Can dogs eat Black rice?
Black rice（黒米）
Safe to feed
An ancient, brown-rice-style grain with anthocyanins in its black bran.
Cook first
Feed this food cooked.
What kind of food is this?
In its dry state, black rice contains 341kcal, 5.6g fiber, 4.28mg manganese, and 110mg magnesium per 100g.
The blackish-purple bran contains anthocyanins, polyphenol pigments. Anthocyanins are plant compounds studied for their role in protecting cells from oxidative damage by free radicals.
Cooking makes it absorb water, so the per-100g figures become more dilute. Cooked, it has 150kcal and 3.3g of fiber per 100g.
How to serve
Cook it until soft enough to crush with your fingers.
Nutrition
Black rice (per 100 g, dried)
Japan's Standard Tables of Food Composition (8th ed.)
| Energy | 341 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 7.8 g |
| Fat | 3.2 g |
| Carbohydrate | 72 g |
| Calcium | 15 mg |
| Phosphorus | 310 mg |
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| Fiber | 5.6 g |
|---|---|
| Moisture | 15.2 g |
| Sodium | 1 mg |
| Potassium | 270 mg |
| Magnesium | 110 mg |
| Iron | 0.9 mg |
| Zinc | 1.9 mg |
| Copper | 0.22 mg |
| Iodine | 0 µg |
| Selenium | 3 µg |
| Manganese | 4.28 mg |
| Vitamin A | 3 µg |
| Vitamin D | 0 µg |
| Vitamin E | 1.3 mg |
| Vitamin B1 | 0.39 mg |
| Vitamin B12 | − |
| Vitamin C | − |
| EPA | − |
| DHA | − |
| Alpha-linolenic acid | − |
"−" means the item is not listed in the source table (it does not mean zero).
Black rice (per 100 g, cooked)
Japan's Standard Tables of Food Composition (8th ed.)
| Energy | 150 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 3.6 g |
| Fat | 1.4 g |
| Carbohydrate | 32.2 g |
| Calcium | 7 mg |
| Phosphorus | 150 mg |
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| Fiber | 3.3 g |
|---|---|
| Moisture | 62 g |
| Sodium | 0 mg |
| Potassium | 130 mg |
| Magnesium | 55 mg |
| Iron | 0.4 mg |
| Zinc | 0.9 mg |
| Copper | 0.11 mg |
| Iodine | − |
| Selenium | 2 µg |
| Manganese | 1.95 mg |
| Vitamin A | 1 µg |
| Vitamin D | − |
| Vitamin E | 0.3 mg |
| Vitamin B1 | 0.14 mg |
| Vitamin B12 | − |
| Vitamin C | − |
| EPA | − |
| DHA | − |
| Alpha-linolenic acid | − |
"−" means the item is not listed in the source table (it does not mean zero).
In food-energetics terms
In food-energetics tradition it is classed as "neutral" — a food that neither warms nor cools 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.