How many ingredients are there in Restaurant City?
There are 62 ingredients in five rarities: 15, 18, 18, 8 and 3, from the most common to the rarest.
Ingredient list
Restaurant City ingredients by rarity
The 62 ingredients in the game, sorted by rarity from 1 to 5, with the recipes that use each one and the ways to get them. The data comes from the game's own catalog.
- 62 ingredients
- 107 recipes
- Free
What ingredients and rarity are
Every recipe is made with ingredients you keep in your pantry. There are 62 different ingredients and each has a rarity from 1 to 5: the higher it is, the harder the ingredient is to get.
The split is this: 15 of rarity 1, 18 of rarity 2, 18 of rarity 3, 8 of rarity 4 and only 3 of rarity 5: Dragon Fruit, Lobster, Saffron. Names are kept in English, as they appear in the game.
Some ingredients appear in many recipes and others in just a few. Each table shows how many recipes use every ingredient and which ones, so you know what to collect first.
See also: Restaurant City recipes: full list with ingredients
Rarity 1: 15 ingredients
The 15 ingredients of rarity 1 appear in 67 different recipes. The most used is Flour, present in 17 of them.
| Ingredient | Recipes | Recipes that use it |
|---|---|---|
 Bayleaf | 6 | Chicken tikka masala, Cream of Mushroom Soup, Festive Glazed Ham, Lamb Samosas, Onion Soup, Scary Pumpkin Soup |
 Beans | 2 | Chili Con Carne, caribbean chicken salad |
 Coriander | 2 | Bak Kut Teh, Pad Thai |
 Flour | 17 | 2010 Cake, Apple Pie, Chocolate Cake with Icecream, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Dimsum, Festive Pudding, Gingerbread House, Halloween Treats, Lamb Samosas, Margarita Pizza, Mince Pie, Pancakes, Pumpkin Pie, Strawberry Cake, Strawberry Cheese Cake, Tuna Fishcakes, Yule Log |
 Garlic | 5 | Bak Kut Teh, Lamb Skewers, Lamb with Pomegranate Sauce, Onion Soup, Tiger Prawn Platter |
 Lemon | 4 | Kiwi Sorbet, Lamb Skewers, Lobster Soup, lemonade |
 Lime | 5 | Glass of Water, Mango Pudding, Pad Thai, Tiger Prawn Platter, Witch's Brew |
 Mushroom | 3 | Cream of Mushroom Soup, Mushroom Risotto, Vegetarian Fried Rice |
 Onion | 6 | Latkas, Onion Soup, Pork And Apple Chops, Roast Turkey, Scary Pumpkin Soup, Yakibuta Ramen |
 Peas | 2 | Pea and Bacon Soup, vegetable Chowder |
 Potato | 9 | Burger and Fries, Grilled Rump Steak, Hotdog and Fries, Latkas, Roast Chicken, Sausages and Mash, Tuna Fishcakes, Tuna Steak With vegetables, vegetable Chowder |
 Salad | 10 | Caesar Salad, Garden Salad, Grilled Rump Steak, Ham And Cheese Sandwich, Lobster, Lovely Steak, Mini Burgers, Roast Beef, Roast Chicken, caribbean chicken salad |
 Sweetcorn | 2 | Corn on the Cob, Sweetcorn Soup |
 Tomato | 7 | Bruschetta with Tomato and Basil, Garden Salad, Margarita Pizza, Mini Burgers, Pepperoni Pizza, Spaghetti bolognese, Tomato and Basil Soup |
 Water | 8 | Espresso, Glass of Water, Peach Iced Tea, Pilgrim's Harvest, Saffron Tea, Tea, Witch's Brew, lemonade |
Rarity 2: 18 ingredients
The 18 ingredients of rarity 2 appear in 81 different recipes. The most used is Egg, present in 16 of them.
