Overview
No. Tteok is not suitable for canine consumption. These chewy Korean rice cakes often have extra sugar and ingredients that dogs don’t handle well, so they can cause stomach upset or other digestive problems.
Can dogs eat Tteok?
Risks
- Tteok is a Korean rice cake made from glutinous rice flour. It’s widely used both in savory dishes and sweet desserts. Tteok is especially popular during big national holidays, celebrations, and festivities.
- The sticky texture of tteok is a choking hazard, especially for small breeds, senior dogs with dental issues, or dogs that eat quickly.
- Some popular Korean desserts using tteok as base, such as Injeolmi, Baekseolgi and Songpyeon, have fillings or coatings that can cause problems for dogs as they may be high in sugar or include allergens.
- There are tteok varieties that have food dyes or additives that are not healthy for dogs when consumed.
