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Cat food safety
Can Cats Eat Soy Sauce? No, Too Salty
Too salty
No. Soy sauce is too salty for cats and should not be added to food.
Soy SauceCall for heavy salt or risky foods
Call your veterinarian if your cat drank soy sauce, ate a heavily sauced food, or the food also contained onion, garlic, raw fish, bones, or symptoms.
Sauce is not a garnish for cats
Soy sauce can turn fish, chicken, rice, or vegetables from plain to inappropriate.
Look at the whole plate
Sushi, stir-fry, broth, and marinades often bring several ingredients into the same exposure.
If your cat licked soy sauce
- Remove the food and estimate how much soy sauce your cat licked.
- Check for garlic, onion, scallions, spicy sauce, raw fish, bones, or other ingredients in the same food.
Avoid salty sauces
- Soy sauce, tamari, shoyu, teriyaki sauce, marinades, stir-fry sauce, sushi dipping sauce, garlic, onion, scallions, and salty leftovers.
- Assuming low-sodium soy sauce is a cat-safe treat.
Watch
- Vomiting, diarrhea, drooling, low appetite, belly pain, lethargy, hiding, or behavior that feels wrong.
Portion
No intentional serving. A tiny lick and a sauced meal are very different exposures.
Helpful food-safety supplies
Optional tools for measuring, storing, serving, and cleaning up tiny portions safely.
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