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Can dogs eat Blue mussel?

Blue mussel(ムール貝)

Safe to feed

A bivalve with manganese, iron, and taurine.

Cook first

Feed this food cooked.

63 kcal per 100 g

What kind of food is this?

A bivalve in the mussel family. Per 100 g: 63 kcal and 10.3 g of protein, with 0.86 mg of manganese and 3.5 mg of iron.

It is also known as a taurine-containing shellfish, and by switching up the type of food it lets you bring in trace minerals that meat and fish alone tend to leave lopsided.

Why shellfish need cooking — and what cooking cannot remove The B1-destroying enzyme, bacteria, and shellfish toxins are covered in "Feeding shellfish to dogs"

Nutrition

Blue mussel (per 100 g, raw)

Source: Japan (8th ed.)
Japan's Standard Tables of Food Composition (8th ed.)
Energy63 kcal
Protein10.3 g
Fat1.6 g
Carbohydrate3.2 g
Calcium43 mg
Phosphorus160 mg
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Fiber0 g
Moisture82.9 g
Sodium540 mg
Potassium230 mg
Magnesium73 mg
Iron3.5 mg
Zinc1 mg
Copper0.05 mg
Iodine65 µg
Selenium37 µg
Manganese0.86 mg
Vitamin A34 µg
Vitamin D0 µg
Vitamin E1.1 mg
Vitamin B10.01 mg
Vitamin B1210 µg
Vitamin C5 mg
EPA
DHA
Alpha-linolenic acid

"−" means the item is not listed in the source table (it does not mean zero).

How much for your dog?

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