diff --git a/src/main/java/aztech/modern_industrialization/machines/components/CrafterComponent.java b/src/main/java/aztech/modern_industrialization/machines/components/CrafterComponent.java
index 5c79a91a2..a3d16e32b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/aztech/modern_industrialization/machines/components/CrafterComponent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/aztech/modern_industrialization/machines/components/CrafterComponent.java
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ protected boolean takeItemInputs(MachineRecipe recipe, boolean simulate) {
             }
             int remainingAmount = input.amount();
             for (ConfigurableItemStack stack : stacks) {
-                if (stack.getAmount() > 0 && input.matches(stack.getResource().toStack())) { // TODO: ItemStack creation slow?
+                if (stack.getAmount() > 0 && stack.getResource().test(input.ingredient())) {
                     int taken = Math.min((int) stack.getAmount(), remainingAmount);
                     if (taken > 0 && !simulate) {
                         behavior.getStatsOrDummy().addUsedItems(stack.getResource().getItem(), taken);
diff --git a/src/main/java/aztech/modern_industrialization/thirdparty/fabrictransfer/api/item/ItemVariant.java b/src/main/java/aztech/modern_industrialization/thirdparty/fabrictransfer/api/item/ItemVariant.java
index 13346514a..68a52839a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/aztech/modern_industrialization/thirdparty/fabrictransfer/api/item/ItemVariant.java
+++ b/src/main/java/aztech/modern_industrialization/thirdparty/fabrictransfer/api/item/ItemVariant.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import aztech.modern_industrialization.thirdparty.fabrictransfer.impl.item.ItemVariantImpl;
 import com.mojang.serialization.Codec;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.NbtOps;
@@ -80,6 +81,14 @@ static ItemVariant of(ItemLike item) {
      */
     boolean matches(ItemStack stack);
 
+    /**
+     * Tests an {@link ItemStack} predicate with the inner stack.
+     *
+     * @param predicate Predicate to perform the test with
+     * @return {@code true} if the test passed
+     */
+    boolean test(Predicate<ItemStack> predicate);
+
     /**
      * Return the item of this variant.
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/aztech/modern_industrialization/thirdparty/fabrictransfer/impl/item/ItemVariantImpl.java b/src/main/java/aztech/modern_industrialization/thirdparty/fabrictransfer/impl/item/ItemVariantImpl.java
index 85c958300..343a50712 100644
--- a/src/main/java/aztech/modern_industrialization/thirdparty/fabrictransfer/impl/item/ItemVariantImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/aztech/modern_industrialization/thirdparty/fabrictransfer/impl/item/ItemVariantImpl.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponentPatch;
 import net.minecraft.world.item.Item;
 import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
@@ -78,6 +79,11 @@ public boolean matches(ItemStack stack) {
         return ItemStack.isSameItemSameComponents(this.stack, stack);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean test(Predicate<ItemStack> predicate) {
+        return predicate.test(this.stack);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public ItemStack toStack(int count) {
         return this.stack.copyWithCount(count);