diff --git a/food.go b/food.go
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+++ b/food.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"math/rand"
+)
+
+func getFoodItem() rune {
+	var foods string = "🐵🐱🐷🐁🐇🐿🦇🐓🐣🐸🦎🍎🍏"
+	foodsRune := []rune(foods)
+	randomIndex := rand.Intn(len(foodsRune))
+	return foodsRune[randomIndex]
+}