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Category: Chocolate

5 entries in the chocolate category — sorted by risk.

Content compiled with reference to guidance from the Blue Cross, PDSA, Royal Veterinary College (RVC), Battersea, and Animal PoisonLine. This site does not provide veterinary advice — always consult a vet. Last reviewed: 27 September 2026.

Chocolate toxicity depends on the type — dark and cocoa powder are vastly more dangerous than milk chocolate. The culprit is theobromine, which cats clear much more slowly than humans.

Toxic or dangerous (4)

Chocolate no Cocoa powder no Dark chocolate no Milk chocolate no

Caution — unsafe in amount or frequency (1)

White chocolate caution

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