Can dogs eat Shijimi clams?
Shijimi clams（シジミ）
Safe to feed
A small clam rich in iron, also known for taurine and ornithine.
Cook first
Feed this food cooked.
54 kcal per 100 g
What kind of food is this?
A small bivalve. Per 100g: 54 kcal, 8.3mg iron, 0.41mg copper, and 2.78mg manganese.
Vitamin B12 is 68µg per 100g, especially high even among seafood. Vitamin B12 is a vitamin involved in making red blood cells and in nerve function.
They are also known as a food with ornithine and taurine. Another point in their favor: they supply iron and trace minerals from a different kind of food than meat or fish.
How to serve
Purge the sand, then use the meat removed from the shell.
When you have these care goals
Liver support care — An ingredient containing taurine and minerals. If your dog's liver values are a concern, treatment from your regular veterinarian comes first — do not just watch and wait with shijimi clams.
Heart & circulation care — An ingredient containing taurine.
Nutrition
Shijimi clams (per 100 g, raw)
Japan's Standard Tables of Food Composition (8th ed.)
| Energy | 54 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 7.5 g |
| Fat | 1.4 g |
| Carbohydrate | 4.5 g |
| Calcium | 240 mg |
| Phosphorus | 120 mg |
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| Fiber | 0 g |
|---|---|
| Moisture | 86 g |
| Sodium | 180 mg |
| Potassium | 83 mg |
| Magnesium | 10 mg |
| Iron | 8.3 mg |
| Zinc | 2.3 mg |
| Copper | 0.41 mg |
| Iodine | − |
| Selenium | − |
| Manganese | 2.78 mg |
| Vitamin A | 33 µg |
| Vitamin D | 0.2 µg |
| Vitamin E | 1.7 mg |
| Vitamin B1 | 0.02 mg |
| Vitamin B12 | 68 µg |
| Vitamin C | 2 mg |
| EPA | 41 mg |
| DHA | 53 mg |
| Alpha-linolenic acid | 15 mg |
"−" means the item is not listed in the source table (it does not mean zero).
In food-energetics terms
In traditional food energetics it is classified as "cold" — considered strongly cooling and often chosen when the body is holding excess heat. For dogs prone to getting chilled, it is safer to keep amounts small.
(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.