Food Paste

The food paste is a consumable item in Fallout 4.

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. Furthermore, it allegedly tastes delicious, but is apparently addictive and causes raiders to display even more extreme aggression after extensive consumption. Long term consumption would also give the complexion of the consumer a pinkish hue.

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.