Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 576 Food Calories
During the time the maid brought a simple meal, several ideas had already crossed Perfect's mind, all about how to improve the compressed biscuits so that people could get more calories.

The main ingredients of the compressed biscuits designed by Perfect are still starch and protein, plus various nutrients needed by the human body.

This design was obtained by Perfectcot after referring to the compressed biscuit recipe of the original world and optimizing it with the help of the All-Seeing Eye. Theoretically, one biscuit can meet the energy and nutrition required by an adult in a day.

But with the arrival of severe cold, people have to consume more energy to maintain body temperature. In this case, a piece of compressed biscuit seems not enough.

According to Perfectot's estimation, if she did not change the recipe, the average person would have to eat about half a biscuit more a day to meet their energy consumption and avoid being unable to resist the cold due to insufficient energy obtained from food.

Although in the original world, scientists' research results show that humans consume 10-20% more energy in winter than in summer, considering the material living standards and environment of the original world, Perfectcot still calculates this number as high as possible.

But this means that people's food consumption will increase by 50% without changing the formula. The food that was originally enough to feed people for a month will now only be enough for three weeks.

However, Perfect's previous request was to increase the production capacity of the compressed biscuit factory by 20%.

According to Perfectoct's estimate, the expanded production capacity will not only fail to meet the original need to increase the stock of reserve grain, but will even barely be able to feed everyone.

Under such circumstances, Perfect has only two options: either release the reserves and continue to increase the production capacity of compressed biscuits, so as to meet consumption while also having surplus output to reserve.

Otherwise, we can only improve the recipe so that a single piece of compressed biscuit can provide more energy.

Although it is not impossible not to make changes, and people will not starve to death if they eat less, but Perfect is still a human being and would not do something that would leave people in a half-hungry state.

Especially if you don’t have enough to eat, the other problems caused by the cold will cause more trouble.

For example, if there is not enough energy to maintain body temperature, the body temperature will be low and cause hypothermia, which can be fatal.

As for frostbite and workers not having enough physical strength to work, it seems not a big deal.

Comparing the two, Perfect feels that it would be simpler to give people more food or make the food have higher energy.

Relatively speaking, increasing production capacity is relatively simple, after all, all you have to do is expand the production line.

But there is a problem here. In order to maintain a sense of fullness, eating only one piece of compressed biscuits will make people feel full. If you eat more, you can certainly get more energy, but at the same time you will also feel bloated.

It's like a person who can only eat one bowl of rice in one meal, and now you force him to eat half a bowl, it would be strange if he doesn't feel full.

Therefore, relatively speaking, it is more appropriate to improve the formula so that the compressed biscuits can provide more energy.

But Perfect couldn't think of how to improve it for the time being. After all, she lacked research in this area, and she didn't have any inspiration at the moment.

The maid had brought breakfast, so Perfect decided to eat it first. Although it was a simple meal, the maid still had a greasy sausage and bacon, a few slices of toasted bread with a wheaty aroma, and two fried eggs on the plate.

This made Perfecto sigh. Even though the external input had been cut off, he could still eat the same food in Langton as before the disaster, and the food standards had not been lowered at all.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the fact that she is just a little girl and doesn't eat much.

After all, Windsor Castle was a military fortress in the past. Not only did it have warehouses specifically for storing grain, but it also had a specially reclaimed farmland for growing vegetables and fruits, and raising some livestock, all in order to provide safe and reliable food for the royal family.

Although these were affected by the tsunami and cold wave, there was still no problem in ensuring the food standard for Perfecto alone.

This is also one of the reasons why Windsor Castle maintains a large team of maids. What they have to do is not just small things like cleaning, but they are also responsible for taking care of and maintaining various facilities in the castle.

This is one of the reasons why Perfect does not intend to dismiss them. After all, these maids are professionals who can maintain such a large castle, and it would be a waste to dismiss them.

Sitting at the table, Perfecto put bacon and fried eggs between pieces of bread and ate them directly into her mouth, while the maid beside her poured her a drink that looked like hot cocoa.

Perfect didn't care and took a sip, but then she paused and felt a flash of inspiration in her mind.

"How could I forget this!" Perfect smiled as he thought of something. He quickly stuffed the food in his hand into his mouth, swallowed it with hot cocoa, and ate the sausage in a few bites. Then he wiped his hands and said, "Have someone prepare the car. I need to go to the Alchemist Association."

The hot cocoa that the maid had just brought inspired Perfect, reminding her of a special snack she often ate in her original world: Snickers.

Strictly speaking, the correct name for this thing should be peanut-filled chocolate. The inside is maltose similar to nougat and peanuts and nuts rich in fat, and the outer layer is a very thick layer of chocolate.

This thing tastes very sweet. Generally speaking, even people who like sweets will feel choked after eating one. Especially the maltose inside is often wrapped with nut crumbs and sticks to the teeth, so that after eating it, you will still feel the sweet taste in your mouth for a long time.

So normal people rarely eat this as a snack, but for Perfect, she eats it often.

Because this snack itself contains a lot of calories and can provide a feeling of fullness that is no less than compressed biscuits, it is a good meal replacement for people who work outdoors or need to do heavy physical labor, or who cannot eat well under normal circumstances.

If it can be combined with compressed biscuits to increase the energy of the compressed biscuits, it will undoubtedly solve the current problems faced by Perfect.

She did what she thought, so naturally she couldn't wait to find a laboratory to try to solve the problem.

But before that, she also said to the maid beside her: "Is there a pastry chef in the castle? I need a pastry chef to help me."

(End of this chapter)