diff --git a/java/squeek/appleskin/api/event/FoodCheckEvent.java b/java/squeek/appleskin/api/event/FoodCheckEvent.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8868ba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/squeek/appleskin/api/event/FoodCheckEvent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package squeek.appleskin.api.event;
+
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Player;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
+import net.neoforged.bus.api.Event;
+
+/**
+ * Can be used to treat non-standard items as food for display purposes
+ * or if you have a food component specific to your mod.
+ * Called whenever an item is checked if it should show food tooltips.
+ * <p>
+ * Note: if the item lacks default food components, make sure to also
+ * listen to {@link FoodValuesEvent}, otherwise the tooltip will be empty.
+ */
+public class FoodCheckEvent extends Event
+{
+    public FoodCheckEvent(Player player, ItemStack itemStack, boolean isFood)
+    {
+        this.isFood = isFood;
+        this.player = player;
+        this.itemStack = itemStack;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isFood;
+    public final ItemStack itemStack;
+    public final Player player;
+}
diff --git a/java/squeek/appleskin/helpers/FoodHelper.java b/java/squeek/appleskin/helpers/FoodHelper.java
index 5ca595b..acef822 100644
--- a/java/squeek/appleskin/helpers/FoodHelper.java
+++ b/java/squeek/appleskin/helpers/FoodHelper.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import net.minecraft.world.item.consume_effects.ApplyStatusEffectsConsumeEffect;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.common.NeoForge;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+import squeek.appleskin.api.event.FoodCheckEvent;
 import squeek.appleskin.api.event.FoodValuesEvent;
 import squeek.appleskin.network.MessageNaturalRegenerationSync;
 
@@ -19,7 +20,12 @@ public class FoodHelper
 {
 	public static boolean isFood(ItemStack itemStack, Player player)
 	{
-		return itemStack.get(DataComponents.FOOD) != null && itemStack.get(DataComponents.CONSUMABLE) != null;
+		boolean result = itemStack.get(DataComponents.FOOD) != null && itemStack.get(DataComponents.CONSUMABLE) != null;
+
+		FoodCheckEvent event = new FoodCheckEvent(player, itemStack, result);
+		NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.post(event);
+
+		return event.isFood;
 	}
 
 	public static boolean canConsume(Player player, FoodProperties foodProperties)