The gaur eats plants, specifically grazing on grass and stripping leaves from bushes and low trees, as well as consuming young shoots, fruits, and sprouts. The species obtains food by nibbling and tearing off parts of plants, with its diet consisting of grass, leaves, shoots, fruits, young shoots, and seedlings. The feeding strategy is grazing, and the daily food requirement ranges from 10 kilograms to 25 kilograms. In some cultures, the animal is eaten, but in Hinduism, cows are sacred, and beef is generally not consumed.