Maybe we should think about creating a nutrition system like there was a mod for it back then before 2.0 (I don't remember the name) where you have to drink and eat. Like watching on the calories and proteins my guy.

I've been toying around with a hunger system, but a nutrition system sounds super cool. Will keep that in mind thanks!
In terms of the hunger system, more complex recipes will recover more hunger. I'm also toying with a system where certain foods will provide the player bonuses to things like run speed, craft speed, science speed, etc. Which will encourage the harder recipes.

Keen on that nutrition idea though where you have sort of multiple health bars, one for each of like grains, protein, fruits, veggies, dairy, each which provide a bonus when full. Thanks again for the ideas!!

Theres actually a mod which does exactaly that - grains, protein, fruits, veggies, dairy, Maybe you can find it its definitly outdated but maybe still usefull, when it comes down to coding etc.

Best wishes from germany!

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/FoodIndustry?from=search

Sadly i can't find the other mod, which adds apple, orange trees etc.
Seems either to be removed or its in FoodIndustry, but i know there was also thirst and protein and different type of food which fills certain bars so you had either to decied what buffs you want (therefore eat what you need) or just fill everything but to much is bad, cause then there where debuffs...

The trees where a good idea, which prevents the player from starvation at early game (which mods like AAi really important)

Definitly worth checking out sadly out to date, there like so many mods i would like to have in 2.0 BUT my lua scripting isn't great.

Hello! I've released the Hunger Update! Every food will fill your hunger bar, but only relevant foods will fill nutrition bars. So bread refills hunger and carbs, while banana bread fills hunger, carbs and fruit. All foods from Fruit Mod and Foodtorio Mod have added config for which bars get refilled. To eat, simply click the item in your inventory and a menu will pop up!

A full nutrition bar provides a 50% boost to different stats, for example Veggies give you a 50% boost to research speed.

Let me know if you find any issues!

Alright cool thanks gonna try that out soon!