Can Dogs Eat Peppers? (Yes or No?)

Yes: red, yellow and orange bell peppers are safe vegetables for dogs. Red bell peppers have the highest vitamin C content and the most antioxidants. Green peppers are unripe, harder to digest and best avoided.

What Bell Peppers Do for Dogs

Red bell peppers contain three times more vitamin C than green ones: around 190 mg per 100 g. That supports the immune system. Beta-carotene (vitamin A) benefits eyesight and skin. Potassium supports heart function. Bell peppers are low in calories and make a good vitamin-rich snack.

What to Watch Out For

Never feed hot pepper varieties: chili, jalapeno and other hot peppers contain capsaicin, which severely irritates dogs' gastrointestinal tract and can cause vomiting.

Green bell peppers are unripe and harder to digest than ripe varieties: stick with red, yellow or orange peppers.

Always remove seeds and stems. Raw or cooked: both options work.

How to Feed Bell Peppers

Wash the pepper, remove seeds and stem, cut into small pieces. Serve raw as a snack or mixed into food. A few tablespoons as a side dish depending on body size.

Nutritional Values and Dosage

100 g of red bell pepper contains approx. 31 kcal, 1 g protein, 6.4 g carbohydrates and 190 mg vitamin C. Yellow bell pepper provides approx. 27 kcal and 184 mg vitamin C, while green only has 80 mg vitamin C per 100 g.

Guidelines by body weight:

• Small dog (up to 10 kg): 2 to 3 small pieces as a snack
• Medium dog (10 to 25 kg): a quarter pepper in pieces
• Large dog (over 25 kg): half a pepper in pieces

The skin can be hard to digest raw and may strain digestion. For sensitive dogs, lightly steam the pepper or roast it in the oven and peel the skin. This preserves the vitamins while significantly improving digestibility.

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