If eaten, it heals a maximum of 2,225 life points, but due to the time required to collect and process the ingredients it is recommended not to use them as food.
Players should consider cooking on a portable range, or the grill in Waiko; doing so provides a 5% chance to produce an additional Arc gumbo.
Wearing a modified sous chef's toque provides a 5% chance to cook an additional stew, stacking with other effects.
Since the ingredients required to make Arc gumbos stack, large quantities of stews can be manufactured, cooked, and then sold to Tang at the Waiko market while using the grill to produce extra stews.