I look into the world of profit from selling meals to ingredients and what their real value are based on a per min chart. The results will surprise you. Intro Gday people, I have pick the items from a previous guide that states these are the most profitable items. Currently this will just be text-based but once I have collect all the data I will put a chart of the "Top 5 ACTUALLY profitable items". Yes this guide is a "Umm Actually" type of guide. If any information is wrong, please "umm actually" me in the comments and I will try to figure out where I went wrong. Also any meals not listed can be add if there is interest in that sort of thing. I plan to use the DDLV wiki database to collect their most profitable items too. COAL, don't forget the coal.... One important detail to remember you need is coal, to cook any of your meals... This means either mining, mining and more mining or buying them from Kristoff for 5sc per coal... So I will add for coal cost of 5sc as a coal tax lol Meals and Minutes I don't know why I keep seeing people use g or k g for the money... it's star coins, so I will use "sc" for the currency, h is hour, mins is minutes, p/m is per minute and CT for Coal Tax. Disclaimer: Items are based on the ingredient that will take the most time to grow e.g. Pumpkin is 4h vs Lettuce 3mins, pumpkin will be used to measure. Also I know items grow faster if you grow them in the right biome, but to make this an easy math, I will not be calculating that data at this time. Time taken to travel has not been taken into count for these calculations, as not every base is optimise to reduce travel cost between the locations needed. On another note, not everyone has the "A Rift in Time" DLC which has ancient machines to auto dig/plant/water, so time taken to dig/plant/water is also not included in the data below. Also items that can't be brought like fishing/foraging etc with be based on their selling price instead of buying price. Here are the Top "profitable" items: Pumpkin Puffs - Sold at 1489sc > Pumpkin (1) 275sc/seed/4h(240mins) 996sc/item > Egg (1) 220sc > Cheese (1) 180sc Total ingredient grown/brought = 675sc / 240mins = 2.8125sc p/m Seed: 675sc - total - 5sc CT= 809sc Item: 1396sc - total - 5sc CT= 88sc Pumpkin Soup - Sold at 1428sc > Pumpkin (1) 275sc/seed/4h(240mins) 996sc/item > Milk (1) 230sc > Ginger (1) 50sc > Any Vegetable (1) = Lettuce 8sc/3mins 12sc/item Total ingredient grown/brought: 563sc / 240mins = 2.34sc p/m Seed: 563sc - total - 5sc CT= 860sc Item: 1288sc - total - 5sc CT= 135sc Souffle - Sold at 1230sc > Milk (1) 230sc > Egg (1) 220sc > Butter (1) 190sc > Cheese (1) 180sc Item: 820sc - total - 5sc CT= 405sc Not much profit, but you don't have to wait Roasted Asparagus - Sold at 313sc > Asparagus (1) 150sc/seedx3(50sc per item)/2h15mins(135min) 200sc/item > Canola (1) 25sc/seed/35mins 164sc/item Total ingredient grown(1): 75sc / 135mins = 0.55sc p/m Seed: 75sc - total - 5sc CT= 233sc Item: 364sc - total - 5sc CT= -56sc (you lose money) I am shocked!!!! Pan Fried Angler Fish - Sold at 2550sc > Angler Fish (1) 1500sc (Fishing in Gold pools - Forgotten lands) > Tomato (1) 8sc/seedx3(2.3sc per item)/25mins 33sc/item > Zucchini (1) 30sc/seedx2(15sc per item)/40mins 78sc/item > Potato (1) 55sc/seed/35mins 189sc/item Total ingredient grown/brought: 1572.3sc / 40mins = 39.3sc p/m Seed: 1572.3sc - total - 5sc CT= 972.7sc PROFIT Item: 1800sc - total - 5sc CT= 745sc Smoked Peanuts and Angler Fish - Sold at 2210sc > Angler Fish (1) 1500sc (Fishing in Gold pools - Forgotten lands) > Peanuts (1) 200sc Item: 1700g - total - 5sc CT= 505sc Poached Basil-Butter Sturgeon - Sold at 2284sc > Sturgeon (1) 1250sc (Fishing in Gold pools - Frosted Heights) > Butter (1) 190sc > Basil (1) 50sc (0sc forage) > Lemon (1) 33sc 0sc/forage/25mins 67sc/item(Glade of trust) used brought value in item Total ingredient grown/brought: 1440sc / 25mins = 57.6sc p/m Forage: 1440sc - total - 5sc CT= 839sc Item: 1557sc - total - 5sc CT= 722sc Ingredients: growth vs seed cost This is list of the ingredients growth vs buying price, to see if Orka really is the king of profitable ingredients, I've included seed growth per minute to have a additional tracker for what items cost p/m are. Refresh index: sc is Star Coins, h is hours, mins is minutes Here's the list: Orka - Sold at 114sc (3x = 342sc) 135sc/Seed/2h(120mins) Gives 3 / 135sc = 45sc per item Seed = 1.125sc p/m(3) or 0.375sc p/m(1) Item seed cost minus sold cost 45sc - 114sc = 69sc profit per item or 3x = 207sc profit per item More info - Item brought = 171sc Pumpkin - Sold at 664sc 275sc/seed/4h(240mins) Give 1 = 275sc Seed = 1.145sc p/m Item seed cost minus sold cost 275sc - 664sc = 389sc PROFIT per item More info - Item brought = 996sc Lettuce - Sold at 8sc 3sc/3mins Give 1 = 3sc Seed = 1sc p/m Item seed cost minus sold cost 1sc - 8sc = 7sc profit per item More info - Item brought = 12sc Asparagus - Sold at 133sc (3x 399sc) 150sc/seed/2h15mins(135min) Give 3 /150sc = 50sc Seed = 1.111sc p/m (3) or 0.37sc p/m(1) Item seed cost minus sold cost 50sc - 133sc = 83sc profit per item or 3x = 249sc profit per item More info - Item brought = 200sc/item Conclusion If you are trying to save time and profit, consider if growing is the right way to go or should you stock up only on ingredients Remy sells lol Either way, I hope you enjoy reading my guide and please let me know what you think. Cheers Additional info The guides/websites I used as reference/details: Luna Lilith's guide - "Money me. Money now. Me a money needing a lot now." https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2937816012 DDLV fandom - Goofy's Stalls https://disneydreamlightvalley.fandom.com/wiki/Goofy%27s_Stalls DDLV wiki - Cooking Collection https://dreamlightvalleywiki.com/Cooking