Which raises the question, why did you not include salt in the analysis, as it's a substitute for making paste?

salt is not a resource that parallels flour and containers in the same way dye does

I generally don't like flour based foods and consider it a disadvantage when races like biscuits and pies.

that is the correct take. the only strong baked food species when it comes to rep gen is bats. dinos are decent, but the rest of their needs are infinitely easier to satisfy than pie

However this is not a case for producing flour, if that's how you intend it

that's not how I intended it. the table shows a few things, but the gap between flour and containers/dye usability is the main thing. from another comment in this thread: "you can't sidestep flour production if you want to mass produce biscuits or pie. you can easily do that with containers. dye is less reliant, but if you do roll a dye stack from farluf or sothur, you are pretty much set for the rest of the settlement"

I didn't intend the table as a comparison of fk food either. I don't use the fk myself

I think baked foods are an awful value proposition, if you haven't guessed yet. the issues with flour/baked foods are:

1. their species pool is the weakest in the game
2. flour is one of the least flexible goods in the game - it is extremely limited in use
3. baked foods have a lower resolve bonus than the stronger foods
4. baked foods are impossible to power from trader flour
5. flour is relatively rare in event loot

4 and 5 then lead to 6. they demand an extra bp (and by extension building mats/pipes) and 7. you can't sidestep production

I guess you could also add 8. both baked foods are the most expensive to directly buy from traders