Problem to be solved: To provide a chewability evaluation device capable of accurately evaluating chewability of various food products. [Solution] the present invention includes a support base 21 for supporting a sample S, a contact member 10 having a distal end 12 fixed opposite to the support base 21 so as to be able to contact the sample S, drive means 30 for reciprocating the support base 21 in a direction in which the sample S and the contact member 10 approach and separate from each other, And displacement measurement means 70 for measuring displacement of the reciprocating movement of the support base 21, wherein the drive means 30 includes a motor 32, a rotary plate 34 rotated by the power of the motor 32, An interlocking member 37 provided at a position eccentric from the center of the rotating plate 34 and rotating in conjunction with the rotating plate...
