diff --git a/mods/ENTITIES/mcl_item_entity/init.lua b/mods/ENTITIES/mcl_item_entity/init.lua
index 5a6ece86bf..02311c8d11 100644
--- a/mods/ENTITIES/mcl_item_entity/init.lua
+++ b/mods/ENTITIES/mcl_item_entity/init.lua
@@ -173,40 +173,6 @@ function minetest.item_drop(itemstack, dropper, pos)
 	end
 end
 
---add food particles
-function core.item_eat(hp_change, replace_with_item)
-	return function(itemstack, user, pointed_thing)  -- closure
-		local pos = user:getpos()
-		pos.y = pos.y + item_drop_settings.player_collect_height
-		local itemname = itemstack:get_name()
-		local texture  = minetest.registered_items[itemname].inventory_image
-		minetest.add_item(pos, drop)
-		  minetest.add_particlespawner({
-			 amount = 20,
-			 time = 0.1,
-			 minpos = {x=pos.x, y=pos.y, z=pos.z},
-			 maxpos = {x=pos.x, y=pos.y, z=pos.z},
-			 minvel = {x=-1, y=1, z=-1},
-			 maxvel = {x=1, y=2, z=1},
-			 minacc = {x=0, y=-5, z=0},
-			 maxacc = {x=0, y=-9, z=0},
-			 minexptime = 1,
-			 maxexptime = 1,
-			 minsize = 1,
-			 maxsize = 2,
-			 collisiondetection = true,
-			 vertical = false,
-			 texture = texture,
-		})
-		minetest.sound_play("bite_item_drop", {
-			pos = pos,
-			max_hear_distance = 100,
-			gain = 10.0,
-		})
-		return core.do_item_eat(hp_change, replace_with_item, itemstack, user, pointed_thing)
-	end
-end
-
 --modify builtin:item
 
 local time_to_live = tonumber(core.setting_get("item_entity_ttl"))
diff --git a/mods/PLAYER/mcl_hunger/README.md b/mods/PLAYER/mcl_hunger/README.md
index 03ca9c1dd8..d015ac40b1 100644
--- a/mods/PLAYER/mcl_hunger/README.md
+++ b/mods/PLAYER/mcl_hunger/README.md
@@ -42,11 +42,12 @@ This mod is free software.
 * Forked from `hbhunger` for MineClone 2. `hbhunger` in turn was forked from the “Better HUD
   (and hunger)” mod by BlockMen (2013-2015), most code comes from this mod.
 
-### Textures
+### Textures and sounds
 
 * `hbhunger_icon.png`—PilzAdam ([WTFPL](http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/)), modified by BlockMen
 * `hbhunger_bgicon.png`—PilzAdam (WTFPL), modified by BlockMen
 * `hbhunger_bar.png—Wuzzy` (WTFPL)
 * `hbhunger_icon_health_poison.png`—celeron55 ([CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)), modified by BlockMen, modified again by Wuzzy
+* `bite_item_drop.1.ogg`, `bite_item_drop.2.ogg`: WTFPL
 * Everything else: WTFPL, by BlockMen and Wuzzy
 
diff --git a/mods/PLAYER/mcl_hunger/hunger.lua b/mods/PLAYER/mcl_hunger/hunger.lua
index b02b026508..9dd336d821 100644
--- a/mods/PLAYER/mcl_hunger/hunger.lua
+++ b/mods/PLAYER/mcl_hunger/hunger.lua
@@ -72,11 +72,39 @@ end
 
 function mcl_hunger.item_eat(hunger_change, replace_with_item, poisen, heal, sound)
 	return function(itemstack, user, pointed_thing)
+		local itemname = itemstack:get_name()
 		if itemstack:take_item() ~= nil and user ~= nil then
 			local name = user:get_player_name()
 			local h = tonumber(mcl_hunger.hunger[name])
 			local hp = user:get_hp()
-			minetest.sound_play({name = sound or "mcl_hunger_eat_generic", gain = 1}, {pos=user:getpos(), max_hear_distance = 16})
+
+			-- Add eat particle effect and sound
+			local pos = user:getpos()
+			pos.y = pos.y + item_drop_settings.player_collect_height
+			local texture  = minetest.registered_items[itemname].inventory_image
+			minetest.add_item(pos, drop)
+			minetest.add_particlespawner({
+				amount = 20,
+				time = 0.1,
+				minpos = {x=pos.x, y=pos.y, z=pos.z},
+				maxpos = {x=pos.x, y=pos.y, z=pos.z},
+				minvel = {x=-1, y=1, z=-1},
+				maxvel = {x=1, y=2, z=1},
+				minacc = {x=0, y=-5, z=0},
+				maxacc = {x=0, y=-9, z=0},
+				minexptime = 1,
+				maxexptime = 1,
+				minsize = 1,
+				maxsize = 2,
+				collisiondetection = true,
+				vertical = false,
+				texture = texture,
+			})
+			minetest.sound_play("bite_item_drop", {
+				pos = pos,
+				max_hear_distance = 8,
+				gain = 10.0,
+			})
 
 			-- Saturation
 			if h < 20 and hunger_change then
diff --git a/mods/PLAYER/mcl_hunger/sounds/bite_item_drop.1.ogg b/mods/PLAYER/mcl_hunger/sounds/bite_item_drop.1.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..065ba06c1e
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diff --git a/mods/PLAYER/mcl_hunger/sounds/bite_item_drop.2.ogg b/mods/PLAYER/mcl_hunger/sounds/bite_item_drop.2.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51a3a90e9a
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diff --git a/mods/PLAYER/mcl_hunger/sounds/hbhunger_eat_generic.ogg b/mods/PLAYER/mcl_hunger/sounds/hbhunger_eat_generic.ogg
deleted file mode 100644
index b6acd07846..0000000000
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