diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/kitchen.dm b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/kitchen.dm
index 83e488c5959..df741ca2328 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/kitchen.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/kitchen.dm
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@
 			return ..()
 
 	if (reagents.total_volume > 0)
+		// Mouthless people cannot eat
+		if(!M.can_eat())
+			user << "<span class=warning>[M] cannot eat with a fork!</span>"
+			return
+		
 		if(M == user)
 			M.visible_message("<span class='notice'>\The [user] eats some [loaded] from \the [src].</span>")
 			reagents.trans_to(M, reagents.total_volume)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm
index b2cd0136f30..01337b536fc 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm
@@ -794,3 +794,6 @@ var/list/ventcrawl_machinery = list(/obj/machinery/atmospherics/unary/vent_pump,
 		Stun(stun)
 	Weaken(weaken)
 	return 1
+
+/mob/living/carbon/proc/can_eat(flags = 255)
+	return 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
index 366ec02ae1e..29637dbb2c0 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
@@ -1858,3 +1858,6 @@
 	for(var/obj/item/clothing/C in src) //If they have some clothing equipped that lets them see reagents, they can see reagents
 		if(C.scan_reagents)
 			return 1
+
+/mob/living/carbon/human/can_eat(flags = 255)
+	return species && (species.dietflags & flags)
diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/oldchem/reagents/reagents_food.dm b/code/modules/reagents/oldchem/reagents/reagents_food.dm
index da3244cbda2..70b8929832d 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/oldchem/reagents/reagents_food.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/oldchem/reagents/reagents_food.dm
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	if(!(M.mind in ticker.mode.vampires))
 		if(ishuman(M))
 			var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = M
-			if(H.species && H.species.dietflags)	//Make sure the species has it's dietflag set, otherwise it can't digest any nutrients
+			if(H.can_eat())	//Make sure the species has it's dietflag set, otherwise it can't digest any nutrients
 				H.nutrition += nutriment_factor	// For hunger and fatness
 				if(prob(50)) M.heal_organ_damage(1,0)
 		if(istype(M,/mob/living/simple_animal))		//Any nutrients can heal simple animals
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 	if(!(M.mind in ticker.mode.vampires))
 		if(ishuman(M))
 			var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = M
-			if(H.species && H.species.dietflags && !(H.species.dietflags & DIET_HERB))	//Make sure the species has it's dietflag set, and that it is not a herbivore
+			if(H.can_eat(DIET_CARN | DIET_OMNI))	//Make sure that it is not a herbivore
 				H.nutrition += nutriment_factor	// For hunger and fatness
 				if(prob(50)) M.heal_organ_damage(1,0)
 		if(istype(M,/mob/living/simple_animal))		//Any nutrients can heal simple animals
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 	if(!(M.mind in ticker.mode.vampires))
 		if(ishuman(M))
 			var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = M
-			if(H.species && H.species.dietflags && !(H.species.dietflags & DIET_CARN))	//Make sure the species has it's dietflag set, and that it is not a carnivore
+			if(H.can_eat(DIET_HERB | DIET_OMNI))	//Make sure that it is not a carnivore
 				H.nutrition += nutriment_factor	// For hunger and fatness
 				if(prob(50)) M.heal_organ_damage(1,0)
 		if(istype(M,/mob/living/simple_animal))		//Any nutrients can heal simple animals