Beets were one of the foods I hated when I was a kid. As an adult, beets still aren’t my favorite, but I do enjoy a good bowl of cold borsch or the occasional beet salad from time to time.<\/p>\n
You may be wondering if beets are a healthy snack for cats. Can cats eat beets?<\/p>\n
For the most part, beets can be a fun treat for your cat, but they really shouldn’t be the main part of your cat’s diet.\u00a0 It’s like Jello<\/a> for humans.\u00a0 May have a good taste, but practically no nutritional value.<\/p>\n In this article we\u2019ll cover the following:<\/p>\n Beets are a root vegetable of the Beta vulgaris\u00a0<\/i>plant. While most people talking about eating beets are referring to the beetroot, beet leaves, or chard, and beet sprouts are also commonly consumed.<\/p>\n Besides being eaten directly as a vegetable, the deep-red juice of the beet has been used as food coloring, and certain cultivars of sugar beets are boiled down to produce table sugar. Beets are considered a healthy food for people, containing\u00a0significant amounts of the important nutrients folate and manganese.<\/p>\n But, would cats like a healthy, non-meat food like beets? Although cats are primarily meat eaters, many, like the kitty in the following video, do enjoy noshing on some beetroot when given the opportunity:<\/p>\n\n
Cats and Beets, What You Need to Know<\/h2>\n