Beta Food
Server-side mod for restoring the old beta food system, where food heals instead of adding hunger
Client side
The mod also features a client side mod to remove food eat particles / animation and also removes the hunger bar
Config
The mod has a simple server side configuration (located at: config/betafood.preferences):
stackSize=2
useDuration=1
effectiveness=1.0
blacklisted=minecraft:rotten_flesh,minecraft:spider_eye,minecraft:poisonous_potato
stackSize represents the maximum stack size any food related item (not on the blacklist) can stack to.userDuration specifies the amount of use time any food related item (not on the blacklist) will have (1 is instant)effectiveness is a floating point value representing a health multiplier which is used to determine how much hearts to heal in the following way: foodNutrition * effectivenessblacklisted is a comma seperated list of qualified item names that are blacklisted from being affected by this.
Note that all items that are considered edible by minecraft are affected by this mod
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as BetaFood-1.0.5.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 20 KB
- Download link checked 30 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.