The recipe and its ingredient value
Crafting one serving of veggie soup requires two carrots, two onions, and one tomato sauce. Making tomato sauce requires two onions and two tomatoes. The total ingredient bill is four onions, two carrots, and two tomatoes.
| Ingredient | Unit count | Recorded sell price | Total value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrot | 2 | 9 coins | 18 coins |
| Onion | 4 (2 in soup, 2 in sauce) | 30 coins | 120 coins |
| Tomato | 2 (inside sauce) | 19 coins | 38 coins |
| Combined raw crops | 8 items | — | 176 coins |
Processing value
Selling the finished veggie soup brings 206 coins. Subtracting the 176 coins you would get from selling raw ingredients leaves a 30-coin processing margin.
Watch out. Processing gain does not account for fuel. Industrial cooking stations require coal drills to stay powered. The machinery footprint and coal consumed reduce your net profit below the 30-coin margin.
Same harvesters, two outcomes
In God4giveMe's recorded comparison, four harvesters run for roughly 40 seconds to produce either the raw components for one veggie soup or eight raw onions.
| Farm configuration | Window output | Recorded coin value |
|---|---|---|
| Four harvesters on onions | 8 raw onions | 240 coins |
| Four harvesters feeding soup | 1 veggie soup | 206 coins |
| Performance difference | — | 34 coins in favor of raw onions |
In that same video's extended demonstration, 137 raw onions yielded 4,110 coins, while 15 completed soups yielded 3,090 coins. The estimate of two crops per harvester every 40 seconds was the video creator's estimate rather than an official game rate.
When soup still earns its space
- Combat restoration: Eating veggie soup restores 40 HP immediately, providing critical healing when fighting tougher creatures added in recent updates.
- Food reserves: Keeping a compact cooking line gives your character steady healing consumables without purchasing merchant food.
- Maximizing raw profit: If your sole goal is coin accumulation, dedicating automated harvesters to raw onions produces more coins per cycle with fewer machines.
Check your current crop yield in the farm income calculator, and review the money guide to decide where to invest your next machine budget.