Nutritional Balance - Caching
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
⬇ Download on CurseForgeThe author built this one for Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.

LATEST VERSION CHANGES
This mod no longer forks Nutritional blanace. Instead it uses mixin to inject into the Nutritional Balance mod. Please have Nutritional balance installed.
What is this mod:
This is an unoficial fork of the original Nutritional Balance mod by @Danny_and_son.
It uses a local SQLite Database to cache all of the nutrient values and allows for faster server & singleplayer joins, as all of the data is loaded on minecraft bootup.
Whenever a new food item is discovered in the registry it will be automatically added and cached.
This mod was mainly made as an optimization to be added to our custom modpack, ZoomPack which will be released pretty soon, so stay tuned.
When to choose this mod:
This mod is aimed at modpacks that have a ton of food item types, as the load from the local SQL database is way faster than generating and parsing the whole item registry at runtime. In any other situation, I suggest using the original one.
Original mod description:
Nutritional Balance is a forge mod that enhances the food system to encourage you to eat a balanced diet. Eating a variety of nutrients with the right balance will make you stronger and faster. Ignoring your nutritional balance, however, can slow you down and weaken you.
This mod is easy to configure to your liking with data packs and/or configs. Only raw ingredients need be tagged, since the mod will traverse through crafting ingredients to discover a food's nutrients.
Credits:
Special thanks to Danny_and_son for and maintaining such an awesome mod. As he states:
Inspiration for this mod comes from Wes Cook's Nutrition mod which was inspired by TerraFirmaCraft and Spice of Life. Thanks also goes to the Forge team and to the many mod authors who came before me. Without their community contributions, this would not have been possible.
- 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 CurseForge — 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 nutritional_balance_caching-1.0.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 15 KB
- Download link checked 18 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.