Can I make custom edible items give you effects?

[shrewd delta]

Trying to make it give the player hunger

[supple shadow]

Yes

With beforeItemUse

import { world, MinecraftEffectTypes } from "@minecraft/server"
world.events.beforeItemUse.subscribe(e => {
   if (e.item.typeId !== "youritemId")
      return;
        e.source.addEffect(MinecraftEffectTypes.hunger, timeInTicks, duration, showParticles? true or false)
})

You can also do this directly with json

[hearty saffron]

I would recommend doing it in the json file of the item

[supple shadow]

I too

But he added the tag scripting so that's why he got a scripting method

[tiny field]

Where would you put this?