Beef Heart in Dog Food: Which Recipes List It

Beef Heart 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 facts as the manufacturers themselves state them: how many recipes list beef heart, 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 Beef Heart Is on a Label

Beef heart is an organ from cattle. It is listed by name, fresh or dehydrated.

How Many of the 958 Foods List Beef Heart

23 of the 958 foods in the Dog Food Library list beef heart in their ingredient panel, as compiled from each manufacturer's own product page. Of those 23 foods, 19 list beef heart among the first five ingredients on the label, and the remaining 4 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 Beef Heart

The Dog Food Library lists 23 foods with beef heart on the label. Below is every one of them, shown as brand and recipe name and linked to that food's full spec sheet.

• JustFoodForDogs: Beef Russet Potato Fresh Recipe All Life Stages Fresh
• JustFoodForDogs: Pantryfresh Beef And Russet Potato Recipe Adult Wet Canned
• Merrick: Lil Plates Grain Free Real Texas Beef Sweet Potato Recipe With Freeze Dried Raw Bites
• Northwest Naturals: Freeze Dried Beef Recipe Nuggets All Life Stages Freeze Dried Raw
• Northwest Naturals: Freeze Dried Beef Trout Recipe Nuggets All Life Stages Freeze Dried Raw
• Northwest Naturals: Frozen Beef Recipe Nuggets All Life Stages Raw Frozen
• Northwest Naturals: Frozen Beef Trout Recipe Nuggets All Life Stages Raw Frozen
• Northwest Naturals: Frozen Bison Beef Recipe Nuggets All Life Stages Raw Frozen
• Open Farm: Grass Fed Beef Freeze Dried Raw Recipe All Life Stages Freeze Dried Raw
• Open Farm: Surf Turf Freeze Dried Raw Recipe All Life Stages Freeze Dried Raw
• Smallbatch: Freeze Dried Beef Recipe Sliders All Life Stages Freeze Dried Raw
• Smallbatch: Frozen Beef Recipe Patties All Life Stages Raw Frozen
• Stella & Chewy's: Grass Fed Beef Raw Coated Kibble All Life Stages Dry Kibble
• Stella & Chewy's: Red Meat Raw Blend Kibble All Life Stages Dry Kibble
• Stella & Chewy's: Small Breed Red Meat Raw Blend Kibble All Life Stages Dry Kibble
• Stella & Chewy's: Stellas Super Beef Freeze Dried Raw Dinner Patties All Life Stages Freeze Dried Raw
• Stella & Chewy's: Surf N Turf Freeze Dried Raw Dinner Patties All Life Stages Freeze Dried Raw
• Sundays for Dogs: Beef Recipe All Life Stages Air Dried
• Vital Essentials: Freeze Dried Beef Entree Mini Nibs All Life Stages Freeze Dried Raw
• Vital Essentials: Freeze Dried Beef Entree Mini Patties All Life Stages Freeze Dried Raw
• Vital Essentials: Freeze Dried Beef Entree Patties All Life Stages Freeze Dried Raw
• Vital Essentials: Frozen Beef Entree Patties All Life Stages Raw Frozen
• ZIWI Peak: Air Dried Beef Recipe All Life Stages Air Dried

How to Check a Specific Food

To look up whether a particular food lists beef heart, 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 beef heart in dog food

How many of the 958 dog foods in the library list beef heart?

23 of the 958 foods in the Dog Food Library list beef heart on their ingredient panel, as compiled from manufacturer product pages.

Where does beef heart usually appear in the ingredient order?

Of the 23 foods that list beef heart, 19 show it among the first five ingredients and 4 show it later in the list, based on each manufacturer's own published order.

Which brands include beef heart in the Dog Food Library?

Examples in the Dog Food Library include JustFoodForDogs, Merrick, and Northwest Naturals, among the 23 foods that list beef heart; see the full list on this page.