Food paste (Fallout 4)

The food paste is a consumable item .
==Background==
Formulated and produced by the Vault-Tec Corporation in conjunction with the United States government, this food substitute was put through a trial run in the Suffolk County Charter School as an experiment to help fund the school through a program called the Nutritional Alternative Paste Program (NAPP). The paste was intended to provide sufficient vitamins, minerals, and macronutrients and have a shelf life over 100 years, and past 200 years.Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide Collector's Edition p.384: "[6.19] Suffolk County Charter SchoolThe student base of this school consisted mostly of lower-income and disadvantaged students. These children were lucky enough to be chosen for trials of a new food substitute paste developed by Vault-Tec in conjunction with the U.S. government. The paste was intended to provide all necessary nutrition and have a shelf life of over 100 years. Despite some minor side effects, the paste is both nutritious and delicious. Why not try some yourself? You’ll be in the pink!"(Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide Map) Furthermore, it allegedly tastes delicious, but is apparently addictive and causes raiders to display even more extreme aggression after extensive consumption.Intervention note Long term consumption would also give the complexion of the consumer a pinkish hue.Suffolk County Charter School terminal entries; Mr. Davidson's terminal, > Complaint Letter Draft
==Characteristics==
Food paste appears as a cafeteria tray with a blob of pink paste on it. Terminal entries at Suffolk County Charter School suggest that the paste is completely devoid of flavor (though the intervention note stated that the paste "tastes great"), turns skin pink with regular consumption, and has psychological effects such as irritability.
The area that this consumable is found in has a unique population of pink feral ghouls, which supports the observation of the paste turning the skin pink.
==Locations==
* 16 food pastes inside Suffolk County Charter School.
* Five during a random encounter (see notes below).
* Some can be bought from a book return terminal in the upper-level library of the school.
==Notes==
* One can find a dead raider with a letter on them regarding the paste as a random encounter. This note mentions that another raider (who carries five food pastes) has become addicted to the food paste and that his friends are having an intervention. This suggests that food paste has some addictive qualities. 
* No matter how much paste is consumed by the Sole Survivor, they will never experience any of the side effects of food paste consumption.
* If one shoots or attacks the paste with any weapon, they can see that it bleeds.
* The same paste can be seen in the cafeteria area at the Enclave research facility in Fallout 76, though it cannot be interacted with.
==Gallery==
Fo4-pink-ghoul.png|A feral ghoul that has become pink from ingesting the food paste
File:FO4FoodPasteNifskope.png
FoodPasteNozzle.png|The food paste dispensers and pink stained handprints.
FoodPasteMachine.png|The food paste machine.
==References==
Non-game
Category:Fallout 4 consumables
fr:Pâte comestible
ru:Пищевая паста
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