| Ingredient | Recipes | Recipes that use it |
|---|---|---|
 Apple | 5 | Apple Pie, Fruit Selection, Mince Pie, Pilgrim's Harvest, Pork And Apple Chops |
 Bacon | 3 | Festive Turkey, Pea and Bacon Soup, Spaghetti carbonara |
 Basil | 3 | Bruschetta with Tomato and Basil, Spooky Pumpkin Risotto, Three-cup Chicken |
 Bread | 7 | Bruschetta with Tomato and Basil, Caesar Salad, Camembert baked in a box, Ham And Cheese Sandwich, Hotdog and Fries, Mini Burgers, Roast Turkey |
 Carrot | 7 | Dolsot Bibimbap, Lovely Steak, Reindeer's Favorite, Roast Beef, Snowman, Spicy Buffalo Wings, Tuna Steak With vegetables |
 Cheese | 8 | Camembert baked in a box, Cheese Board, Ham And Cheese Sandwich, Lasagna, Margarita Pizza, Pepperoni Pizza, Spooky Pumpkin Risotto, Strawberry Cheese Cake |
 Cream | 13 | 2010 Cake, Banana Split, Creme Brulee, Eggnog, Festive Hot Chocolate, Pomegranate Parfait, Pumpkin Soup, Scary Pumpkin Soup, Sundae, Sweetcorn Soup, Tiramisu, Vanilla Hot Chocolate, Yule Log |
 Egg | 16 | 2010 Cake, Caesar Salad, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Creme Brulee, Dolsot Bibimbap, Eggnog, Garden Salad, Gingerbread House, Latkas, Mince Pie, Pancakes, Pomegranate Parfait, Spaghetti carbonara, Sweet Heart Mousse, Sweetcorn Soup, Tiramisu |
 Ice | 4 | Fruit Smoothie, Glass of Water, Pilgrim's Harvest, lemonade |
 Leek | 2 | Chicken and Leek Soup, Vegetarian Fried Rice |
 Milk | 11 | Bubble Tea, Chocolate Milkshake, Coffee, Cream of Mushroom Soup, Eggnog, Festive Hot Chocolate, Gingerbread Milkshake, Mango Pudding, Strawberry Milkshake, Vanilla Panna Cotta, vegetable Chowder |
 Oregano | 3 | Corn on the Cob, Mushroom Risotto, Roast Turkey |
 Peach | 1 | Peach Iced Tea |
 Pork | 6 | Bak Kut Teh, Dimsum, Festive Glazed Ham, Ham And Cheese Sandwich, Pork And Apple Chops, Yakibuta Ramen |
 Pumpkin | 6 | Halloween Treats, Pilgrim's Harvest, Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Soup, Scary Pumpkin Soup, Spooky Pumpkin Risotto |
 Raisins | 3 | Festive Pudding, Mince Pie, Snowman |
 Rice | 10 | Chicken tikka masala, Chili Con Carne, Dolsot Bibimbap, Mapo Tofu, Mushroom Risotto, Seafood Paella, Spooky Pumpkin Risotto, Sweet Rice Cake, Tuna Sushi, Vegetarian Fried Rice |
 Strawberry | 8 | Fruit Selection, Fruit Smoothie, Love Potion, Strawberry Cake, Strawberry Cheese Cake, Strawberry Milkshake, Sweet Heart Mousse, Valentine Cake |
Rarity 3: 18 ingredients
The 18 ingredients of rarity 3 appear in 61 different recipes. The most used is Sugar, present in 18 of them.
| Ingredient | Recipes | Recipes that use it |
|---|---|---|
 Banana | 2 | Banana Split, Fruit Smoothie |
 Butter | 10 | Corn on the Cob, Festive Glazed Ham, Festive Turkey, Lobster, Lobster Soup, Lovely Steak, Pancakes, Sausages and Mash, Spicy Buffalo Wings, Strawberry Cake |
 Chicken | 6 | Chicken and Leek Soup, Chicken tikka masala, Roast Chicken, Spicy Buffalo Wings, Three-cup Chicken, caribbean chicken salad |
 Chili | 4 | Chili Con Carne, Mapo Tofu, Pumpkin Soup, Spicy Buffalo Wings |
 Coffee Beans | 3 | Coffee, Espresso, Tiramisu |
 Ginger | 5 | Ginger Beer Float, Gingerbread House, Gingerbread Milkshake, Santa's Hat of Treats, Three-cup Chicken |
 Lamb | 3 | Lamb Samosas, Lamb Skewers, Lamb with Pomegranate Sauce |
 Mango | 2 | Exotic Fruit Skewers, Mango Pudding |
 Orange | 5 | Festive Glazed Ham, Festive Pudding, Festive Turkey, Orange Juice, Santa's Hat of Treats |
 Pasta | 3 | Lasagna, Spaghetti bolognese, Spaghetti carbonara |
 Pepperoni | 1 | Pepperoni Pizza |
 Prawn | 4 | Dimsum, Pad Thai, Seafood Paella, Tiger Prawn Platter |
 Sausage | 2 | Hotdog and Fries, Sausages and Mash |
 Sugar | 18 | Apple Pie, Bubble Tea, Coffee, Creme Brulee, Festive Pudding, Ginger Beer Float, Gingerbread House, Halloween Treats, Kiwi Sorbet, Pumpkin Pie, Santa's Hat of Treats, Snowman, Strawberry Cake, Sweet Rice Cake, Tea, Vanilla Panna Cotta, Witch's Brew, Yule Log |
 Tea Leaves | 4 | Bubble Tea, Peach Iced Tea, Saffron Tea, Tea |
 Tofu | 2 | Mapo Tofu, Vegetarian Fried Rice |
 Tuna | 3 | Tuna Fishcakes, Tuna Steak With vegetables, Tuna Sushi |
 Wasabi | 1 | Tuna Sushi |
Rarity 4: 8 ingredients
The 8 ingredients of rarity 4 appear in 38 different recipes. The most used is Chocolate, present in 12 of them.
