Guide
One heart bag or the set of three beef treats
Updated
Beef heart or beef trio comes down to one question: does your dog already have its treat, or are you still finding out? The single heart bag comes in three sizes and can be set up as a recurring order. The Beef Trio is one 3 oz heart bag plus two other single ingredient bags, sold once, as a set.
Should you buy beef heart alone or the Beef Trio?
Buy the heart alone if heart is what you came for. Buy the set if you want to see how your dog takes to three different beef treats before settling on one. That is the short version, and the rest of this page is the detail behind it.
The single bag is the simpler purchase. It holds beef heart alone, from a Pennsylvania farm, in 1.5, 3 and 6 ounce sizes on our product page. The buy box offers a one-time purchase by default, with a recurring order you can opt into if you want the bag to keep arriving.
The Beef Trio is a set of three beef treats sold together, and the set's listing has no recurring option. You buy it once. If one of the three turns out to be the favorite, you then move to that bag on its own.
What is in the Beef Trio box?
The set's listing gives the contents plainly. Three bags, each with one ingredient:
- 1 x Freeze-Dried Beef Liver, 3 oz
- 1 x Freeze-Dried Beef Tripe, 2 oz
- 1 x Freeze-Dried Beef Heart, 3 oz
The listing says: "Three organs off the same animal, three completely different textures and smells." It adds that every bag is single ingredient and freeze dried raw in Pennsylvania. The heart bag in the box is the same product as the 3 oz heart bag sold alone.
The set's own description of the three is short. Liver is the dense, crumbly one with the strongest smell, tripe carries a strong barnyard smell, and heart is the chewier, mildest of the three. Those are the brand's words about its own set. For how the three actually behave in the hand, our organ meat guide is the page that owns that comparison.
When is the single heart bag the better choice?
When your dog has already met beef heart and you know the answer. A bag of heart alone is for the household that is past the trying stage and wants the one treat it uses, in the size it uses.
Size is the other reason. The set holds one 3 oz heart bag, full stop. If you go through heart quickly, the 6 oz bag on its own carries more of it, and if you only want a little, the 1.5 oz bag is smaller than anything in the set. The set does not let you choose the heart size.
Then there is the recurring order. The heart bag can be set to arrive on a schedule, as an opt in from the buy box, and the set cannot. For a home that treats steadily, that alone can decide it.
A dog that already has its treat is a bit like a driver who already knows which tire they like. You do not buy the sampler set. You buy the one you run.
When does the set of three make sense?
When you are still finding out. A dog new to beef organ treats has three very different things to meet in that box, and the set's listing is upfront that the textures and smells are nothing alike. The product page describes the set as priced below the three bags bought separately.
It also makes sense for a home with more than one dog, where one may take to liver and another to heart. And it suits a gift, since the recipient gets to do the trying rather than you guessing on their behalf.
The caveat is the heart size. You get 3 oz of heart in the set, no more and no less, and if heart turns out to be the winner you will be back at the single bag soon enough. That is not a flaw. It is what a sampler set is for.
How do you open three new treats without a muddle?
One at a time, with the bags kept apart. A simple approach is to open one bag, use it for a few days, then open the next, so that if the dog turns up its nose at something you know which something it was.
The heart bag carries its own storage line. The bag says: "Close the heart bag again after opening and store it cool and dry." The liver and tripe bags have their own labels, so follow each one once it is open.
The set's listing describes liver as the strongest smelling and tripe as barnyard, with heart the mildest of the three. Our smell and texture notes cover what the heart alone is like out of the bag. The set's listing also names heart as the starter of the three for a dog new to organ treats, so it is a sensible first bag to open.
Questions
Is the heart in the trio the same as the single bag?
Yes. The set's listing names one Freeze-Dried Beef Heart bag at 3 oz, single ingredient and freeze dried raw in Pennsylvania. That matches the 3 oz heart bag on our product page. The difference is only in how it arrives: in a box with two other bags rather than on its own.
Is the trio priced differently from three single bags?
The product page describes the set as priced below the three bags bought separately. We do not type prices into our guides, since they are read live from the store, so check the set's own page for the current figure and compare it with the three single bags at the sizes in the box.
Which bag in the trio has the mildest smell?
The heart, by the set's own description. Its listing calls liver the strongest smelling of the three and tripe a strong barnyard smell, with heart the mildest. That is the brand describing its own set rather than an outside measurement, so let your own nose, and your dog's, have the final say.
Can I get more heart than the trio holds?
Yes, by buying the heart on its own. The set holds one 3 oz heart bag and the size cannot be changed. The single bag comes in 1.5, 3 and 6 ounces, so the 6 ounce bag alone carries twice the heart of the set.
Is every bag in the trio single ingredient?
Yes, per the set's listing, which says each of the three holds a single ingredient. Liver, tripe and heart each come in their own bag, all freeze dried raw in Pennsylvania. We do not restate the liver or tripe label details here, since their own pages carry them. The Beef Trio page lists the set.
Can I set up a recurring order on the trio?
No. The set's listing carries no recurring plans, so it is a one-time purchase only. The single heart bag is the one with a recurring option, offered as an opt in from the buy box with one-time purchase selected by default. If you want heart arriving on a schedule, start with the single bag.