Food safety

Can my pet eat this?

Pick your pet and search a food for a clear verdict — safe, in moderation, caution or unsafe — with the reasons why.

Popular checks

If your pet has already eaten something harmful

Don’t wait for symptoms — contact your vet immediately, or call the Animal PoisonLine on 01202 509000 (a 24/7 UK service). This tool is general guidance based on established veterinary sources and is not a substitute for professional veterinary advice; quantities, preparation and your pet’s health all matter.

Free printable: safe & toxic foods checklist

Want a one-page checklist to keep on the fridge? Pop your email in and we’ll send the vet-sourced safe / moderation / dangerous list for your pet — dog, cat, rabbit, guinea pig or hamster.

Browse by pet

A complete A–Z of safe and unsafe foods for each pet:

What can dogs eat? What can cats eat? What can rabbits eat? What can guinea pigs eat? What can hamsters eat?

Browse all foods (A–Z)

Tap any food for a full breakdown across all five pets.

Acorns Alcohol Almond milk Almonds Anchovies Apple Apricot Artichoke Asparagus Aubergine Avocado Baby food Bacon Baked beans Bamboo shoots Banana Basil Bay leaf Beetroot Bell pepper Biscuits Black beans Black pepper Black pudding Blackberry Blackcurrant Blueberry Bone broth Brazil nuts Bread Breadsticks Breakfast cereal Broccoli Brussels sprouts Butter Butter beans Butternut squash Cabbage Caffeine Cake Cantaloupe Cantaloupe melon Carrot Cashews Cauliflower Celery Chamomile Chard Cheese Cherry Chestnuts Chia seeds Chicken bones Chickpeas Chilli Chips Chives Chocolate Chorizo Cinnamon Clover Coconut Coconut oil Coconut water Cod Coffee Collard greens Cooked beef Cooked bones Cooked chicken Cooked duck Cooked lamb Cooked pork Cooked prawn Cooked salmon Cooked turkey Coriander Corn on the cob Corned Beef Cornflakes Cottage cheese Courgette Couscous Crab Crackers Cranberry Cream Cream cheese Crisps Croissant Cucumber Curry Custard Dandelion Date Dill Dog ice cream Doughnuts Dragon fruit Dried apricot Edamame Egg Energy drinks Fennel Fig Fish Fingers Fizzy drinks Flapjack Flax seeds Fruit juice Garlic Ginger Gooseberry Granola Grapefruit Grapes Grass Gravy Gravy bones Green beans Guava Gummy sweets Haggis Ham Hazelnuts Honey Hot dogs Hummus Ice cream Jam Jelly Kale Ketchup Kidney Kidney beans Kiwi Kohlrabi Lactose-free milk Leek Lemon Lentils Lettuce Lime Liquorice Liver Lobster Lychee Macadamia nuts Mackerel Mangetout Mango Marmalade Marmite Marshmallows Mayonnaise Melon Milk Minced meat Mint Mushrooms Mussels Mustard Nectarine Nettle Noodles Nutmeg Oat milk Oats Okra Olive oil Olives Onion Orange Oregano Pak choi Pancakes Papaya Paprika Parsley Parsnip Passion Fruit Pasta Pâté Peach Peanut butter Peanuts Pear Peas Pecans Pepperoni Persimmon Pesto Pickles Pine nuts Pineapple Pistachios Pizza Plum Pomegranate Popcorn Potato Prawn Crackers Prawns Pretzels Prunes Pumpkin Pumpkin seeds Quinoa Radish Raisins Raspberry Raw beef Raw bread dough Raw chicken Raw egg Raw fish Rhubarb Rice Rice Cakes Rocket Rosemary Sage Salami Salt Sardines Satsuma Sausages Scampi Scrambled egg Seaweed Sesame seeds Shallot Shortbread Shrimp Soy sauce Spinach Spring onion Stock cubes Strawberry Stuffing Sugar Sugar snap peas Sultanas Sunflower seeds Sushi Swede Sweet potato Sweetcorn Tea Thyme Tinned fish Toast Tofu Tomato Tripe Tuna Turkey skin Turmeric Turnip Vinegar Walnuts Water chestnut Watercress Watermelon Weetabix White bread White chocolate White fish Wholemeal bread Xylitol Yoghurt