Fungi & Legumes

Cats need no mushrooms, so cooked chopped shiitake is at most a tiny taste experience and adds almost nothing they require.

Cats need no mushrooms, so cooked chopped enoki is only a tiny novel treat.

**Cats are obligate carnivores**, so essentials such as taurine must come from animal tissue; tofu is neither a need nor a protein source. Tofu itself is mild, but **soy is a common allergen** and fried or mapo versions add oil, salt, chilli and garlic.

Cats need no mushrooms, so a little cooked chopped oyster mushroom is at most a tiny novel treat with almost no calories.

Cats need no legumes, so crushed, shelled, well-cooked edamame is at most a novel treat with a trace of plant protein and fibre.

**Cats are obligate carnivores, so legumes serve no nutritional purpose for them**; raw or partly cooked beans hold lectins that cause vomiting and diarrhoea, so chickpeas must be cooked soft and mashed into wet food, and whole beans also choke.

**Cats are obligate carnivores, so legumes serve no nutritional purpose for them**; **raw lentils hold lectins that cause vomiting and diarrhoea**, and their fibre promotes gas, so keep lentils to a rare small amount cooked soft and mashed into wet food.

**Cats are obligate carnivores, so legumes serve no nutritional purpose**; **raw or partly cooked beans hold lectins that cause severe vomiting and diarrhoea**, and the fibre brings gas, so keep them to a rare small amount, cooked soft and mashed.

Cats can also develop acute liver failure from amatoxins, and their smaller size lowers tolerance.