Can dogs eat White rice?
White rice（白米）
Safe to feed
A simple staple that makes it easy to get energy from starch.
Cook first
Feed this food cooked.
What kind of food is this?
White rice is rice with the bran and germ removed. Cooked, it contains 156kcal and 37.1g of carbohydrates per 100g.
Without the bran layer of brown rice, it has fewer minerals and less fiber, and a softer texture.
The per-100g figures change with water content: dry rice has 342kcal per 100g, and rice porridge cooked with extra water has 65kcal.
How to serve
Cook it until soft.
When you have these care goals
Gut and stool care — An easily digestible carbohydrate.
Nutrition
White rice (per 100 g, cooked)
Japan's Standard Tables of Food Composition (8th ed.)
| Energy | 156 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 2.5 g |
| Fat | 0.3 g |
| Carbohydrate | 37.1 g |
| Calcium | 3 mg |
| Phosphorus | 34 mg |
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| Fiber | 1.5 g |
|---|---|
| Moisture | 60 g |
| Sodium | 1 mg |
| Potassium | 29 mg |
| Magnesium | 7 mg |
| Iron | 0.1 mg |
| Zinc | 0.6 mg |
| Copper | 0.1 mg |
| Iodine | 0 µg |
| Selenium | 1 µg |
| Manganese | 0.35 mg |
| Vitamin A | 0 µg |
| Vitamin D | 0 µg |
| Vitamin E | 0 mg |
| Vitamin B1 | − |
| Vitamin B12 | − |
| Vitamin C | − |
| EPA | 0 mg |
| DHA | 0 mg |
| Alpha-linolenic acid | 3 mg |
"−" means the item is not listed in the source table (it does not mean zero).
White rice (per 100 g, porridge)
Japan's Standard Tables of Food Composition (8th ed.)
| Energy | 65 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 1.1 g |
| Fat | 0.1 g |
| Carbohydrate | 15.7 g |
| Calcium | 1 mg |
| Phosphorus | 14 mg |
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| Fiber | 0.1 g |
|---|---|
| Moisture | 83 g |
| Sodium | 0 mg |
| Potassium | 12 mg |
| Magnesium | 3 mg |
| Iron | 0 mg |
| Zinc | 0.3 mg |
| Copper | 0.04 mg |
| Iodine | 0 µg |
| Selenium | 0 µg |
| Manganese | 0.15 mg |
| Vitamin A | 0 µg |
| Vitamin D | 0 µg |
| Vitamin E | 0 mg |
| Vitamin B1 | 0.01 mg |
| Vitamin B12 | 0 µg |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg |
| EPA | − |
| DHA | − |
| Alpha-linolenic acid | − |
"−" means the item is not listed in the source table (it does not mean zero).
White rice (per 100 g, dried)
Japan's Standard Tables of Food Composition (8th ed.)
| Energy | 342 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 6.1 g |
| Fat | 0.9 g |
| Carbohydrate | 77.6 g |
| Calcium | 5 mg |
| Phosphorus | 95 mg |
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| Fiber | 0.5 g |
|---|---|
| Moisture | 14.9 g |
| Sodium | 1 mg |
| Potassium | 89 mg |
| Magnesium | 23 mg |
| Iron | 0.8 mg |
| Zinc | 1.4 mg |
| Copper | 0.22 mg |
| Iodine | 0 µg |
| Selenium | 2 µg |
| Manganese | 0.81 mg |
| Vitamin A | 0 µg |
| Vitamin D | 0 µg |
| Vitamin E | 0.1 mg |
| Vitamin B1 | 0.08 mg |
| Vitamin B12 | 0 µg |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg |
| 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 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.