"Create Food and Water" - How much?

[Tetujin]

Yes, I know "Food and water to sustain three humans or one horse/level for 24 hours", but I'm looking for real volumes, or maybe something in the DMG about how much a human eats/drinks in 24 hours.

 

[Romnipotent]

base it off a trail ration, that should be fine
or a bail of feed

thats in the phb, weighs a pound or something

 

[dcollins]

From the SRD, under "Starvation and Thirst":

In normal climates, Medium characters need at least a gallon of fluids and about a pound of decent food per day to avoid starvation. (Small characters need half as much.) In very hot climates, characters need two or three times as much water to avoid dehydration.

 

[Ogrork the Mighty]

I always thought the spell simply created a small meal that would sustain a person for a day. Like a bowl of porridge or something.

 

[CRGreathouse]

Yes, I know "Food and water to sustain three humans or one horse/level for 24 hours", but I'm looking for real volumes, or maybe something in the DMG about how much a human eats/drinks in 24 hours.

I'd expect something like 30 pounds of food and water per level -- a gallon of water and a pound or two more of food per person. That's a basic minimum, unless the food is supercompact* (in which case a day's rations for a person could be perhaps 8 1/2 pounds, mostly water).

For volume, figure a minimum of 1/2 cubic foot per level.

* Supercompact food: Probably lard or something similar...