If I'm going to be honest here, the number of item you can pick up being increased by food is actually terrible. Because it makes accurately picking up a specific kobold when they are all bunched together a pain, and If you are trying to reorganize one of the sex stations so that certain kobolds are at the giving or receiving ends, it makes it almost impossible. It was a good idea on paper, but the number of items you can pick up being related to gear seems just universally better, as you can remove the gear when you need precision.
That being said, if there was an option to set the amount of objects you can pick up on the fly, it would solve this issue. So if that's planned, ignore me.