Can dogs eat Shiitake mushrooms?
Shiitake mushrooms（しいたけ）
Safe to feed
A mushroom with fiber and beta-glucans, plus its signature compound, eritadenine.
Cook first
Feed this food cooked.
25 kcal per 100 g
What kind of food is this?
A thick-capped mushroom. Per 100g: 4.9g fiber, 5µg selenium, and 0.9mg zinc.
Mushroom beta-glucans are a type of polysaccharide, studied for links to the gut environment and the immune system. Eritadenine, characteristic of shiitake, is a compound studied in relation to lipid metabolism.
What sets it apart from other mushrooms is that it carries not just fiber but shiitake-specific compounds as well.
How to serve
Cook and chop finely before use. Use only mushrooms sold as food; do not use mushrooms growing in your yard or along walking routes — they are hard to tell apart, and some cause poisoning.
When you have these care goals
Immune & antioxidant care — Known as a mushroom containing beta-glucans and eritadenine.
Nutrition
Shiitake mushrooms (per 100 g, raw)
Japan's Standard Tables of Food Composition (8th ed.)
| Energy | 25 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 3.1 g |
| Fat | 0.3 g |
| Carbohydrate | 6.4 g |
| Calcium | 1 mg |
| Phosphorus | 87 mg |
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| Fiber | 4.9 g |
|---|---|
| Moisture | 89.6 g |
| Sodium | 1 mg |
| Potassium | 290 mg |
| Magnesium | 14 mg |
| Iron | 0.4 mg |
| Zinc | 0.9 mg |
| Copper | 0.1 mg |
| Iodine | 0 µg |
| Selenium | 5 µg |
| Manganese | 0.21 mg |
| Vitamin A | 0 µg |
| Vitamin D | 0.3 µg |
| Vitamin E | 0 mg |
| Vitamin B1 | 0.13 mg |
| Vitamin B12 | 0 µg |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg |
| EPA | − |
| DHA | − |
| Alpha-linolenic acid | − |
"−" means the item is not listed in the source table (it does not mean zero).
In food-energetics terms
In traditional food energetics it is classified as "neutral" — it neither warms nor cools the body.
(Food energetics is a long-standing idea of supporting the body through everyday meals. Treat it as one extra hint alongside the nutrition numbers.)
How much for your dog?
Get daily estimates from weight and activity level.