Is Caraway Toxic to Dogs and Cats? (2026)

Culinary amounts are not a concern; only large, concentrated ingestion warrants monitoring.

The toxic component in Caraway is essential oils (in large concentrated amounts).

Caraway seeds are a common baking and cooking spice, and typical culinary amounts pose essentially no risk — the caution here is really about a pet eating a concentrated quantity of the seeds or the growing plant directly, not about table food containing caraway.

Scientific name

Carum carvi

Family

Umbelliferae

Also known as

Caraway, Meridian Fennel, Persian Cumin

Typically found

outdoor