Can dogs eat Beef heart?
Beef heart（牛ハツ）
Safe to feed
A heart cut with iron and copper, plus taurine.
128 kcal per 100 g
What kind of food is this?
The heart of cattle. Per 100g: 128kcal, 16.5g of protein, and 7.6g of fat, with 3.3mg of iron and 0.42mg of copper.
It is known as a source of taurine. Because the heart is muscle, it sits closer to red meat than other organs do, making it easy to fold a touch of organ nutrition into a meat rotation.
If bought from a supermarket or anywhere selling for the human table, cook it through to the center before serving. If sold as raw food for dogs, follow that product's instructions.
When you have these care goals
Heart and circulation care — A cut whose name comes up when thinking about heart care.
Nutrition
Beef heart (per 100 g, raw)
Japan's Standard Tables of Food Composition (8th ed.)
| Energy | 128 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 16.5 g |
| Fat | 7.6 g |
| Carbohydrate | 0.1 g |
| Calcium | 5 mg |
| Phosphorus | 170 mg |
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| Fiber | 0 g |
|---|---|
| Moisture | 74.8 g |
| Sodium | 70 mg |
| Potassium | 260 mg |
| Magnesium | 23 mg |
| Iron | 3.3 mg |
| Zinc | 2.1 mg |
| Copper | 0.42 mg |
| Iodine | − |
| Selenium | − |
| Manganese | − |
| Vitamin A | 9 µg |
| Vitamin D | 0 µg |
| Vitamin E | 0.6 mg |
| Vitamin B1 | 0.42 mg |
| Vitamin B12 | 12 µg |
| Vitamin C | 4 mg |
| EPA | 0 mg |
| DHA | 0 mg |
| Alpha-linolenic acid | 2 mg |
"−" means the item is not listed in the source table (it does not mean zero).
In food-energetics terms
In food-energetics terms it is classified as "neutral"—neither warming nor cooling the body.
(Food energetics is a long-standing idea of supporting the body through everyday meals. Treat it as one extra hint alongside the nutrition numbers.)
How much for your dog?
Get daily estimates from weight and activity level.