Apples in Dog Food: Which Recipes List It
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Apples shows up across the Dog Food Library, a compiled set of manufacturer-published details for 958 dog foods sold in the United States. This page collects the apples facts as the manufacturers themselves state them: how many recipes list it, where it typically sits in the ingredient order, and which specific products carry it, with links to check any food's full spec sheet directly.
What Apples Is on a Label
Apples are a fruit. They are listed whole, dried, or as a pomace, and typically appear well down the ingredient list behind the main proteins and grains.
How Many of the 958 Foods List Apples
207 of the 958 foods in the Dog Food Library list apples in their ingredient panel, as compiled from each manufacturer's own product page. Of those 207 foods, 12 list apples among the first five ingredients on the label, and the remaining 195 list it later in the panel. Ingredient order on these labels follows pre-cooking weight, so a fresh or wet ingredient can rank higher than a dried one that contributes more to the finished recipe.
Foods That List Apples
The Dog Food Library lists 207 foods with apples on the label. Below are 25 of them, shown as brand and recipe name and linked to that food's full spec sheet.
- A Pup Above: Chicka Chicka Bow Wow Recipe All Life Stages Fresh
- A Pup Above: Turducken Recipe All Life Stages Fresh
- Acana: Adult Large Breed Recipe Adult Dry
- Acana: Butchers Favorites Wild Caught Salmon Recipe Adult Dry
- Acana: Classics Beef And Barley Recipe All Life Stages Dry
- Acana: Classics Chicken And Barley Recipe All Life Stages Dry
- Acana: Classics Salmon And Barley Recipe All Life Stages Dry
- Acana: Freshwater Fish Blend All Life Stages Dry
- Acana: Light And Fit Recipe Adult Dry
- Acana: Puppy Recipe Puppy Dry
- Acana: Red Meat Recipe All Life Stages Dry
- Acana: Singles Lamb And Apple Recipe All Life Stages Dry
- Acana: Wholesome Grains Puppy Sea And Farm Recipe Puppy Dry
- Acana: Wholesome Grains Sea TO Stream Fish And Grains Recipe All Life Stages Dry
- Addiction Pet Foods: Homestyle Venison Cranberry Dinner All Life Stages Air Dried
- Addiction Pet Foods: Viva LA Venison Grain Free Small Breed Recipe All Life Stages Dry
- Annamaet: Adult Formula All Life Stages Dry
- Beneful: Healthy Weight With Farm Raised Chicken Adult Dry
- Farmina: ND Ancestral Grain Chicken Pomegranate Adult Dry
- Farmina: ND Ocean Cod Spelt Oats Orange Adult Mini Dry
- Farmina N&D: Farmina ND Ancestral Grain Chicken Pomegranate Senior Medium Maxi Senior Dry
- Farmina N&D: Farmina ND Ancestral Grain Lamb Blueberry Adult Medium Maxi Adult Dry
- Farmina N&D: Farmina ND Ocean Cod Pumpkin Orange Adult Medium Maxi Adult Dry
- Farmina N&D: Farmina ND Ocean Herring Orange Adult Medium Maxi Adult Dry
- Farmina N&D: Farmina ND Prime Chicken Pomegranate Puppy Mini Puppy Dry
How to Check a Specific Food
To look up whether a particular food lists apples, and where, open its entry on the Dog Food Library by brand or put it side by side with another food using the dog food comparison tool. Both pages pull from the same manufacturer-sourced data used to build this page.
For between-meal variety that keeps the main recipe unchanged, browse single ingredient freeze dried dog treats from Sniff and Shift.
Data from maker product pages as compiled for the Dog Food Library; counts as of September 23, 2026.
Questions about apples in dog food
How many of the 958 dog foods in the library list apples?
207 of the 958 foods in the Dog Food Library list apples on their ingredient panel, as compiled from manufacturer product pages.
Where does apples usually appear in the ingredient order?
Of the 207 foods that list apples, 12 show it among the first five ingredients and 195 show it later in the list, based on each manufacturer's own published order.
Which brands include apples in the Dog Food Library?
Examples in the Dog Food Library include A Pup Above, Acana, and Addiction Pet Foods, among the 207 foods that list apples; see the full list on this page.
