Pet Food Safety: By the Numbers
How many common human foods are actually safe for dogs and cats? A plain-language, fully-sourced summary of the PlainPetFood safety database, share safe by species and by category, with a ready citation.
Research
Original data research from the PlainPetFood. Every page draws current numbers directly from the source dataset; no numbers are hardcoded.
What can you learn from PlainPetFood research?
What this research covers
PlainPetFood research draws live safety ratings across 160 human foods (53 dog-safe, 33 cat-safe) in 12 categories, answering one ranking or summary question per study.
- 160
- foods in corpus
- 53
- dog-safe ratings
- 33
- cat-safe ratings
- 4
- published studies
Studies below answer one food-safety question each from the live editorial corpus; they are descriptive toxicology summaries, not veterinary advice.
Top 10 Most Toxic Human Foods for Dogs
PlainPetFood ranks human foods classified as toxic to dogs by veterinary toxicology consensus, drawn directly from our foods and categories dataset.
Top 10 Most Toxic Human Foods for Cats
PlainPetFood ranks human foods classified as toxic to cats by veterinary toxicology consensus, drawn directly from our foods and categories dataset.
Top 10 Safest Human Foods for Dogs
PlainPetFood ranks human foods classified as safe for dogs by veterinary nutrition guidance, drawn directly from our foods and categories dataset.
Download the food-safety extract cited on this page: pet-food-safety-statistics.csv (CC BY 4.0).