Can dogs eat Pork loin (fat trimmed)?
Pork loin (fat trimmed)（豚ロース（脂身なし））
Safe to feed
Loin with the fat trimmed off—high in protein, modest in fat.
Cook first
Feed this food cooked.
140 kcal per 100 g
What kind of food is this?
Pork loin from along the back, with the fat trimmed off. Per 100g: 140kcal, 22.7g of protein, 5.6g of fat, and 360mg of potassium.
Vitamin B1 is 0.8mg per 100g—especially high even among meats. Vitamin B1 is a nutrient involved in turning carbohydrates into energy.
Loin numbers change with the fat left on or taken off. This page shows the trimmed figures.
How to serve
Pork calls for caution about parasites and Aujeszky's disease. Aujeszky's disease causes severe illness in dogs, and Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries asks that pork not be fed raw to pets but cooked thoroughly.
When you have these care goals
Weight management care — A meat that is high in protein and low in fat.
Nutrition
Pork loin (per 100 g, raw)
Japan's Standard Tables of Food Composition (8th ed.)
| Energy | 140 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 22.7 g |
| Fat | 5.6 g |
| Carbohydrate | 0.3 g |
| Calcium | 5 mg |
| Phosphorus | 210 mg |
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| Fiber | 0 g |
|---|---|
| Moisture | 70.3 g |
| Sodium | 48 mg |
| Potassium | 360 mg |
| Magnesium | 26 mg |
| Iron | 0.7 mg |
| Zinc | 1.9 mg |
| Copper | 0.06 mg |
| Iodine | 1 µg |
| Selenium | 25 µg |
| Manganese | 0.01 mg |
| Vitamin A | 4 µg |
| Vitamin D | 0.1 µg |
| Vitamin E | 0.3 mg |
| Vitamin B1 | 0.8 mg |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.3 µg |
| Vitamin C | 1 mg |
| EPA | 0 mg |
| DHA | 3 mg |
| Alpha-linolenic acid | 14 mg |
In food-energetics terms
In traditional food therapy, this is classified as 'neutral'—neither warming nor cooling the body.
(Food energetics is a long-standing idea of supporting the body through everyday meals. Treat it as one extra hint alongside the nutrition numbers.)
How much for your dog?
Get daily estimates from weight and activity level.