diff --git a/MinecraftClient/ChatBots/AutoEat.cs b/MinecraftClient/ChatBots/AutoEat.cs
index 1b058c0d..1b1616b9 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/ChatBots/AutoEat.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/ChatBots/AutoEat.cs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace MinecraftClient.ChatBots
             Container inventory = GetPlayerInventory();
             bool found = false;
             LastSlot = CurrentSlot;
-            if (inventory.Items.ContainsKey(CurrentSlot + 36) && inventory.Items[CurrentSlot + 36].IsFood())
+            if (inventory.Items.ContainsKey(CurrentSlot + 36) && ItemTypeExtensions.IsFood(inventory.Items[CurrentSlot + 36].Type))
             {
                 // no need to change slot
                 found = true;
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/Inventory/ItemTypeExtensions.cs b/MinecraftClient/Inventory/ItemTypeExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c448a57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MinecraftClient/Inventory/ItemTypeExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace MinecraftClient.Inventory
+{
+    public static class ItemTypeExtensions
+    {
+        /**
+         * I see "this" in the MaterialExtensions class method, why need that?
+         * public static bool IsSolid(this Material m)
+         *                            ^^^^
+         */
+        public static bool IsFood(ItemType m)
+        {
+            ItemType[] t =
+            {
+                ItemType.Apple,
+                ItemType.BakedPotato,
+                ItemType.Beetroot,
+                ItemType.Bread,
+                ItemType.Carrot,
+                ItemType.CookedChicken,
+                ItemType.CookedCod,
+                ItemType.CookedMutton,
+                ItemType.CookedPorkchop,
+                ItemType.CookedRabbit,
+                ItemType.CookedSalmon,
+                ItemType.Cookie,
+                ItemType.DriedKelp,
+                ItemType.EnchantedGoldenApple,
+                ItemType.GoldenApple,
+                ItemType.GoldenCarrot,
+                ItemType.MelonSlice,
+                ItemType.Potato,
+                ItemType.PumpkinPie,
+                ItemType.Beef,
+                ItemType.Chicken,
+                ItemType.Cod,
+                ItemType.Mutton,
+                ItemType.Porkchop,
+                ItemType.Rabbit,
+                ItemType.Salmon,
+                ItemType.CookedBeef,
+                ItemType.SweetBerries,
+                ItemType.TropicalFish
+            };
+            return t.Contains(m);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/MinecraftClient.csproj b/MinecraftClient/MinecraftClient.csproj
index 80731ca5..b13b53a3 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/MinecraftClient.csproj
+++ b/MinecraftClient/MinecraftClient.csproj
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Inventory\ContainerType.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Inventory\Item.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Inventory\ItemType.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Inventory\ItemTypeExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Inventory\ItemTypeGenerator.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Mapping\BlockPalettes\Palette112.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Mapping\BlockPalettes\Palette113.cs" />