Summary
Despite being edible and (unlike potions or milk) having food components, Ominous Bottle is not required for the advancement A Balanced Diet.
Steps to Reproduce
Create a new world with update 1.20 experiment.
Eat an ominous bottle.
Expected Result
A Balanced Diet's progress becomes 1 out of 41.
Actual Result
A Balanced Diet does not progress.
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Ominous bottles are consumed by drinking, not by eating. They produce the sound associated with drinking. I can still confirm.