The Answer
In short, if you are wondering if your dog can eat rice, the answer is yes, but you should only feed your dog cooked rice, and it should not be spiced.
More Info About Rice For Dogs
Rice is by far one of the most popular foods world wide. Because of it’s abundance, and it’s relatively low price tag, many dog foods actually contain rice. Over the last couple years, there has been a lot of negative connotation around dog foods containing rice, but is there truth behind it? The answer is sort-of. While most dogs can eat rice without issue, there is a small minority of dogs who are allergic to rice. When these dogs eat foods that contain rice they can get itchy skin, hair loss, and ear infections. Due this, rice has gotten a bad wrap.
Does this mean you shouldn’t feed your dog rice?
No, while if your dog has an allergy you should avoid dog foods that contain rice, if your dog is not allergic, rice can be perfectly healthy.
Rice In Dog Food
Many dog foods, both low and high end, use rice as a filler in their foods. This is usually in the place of another filler such as corn. While higher end dog foods tend to use brown rice instead of white rice, both types of rice are ok for dogs to eat.
Brown Rice vs. White Rice
Brown rice has different properties than white rice. For example, white rice will cook much faster than brown rice and white rice is known to help dogs with an upset stomach. On the other hand, brown rice is more nutrient rich. Brown rice also takes longer to digest, and does not cause the same rise and fall of blood sugar as white rice does.
Can Dogs Eat Black Rice?
Black Rice is ok for dogs to eat, however it takes longer for dogs to digest. If you cook black rice or brown rice, a good tip is to cook the rice for double the amount of time with extra water. Boiling rice makes it softer, and if brown and black rice is boiled longer i makes it easier for a dog to digest.
White Rice Nutritional Information
One cup of white rice is approximately 158g.
One cup has the following nutritional information:
Calories: 206
Fat: 0.4g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 1.6mg
Potassium: 55.3mg
Protein: 4.3g
Brown Rice Nutritional Information
One cup of brown rice is approximately 195g.
One cup has the following nutritional information:
Calories: 216
Fat: 1.8g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 9.8mg
Potassium: 83.9mg
Protein: 5g
Cooking Rice For Dogs
If you decide to give your dog rice, it needs to be cooked first. Cooking rice should be done the same way as it is done for human consumption. The one difference is that the rice should not be flavoured with any spices.
In Conclusion
Dogs can eat rice, as long as the rice is cooked. Although some dogs are allergic to rice, they make up a small minority of dogs.
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Whenever my dog has a sick stomach, I cook up some rice with chicken. It always helps her.