It may have kelp ancestors. Its classification is tentative, other submitted names are: pearl kelp and thin-stem.
Paripo
A sweet, thick-crusted fruit grown on Aya, with a little bite, its organic material is composed of: 77% water, 22% Cellulose, and 1% minerals. To buy one means that you have something to celebrate.
Peanut
A nut, it is an ingredient in peanut butter.
Potato
A Hyperion crew member expresses his desire for mashed potatoes.
Quilloa
A fruit grown on Aya, its organic material is composed of: 63% water, 35% Cellulose, and 2% minerals.
Ruberia majora
A plant that grows on Kadara, it has a high protein content, though its tough fibers and thick roots requires a long cocking time. Its classification is tentative, other submitted names are: longcoral and crimson longfrond.
Sargania fructanis
A plant that grows on Havarl, the stems of this plant produce a red syrup with a surprisingly high sugar content. However, it will stain both armor and teeth if spilled. Its classification is tentative, other submitted names are: red-veined saragras and candy plant.
Strawberry
Some of the Nexus personnel believes that the hydroponics department will soon grow it.
Tarvav
A nutritious plant which, properly dried and prepared, is given to angaran children or Suvi for the movie night as a snack. It costs 9 credits and can be acquired from Yveth, General Goods Merchant, on Aya.
Tupo
A berry, it is an ingredient in the Tupari drink.
Walnut
A nut, it originates from Earth. An Initiative exile claims that krogan brain sizes is that of a walnut.
Grunnien Roast
Drack prepares one with fresh vegetables for the Tempest crew, though it appears that Pelessaria B'Sayle may only be served sandwiches due to tasting it early.
GX5
A canned food product. It can be seen, at various locations, on the Nexus and the Tempest. The Space Hamster is fed it.
High-Grade Provisions
Various quality cuisine items used to prepare diplomatic dinners aboard starships. Rupert Gardner requests it.
Huevos rancheros
A dish requiring eggs in its recipe. James Vega can be seen making one in the kitchens of the Normandy SR-2 albeit using eggs of uncertain origin: apparently not as tasty as his grandmother would make it, but close enough.
Noodles
Noodle House sells it on the Citadel. Grunt buys it but then claims it was a bit too spicy.
Ramen
A human delicacy. It is sold at a stand on the Citadel's Zakera Ward.
Sauces, soups, marinades, pastes, and other liquid foods
A list of sauces, soups, and other non-solid foods.
Asari honey-marinade
A marinade created at an Ardat-Yakshi monastery.
Batax's Hot Fish Spice
Not much is known of this product as it is mentioned in passing.
Nutrient paste
- The Citadel's recycling systems, located in the Foundations, manufacture a variety of artificial organic pastes that can be eaten for sustenance. They are free and nutritious but nearly tasteless and of unpleasant texture. Poorer Citadel residents quickly become adept at dressing up this bland fare with sauces and spices while imported foodstuffs are a popular luxury of the wealthy.
- Most foods on Aya are processed into a nutrient paste that can feed an entire planet and then some. According to Peebee, the angaran nutrient paste smells great but tastes bad.
Peanut butter
A paste created using peanuts. Peebee claims her name is Peanut Butter.
Tummy-Tingling Tuchanka Sauce
A sauce created by Fishdog Food Shack.
Snacks and candies
A collection of snacks, candies, and generally non-healthy food.
Candy Assortment
A deluxe selection of chocolates, hard candies, and caramels. These sweets are not suitable for dextro-amino acid-based life-forms.
Chocolate chip cookies
Jack mentions that this is the first thing she ate after escaping Pragia.
Chocolate lava bomb cake
Cortez's aunt used to make it. He expresses his desire for it during the party.
Fish and chips
Cortez expresses his desire for it during the party. His description causes Jack to desire it.
Galactic Scout Cookies
Girl Scout cookies. The Nexus operation manager reveals that they are listed and a technician wants them.
Galaxy Swirls
It is implied that Kesh is fond of them, that one will have to fight her for it.
Graxen
A popular dextro-amino acid-based snack from the Milky Way. It can be bought on Kadara Port, along with popcorn, for 9 credits. Vetra is fond of it and requests it.
Popcorn
A popular human snack from the Milky Way. It can be bought on Kadara, along with Graxen, for 9 credits.
Processed biscuits
Liam wants to relax with a box of awful processed biscuits and perhaps also encourages Lexi as well.
Meats
Arthropods
At least one space station in orbit of Tefnut breeds them.
Cow
Vetra attempts to make a cow steak for a romanced Ryder. They are unsure if it is Earth cow.
Fiend
Drack wants fiend steaks for supper when visiting Elaaden.
Fish
Meat generally harvested from aquatic creatures. Krogan visiting the Citadel are often curious if there are live fish in the Presidium lakes.
Sushi is fish served raw with a couple other ingredients and preparation thrown in. The Ryuusei's restaurant at the Silversun Strip apparently offers an "authentic French sushi" variant.
For long-term storage, fish can also be packed into canned goods.
Sapient Races
The Protheans allegedly included the primitive races of their time in their culinary cuisine, regardless of whether they were dextro- or levo- based species. Known methods of cooking hanar included boiling or frying while salarian body parts were considered delicacies (preferably harvested fresh as the salarian's fear apparently adds "spice").
Pyjak
Fresh, raw pyjak meat is a favorite of varren everywhere. Many of Omega's population also enjoy it.
Varren
Krogans who hunt varren often make jerky of their meat. Zhu's Hope colonists hunted varren for their meat when their colony supplies dwindled.
Spices
Food additives that can enhance the flavor of the dish they are added to. Levo and dextro-based species have their own variants (amino-sinister and amino-dextrous, respectively) since ingesting some for the wrong body chemistry can have lethal consequences. A customer at Zakera Cafe requests both types, although the shopkeeper doubletakes at the suggestion.
Coriander
Grunt mentions it when demonstrating his knowledge about spice chirality.
Cumin
Grunt mentions it when demonstrating his knowledge about spice chirality.
Curry
EDI, Kaidan, and Traynor argues about it being used as an ingredient.
Tastee Bites
It is created by Fishdog Food Factory. It can be seen in Grunt's dossier that he purchased an economy box of it.
TH34T
A canned food product. It can be seen, at various locations, on the Nexus and the Tempest. Its logo features a salarian.
Trivia
- According to Lexi during Task: Local Cuisine, most edible plants grown on Aya are also edible by the Milky Way species.
- There may be some foul-play with sauce in Andromeda, Clan Korten uses "pyjack sauce" as a general term for any flavored liquid topping they serve, a confusion which has people believing that it is actual sauce made out of pyjaks. They have since offered a clarification.
- Vigil, a Prothean V.I., explained Protheans of Illos left to the Citadel and suspected their deaths due to the unlikely chance of finding sustenance. Yet, the Citadel Foundations manefacture nutrient paste that organics can sustain themselves on. It's not known why the Protheans should be unable to use that.