Red beans, also known as Adzuki beans, provide your dog with a good amount of potassium, iron, manganese, phosphorus, fiber and protein, all of which are essential nutrients for a healthy dog.
The combination of these nutrients provide your dog with many health benefits such as aids digestion, promotes weight loss and reduces your dog’s risks of diabetes.
Red beans are sometimes confused with kidney beans but a clear distinction between these two types of beans is their size and shape. The kidney beans is twice the size of the red beans and has the shape of a kidney, as its name implies.
Let’s get to the business of the day: can dogs eat red bean paste? Keep reading to find out more about red beans, red bean pastes and how safe they are for doggy consumption.
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Can Dogs Eat Red Bean Paste
Red bean pastes are quite popular and commonly used in Korean, Japanese and Chinese meals. They are sweetened pastes made from red beans and they contain some fatty contents, salt and sugar. Red bean pastes have natural sweetness and a tasty flavor that your dog is sure to enjoy as an occasional treat.
However, red bean paste should not become a part of your dog’s regular treats. They are relatively safe for dogs’ consumption but must only be given in small, regulated amounts. Your dog’s size and the amount of food he usually eats will greatly determine how much red beans you should feed him with.
Whatever his size or eating capacity is though, you should not add more than a quarter cup of red beans to your dog’s meal.
It is also important to take note of any red bean paste that has added artificial sweetener like Xylitol. Xylitol is an artificial sweetener that is usually used as a substitute for sugar in many processed foods.
This ingredient is very toxic to dogs and feeding your dog with any food containing Xylitol is highly unadvised since consuming some amount of Xylitol can result in stomach upset and other illnesses in your dog.
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What Beans Are Toxic To Dogs?
Is Red Beans Safe For Dogs?
In themselves, red beans are not toxic. They only contain non antibody proteins known as lectins and these can be easily destroyed by boiling the red beans. When consumed in large quantities, Red beans are quite dangerous and harmful to your dog.
The effects might not begin to show immediately but constantly feeding your dog with large portions of red beans will gradually begin to cause health conditions like digestive issues for your dog.
How To Cook And Feed Your Dog Red Beans
It is important that you do not feed your dog any raw red beans. Remember the lectins we mentioned earlier in the article? They can only be destroyed by cooking the red beans so if serve your dog raw red beans, it very well means that you have just fed him some lectins and that can be harmful to his health.
Although red beans have been said to be a great source of protein for dogs, the O-methyltransferase (OMT) enzymes contained in the red beans can alter the structure of the protein, making them difficult to digest, which can cause stomach upset for your dog. Fortunately, the OMT enzymes can also be destroyed by cooking the red beans thoroughly.
Ensure you cook red beans thoroughly before feeding them to your dog. As a supplement to your dog’s regular diet, you can grind the cooked beans into a smooth powder before adding it to your dog’s meal.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What Is A Healthy Alternative To Red Bean Paste For Dogs?
Healthy alternatives to red beans include legumes, black turtle beans and kidney beans. Canned beans are not a healthy option for dogs as they have high levels of sodium content.
A good substitute that you can feed to your dog instead of red bean taste is Pumpkin puree. To give you different unique flavors of this pumpkin puree, you can either bake, boil, steam or roast the pumpkin before blending in a food processor.
Can Dogs Eat Red Beans And Rice?
The simple answer is Yes. Red beans and rice are a healthy combination for dogs so it’s okay to feed your dog red beans and rice.
Some dogs may be allergic to raw rice and beans so you can feed your dog plainly cooked rice and red beans or only add small amounts of salt or other dog-friendly seasonings. However, like every other human food, it is advised that you feed your dog red beans and rice in moderation.
Final Note
Humans use Red bean paste can for different things including as interior filling for meals like Mochi ball but this article is dog-centered.
Although red beans are safe and healthy for doggy consumption (especially red beans that is plainly cooked or cooked with very little amount of salt and seasoning), red bean paste on the other hand is not as healthy or safe for dogs.
It contains ingredients that are toxic for dogs when consumed in large quantities such as salt, sugar or Xylitol in some, and sometimes butter. All of these ingredients cause one health issue or the other in dogs and for this reason, sweetened red bean paste is considered unsafe for dogs’ consumption.
However, if you are up to it, homemade red bean paste without all the harmful additives can be a good treat for your dog in small amounts.
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