Food

Food refers to consumable items that, when eaten, restore hunger and saturation points, sometimes giving status effects.

Eating is the process of consuming food items. Eating a food item requires holding use, and takes an amount of time dependent on the food's consumption time value.

Eating (or drinking) a consumable takes 32 game ticks (1.6 seconds), with exceptions: Dried kelp takes half the time (16 game ticks (0.8 seconds)), and honey bottles take 25% longer (40 game ticks (2 seconds)). Cake is a block and thus cannot be eaten in the hand, requiring the player to place it down and then use it.