A pellet is a nutrition packed object that has vitamins and such, like any other food, helps organims grow. These are the fruits of Pellet Posies, though they are also on the ground, and can be dropped by enemies. These items are vital to the early growth of Pikmin, as you won't have many to take on large creatures. The pellet comes in four sizes, and each one provides more Pikmin. If the color of the pellet matches the color of the Onion it is brought to, more Pikmin are produced. The number represented on the pellet is its weight in grams.
- 1 pellet: The most common size of pellet, and the only pellet found on Pellet Posies in Pikmin 1. If they are brought to the same colored Onion, they produce 2 Pikmin, if not, they produce 1 Pikmin.
- 5 pellet: A slighly rarer pellet, they were found on the ground or dropped by enemies in Pikmin 1, but pellet bearing Pellet Posies debuted with this pellet in Pikmin 2. If they are brought to the same colored Onion, they produce 5 Pikmin, if not, they produce 3 Pikmin.
- 10 pellet: These are even rarer, these are only in significant places in Pikmin 1, and only three regrowable 10 pellet Pellet Posies are found in Pikmin 2. If they are brought to the same colored Onion, they produce 10 Pikmin, if not, they produce 5 Pikmin.
- 20 pellet: The most rare of all, they are very large, and very difficult to find, and in Pikmin 2, there actually is a Pellet Posy for this pellet that regrows, but it bears the only 20 pellet in existence! %0 pikmin can actually carry this, instead of exactly twice its weight. If they are brought to the same colored Onion, they produce 20 Pikmin, if not, they produce 10 Pikmin.
Many 10 and 20 pellets (including many 1's and 5's) are found in Challenge Mode (Pikmin 1 ), especially in The Forest Navel.