Editorial compilation + FDA / ASPCA names · August 29, 2026
Pet food safety statistics from the live extract
Key findings from 160 human foods rated for dogs and cats. Catalog levels and named-authority coverage, not treatment advice.
- Foods
- 160
- Dog-safe
- 33.1%
- Cat-safe
- 20.6%
- Named citations
- 32
The extract in one line
53 of 160 foods (33.1%) are rated safe for dogs; 33 (20.6%) for cats. The both-safe intersection is 33, the entire cat-safe set.
- 320
- Dog-plus-cat pairs
- 33.1%
- Dog-safe share
- 33
- Safe for both species
- 32
- Named FDA or ASPCA pairs
Not veterinary advice. If a pet ate a listed hazard, call a veterinarian or ASPCA Animal Poison Control (888-426-4435).
What the catalog counts
53 of 160 foods (33.1%) are rated safe for dogs; 33 (20.6%) for cats. The both-safe intersection is 33, the entire cat-safe set.
PlainPetFood rates 160 human foods for dogs and cats (snapshot 2026-08-29). 53 are dog-safe and 33 are cat-safe. 33 are safe for both. 32 of 320 pairs name FDA or ASPCA Animal Poison Control. This is an editorial catalog, not a diagnosis.
Key findings
Standalone, citable statements from this extract. Free to reuse with attribution to PlainPetFood (CC BY 4.0; cite the page).
- 160 human foods sit in this extract (320 dog-plus-cat pairs across 12 categories). Every food has both a dog row and a cat row. This is not a 250-food catalog.
- 33.1% of foods (53 of 160) are rated safe for dogs, versus 20.6% for cats (33 of 160). Rates are per-species counts, not a pooled average.
- 33 foods are rated safe for both species (20.6% of 160). That count equals the cat-safe set. 0 foods are cat-safe and not dog-safe.
- 29 + 16 dog rows are unsafe and toxic. The rolled cache_stats unsafe figure is 45 for dogs and 53 for cats because it folds toxic into unsafe. Cite the split: dogs 29 unsafe / 16 toxic; cats 39 unsafe / 14 toxic.
- 30 of 160 foods (18.8%) disagree across species, all dog-lenient (20 dog-safe and not cat-safe). Xylitol and chewing gum are dog toxic / cat unsafe. Zero foods are a cat hazard and dog-safe.
- 32 of 320 pairs (10%) carry a named FDA or ASPCA Animal Poison Control citation. All 30 toxic rows are cited. 66 of 98 unsafe-or-toxic pairs are uncited editorial ratings.
- 9 vs 7 dog-side unsafe-or-toxic ratings: Fruits 9 of 28 (inventory leader) versus Sweets 7 of 9 (highest rate among categories with at least 4 pairs). Seafood is 0 of 13. Processed Foods is 1 food (Chocolate); do not rank that 100% pair rate as the most dangerous category.
- 31.3% of pairs (100 of 320) have symptoms text. Portion is filled on 320 of 320. Documentation depth is not the hazard band.
Two cuts of the same extract
Category bars are the unsafe-or-toxic share of dog-plus-cat pairs in categories with at least 4 pairs (Processed Foods is excluded as a 1-food set). The gauge is the dog-safe share of 160 foods.
Category hazard share
Unsafe or toxic pairs, categories with at least 4 pairs
Dog-safe share
53 of 160 foods
Source: FDA animal-veterinary notices and ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center PlainPetFood editorial food-safety catalog with named-authority citations where a public body names the food · 2026 cache_stats.dog_unsafe_count and cat_unsafe_count roll toxic into unsafe. Named source_name is present on toxic rows and two unsafe rows; remaining hazard ratings are editorial. Processed Foods is Chocolate only.
Largest categories by food count
Inventory is how many of the 160 foods sit in the category, not how hazardous the group is. Fruits lead count; Sweets lead dog-side hazard rate.
Foods per category
Of 160 foods
How to read these numbers
Four populations stay labeled. (1) The 160-food by 2-species catalog (320 pairs). (2) The four-level band (safe / caution / unsafe / toxic), never the rolled cache_stats unsafe figure. (3) The both-safe intersection, which equals the cat-safe set in this extract. (4) Named FDA or ASPCA citations versus uncited editorial ratings. This page is not a diagnosis. See methodology and the by-the-numbers research note.
Download the food snapshot: pet food safety statistics CSV (CC BY 4.0).
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. 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.