i guess i just don't subscribe to the thought that games need to be balanced THAT tightly.
Except it's not "tight" at all?
We aren't talking about "having extra food for a couple more days" like the user above me is implying here.
We are talking about having something like 20 times more food that I'll ever need, and that's without even buying any.
According to some quick math I finished my last playthrough with enough food to do give or take 39 Long rests.
I'm not sure I'm going to have that many in my entire playthrough OF THE FULL GAME after release.