Ingredient file // Named animal protein
Venison Heart
The heart muscle of the deer, a muscle meat rather than an organ.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 534 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
<1%
6 of the 3,204 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 3 brands. 3 frozen dog food, 1 freeze-dried dog food, 1 dog food topper.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 2.5. In the top five of 5 foods, so it is usually a main ingredient.
Above the salt
Almost always listed before the salt, so there is more of it than a pinch.
Price per lb
Median of the cheapest bag price across 1 priced foods, 1156% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
50%
of the foods that list it are from Lotus. 3 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- A natural source of taurine and CoQ10 linked to heart muscle function, and very lean. Useful where an uncommon protein is needed.
Who uses it
Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps
Top brands, by foods that list it
Foods that list it / all the brand's recipes we track.
Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it
- Venison 100%
- Venison Liver 100%
- Water 50%
- Dried Egg Yolk 50%
- Torula Yeast 50%
- Dried Egg Shell 50%
- Dried Miscanthus Grass 50%
- Tricalcium Phosphate 50%
- Dried Dulse Powder 50%
- Venison Tripe 33%
- Venison Lung 33%
- New Zealand Green-Lipped Mussel 33%
On the shelf
Foods that list Venison Heart
6 foods in our catalog list it, highest on the label first.