| Ingredient | Recipes | Recipes that use it |
|---|---|---|
 Beef | 8 | Burger and Fries, Dolsot Bibimbap, Grilled Rump Steak, Lasagna, Lovely Steak, Mini Burgers, Roast Beef, Spaghetti bolognese |
 Chocolate | 12 | 2010 Cake, Chocolate Cake with Icecream, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Chocolate Milkshake, Festive Hot Chocolate, Santa's Hat of Treats, Snowman, Sundae, Sweet Heart Mousse, Valentine Cake, Vanilla Hot Chocolate, Yule Log |
 Icecream | 7 | Banana Split, Chocolate Cake with Icecream, Chocolate Milkshake, Ginger Beer Float, Gingerbread Milkshake, Strawberry Milkshake, Sundae |
 Kiwi | 3 | Exotic Fruit Skewers, Kiwi Sorbet, Witch's Brew |
 Noodles | 2 | Pad Thai, Yakibuta Ramen |
 Pomegranate | 2 | Lamb with Pomegranate Sauce, Pomegranate Parfait |
 Turkey | 2 | Festive Turkey, Roast Turkey |
 Vanilla | 9 | Apple Pie, Eggnog, Festive Hot Chocolate, Gingerbread Milkshake, Halloween Treats, Love Potion, Valentine Cake, Vanilla Hot Chocolate, Vanilla Panna Cotta |
Rarity 5: 3 ingredients
The 3 ingredients of rarity 5 appear in 6 different recipes. The most used is Saffron, present in 3 of them.
| Ingredient | Recipes | Recipes that use it |
|---|---|---|
 Dragon Fruit | 1 | Exotic Fruit Skewers |
 Lobster | 2 | Lobster, Lobster Soup |
 Saffron | 3 | Love Potion, Saffron Tea, Seafood Paella |
How to get ingredients
Ingredients can be bought and received from your neighbours. You start with Beef ×1, Egg ×2, Potato ×1, Salad ×2, Strawberry ×1, Tomato ×2, Apple ×1: enough for the first recipe the tutorial teaches you.
Every day you log in you get a gift ingredient, and one more for each day in a row you come back. Your first visit to each neighbour gives you another ingredient.
The daily gift window counts the days in a row you have logged in and tells you that you get an extra ingredient for each consecutive day.
The garden is one of the beta features that have not been thoroughly tested yet, so do not count on it for now. Daily gifts and visits to Friends Street are a good way to keep adding ingredients.
Which ingredients are used the most
The most repeated ingredients are Sugar (18), Flour (17), Egg (16). At the other end, 4 ingredients appear in a single recipe. If you are going to collect ingredients, the ones that show up in more recipes give you more menu options.
Look at rarity 5 too: although there are 3 such ingredients, together they appear in only 6 of the 107 recipes.
How to plan your pantry
Start from your menu: choose the recipes you will serve, check on the recipes page which ingredients they need and look up the rarity of each one here. High-rarity ingredients are harder to get, so it pays to plan ahead.
Remember that the menu takes few dishes at once: one at the start and two from level 10. You do not need to collect ingredients for the whole list, only for the dishes on your menu.
See also: Restaurant City levels and gourmet points · Restaurant City tips for beginners
Frequently asked questions
What does an ingredient's rarity mean?
It goes from 1 to 5 and shows how hard the ingredient is to get: 1 is the most common and 5 the rarest.
Which ingredients have rarity 5?
There are 3: Dragon Fruit, Lobster, Saffron.
Which ingredients do I start with?
Beef ×1, Egg ×2, Potato ×1, Salad ×2, Strawberry ×1, Tomato ×2, Apple ×1.
How do I get more ingredients?
You can buy them and receive them from neighbours: a gift every day you log in, one more for each day in a row, and another on your first visit to each neighbour.
Which ingredient is used in the most recipes?
It is Sugar, which appears in 18 of the 107 recipes on the list.
Where can I see the recipes that use an ingredient?
In the tables on this page: next to each ingredient is the list of recipes that use it.
Are ingredient names translated?
No. The game is only in English and names are shown exactly as they appear on screen.
How many ingredients are used in only one recipe?
4 ingredients appear in a single recipe; the rest are used in several.
Does the garden work?
It exists, but it is one of the beta features that have not been thoroughly tested yet. Do not count on it for now.
Restaurant City is a work by Playfish and Electronic Arts. This is an independent browser edition, in beta, that is not the official site and is not affiliated with Playfish, Electronic Arts, Facebook or Meta. Facebook is a trademark of Meta Platforms, Inc. The game is only in English.
More guides
Pages with real game data to get your restaurant ready: recipes, ingredients, levels and tips.
- Restaurant City recipes: full list with ingredientsAll 107 recipes by type, with the ingredients of each one.
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- Restaurant City tips for beginnersFirst steps: staff, tutorial, payment, decoration, neighbours and saving.
- How to play Restaurant City: step-by-step guideThe player's manual, with the tutorial explained step by step.
- Restaurant City: play free in your browserThe game's home page: what it is and how to create your account.
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