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Can pets eat Macadamia Nut?

Highly toxic to dogs; causes weakness, fever, vomiting.

Rating compiled by the publisher's editorial process. · Updated August 2026

For dogs: Toxic
For cats: Toxic
Category: Nuts & Seeds

Macadamia Nut vs. every tracked food

Dog-side hazard band across PlainPetFood's full food-safety corpus

4 Higher than most in the bottom 1% of 160 foods

Foods, banded by dog-side hazard level

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Source PlainPetFood food-safety corpus · 2026-08-09

The short answer

Macadamia Nut is toxic, never feed it for both dogs and cats.

Category standing

Toxic on both the dog and cat charts

Dogs and cats share a toxic rating for Macadamia Nut. Inside nuts & seeds, 2 of 13 dog ratings are toxic - this is a household-wide keep-away, not a species-specific quirk.

If your pet has already eaten this

Call the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at 888-426-4435 (24/7, consultation fee may apply) or your nearest emergency vet immediately, before reading the rest of this page. Have the amount eaten and your pet's weight ready.

Safety scale, where macadamia nut sits

Safe

Caution

Unsafe

Toxic

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🐕 Dogs: Toxic 🐈 Cats: Toxic

Key facts about Macadamia Nut

According to PlainPetFood's food-safety corpus, Macadamia Nut ranks #10 of 160 foods by dog-side hazard band (toxic) and #7 of 160 by dog-side documentation depth (benefits, risks, symptoms, notes). Nuts & Seeds lists 13 foods in our archive; 30.8% of dog-side ratings in that group are unsafe or toxic. Open the species cards below for portions, preparation, and symptom lists tied to this food.

Dog warning signs on record: weakness, inability to walk, vomiting, fever within 12 hours. Cat warning signs: weakness, vomiting.

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For Dogs

TOXIC

One of the top 10 foods that poison dogs; call poison control immediately if ingested

Full dog guide →

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For Cats

TOXIC

Toxic to cats as well; avoid completely

Full cat guide →

Macadamia Nut for dogs vs cats, at a glance

	🐕 Dogs	🐈 Cats
Safety level	TOXIC	TOXIC
Portion	None	None
Preparation	-	-
Key risk to watch	Compound causes weakness, hyperthermia, vomiting	Toxic — mechanism similar to dogs

Per-species safety ratings for macadamia nut from PlainPetFood's veterinary-toxicology data. Open the species guides below for full warning signs and emergency steps.

🐕 Macadamia Nut for dogs

⚠Compound causes weakness, hyperthermia, vomiting
⚠Even small amounts cause toxicity
⚠Mechanism not fully understood

🐈 Macadamia Nut for cats

⚠Toxic — mechanism similar to dogs

Frequently asked questions

Can dogs eat macadamia nut?

Macadamia Nut is rated toxic for dogs. Key risk: compound causes weakness, hyperthermia, vomiting. Do not feed it, if your pet has eaten any, call the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at 888-426-4435 (24/7).

Can cats eat macadamia nut?

Macadamia Nut is rated toxic for cats. Key risk: toxic — mechanism similar to dogs. Do not feed it, if your pet has eaten any, call the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at 888-426-4435 (24/7).

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What to do with this rating

Use macadamia nut's compiled bands, then pick the next step that matches your task.

Macadamia Nut carries the same toxic band for dogs and cats in this extract.
Nuts & Seeds concentrates 30.8% unsafe-or-toxic dog ratings among its 13 indexed foods, compare siblings before treating this page as the whole category story.Browse Nuts & Seeds
2 of 13 Nuts & Seeds foods match or exceed macadamia nut's toxic dog-side band, use the peer list on this page, not brand marketing.
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Confirmed or suspected exposure to a toxic or unsafe food means ASPCA poison control (888-426-4435) or an emergency vet, not portion tweaks from this page.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Source: ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center + FDA + AAFCO Pet food safety classification (toxicity + FDA enforcement) · August 2026 Accessed 2026-09-10 Safety data combines ASPCA toxicity classifications, FDA pet food enforcement reports, and AAFCO ingredient compliance status.

PlainPetFood publishes an editorial food-safety compilation. When the FDA or ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center names a food as dangerous, that food's page links the source; other ratings are identified as editorial guidance. Its dog and cat ratings, portions, preparation notes and warning signs are rendered from the food-safety archive; a named FDA or ASPCA source is linked above when that authority names this food. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, report a correction, the methodology behind these numbers, or contact the editorial team. Data current as of August 29, 2026.