Calorie Display Mod

This mod adds calorie information directly to food and recipe names in The Sims 4, making it much easier to see how many calories a meal contains before your Sim cooks or eats it.

Instead of having to look up calorie values separately, the mod reads the calorie information already assigned to recipes and consumable foods by the game and displays it alongside the food name:

Avocado Toast with Eggs [30 kcal]
Flakes [150 kcal]
Cheese [50 kcal]

Features

• Displays calories in recipe selection menus
  Calorie values are automatically added to food names in cooking and recipe picker dialogs.
• Works with many custom foods as well as EA recipes
  The mod reads the calorie data used by the game itself, so custom recipes can also be supported as long as they use the standard Sims 4 consumable/calorie system.
• Supports recipes based on other recipes
  If a custom recipe does not define its own calorie information, the mod can follow its base_recipe and use the appropriate calorie data from there.
• Supports grouped custom recipes
  For recipes that appear under a shared group or category in the recipe picker, the calorie value is displayed on the group entry rather than incorrectly modifying individual hidden entries.
• Displays calories on completed food tooltips
  The calorie value can also be shown as part of the recipe name when viewing a finished consumable food item.
• Accounts for state-based calorie changes
  When a finished food object has a calorie modifier based on its current state, the tooltip uses the food's effective calorie value rather than always displaying only the base recipe value.
• Handles calorie gain, calorie loss, and zero-calorie foods
  Foods using the game's calorie-loss or no-effect settings are displayed appropriately.

How It Works

The mod does not change the calorie values of foods and does not alter how weight gain or fitness works.

It only reads the calorie information already used internally by The Sims 4 and makes that information visible in the UI.

Because of this, the displayed value reflects the calorie data defined by EA or by the creator of a custom food. If a recipe does not contain compatible calorie information, its name is simply left unchanged.

Installation

Place both files in your Mods folder:

• maru_CalorieDisplay_AutoTuning.package
• maru_CalorieDisplay_AutoTuning.ts4script

Because this is a script mod, make sure Script Mods Allowed is enabled in:

Game Options → Other → Script Mods Allowed

Restart the game after enabling script mods.

Compatibility with Custom Food Mods

This mod is designed to work automatically rather than relying on a manually maintained list of recipes.

As long as a custom food ultimately uses the standard Sims 4 consumable fitness_info calorie system, the mod can usually detect its calorie value automatically. Foods that use an entirely custom calorie or nutrition system may not display a value.