Vital Essentials Freeze-Dried Raw Beef Tripe Nibs Dog Chews, 14-oz bag

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  • Raw
  • Grain-Free
  • Gluten Free
  • Natural
  • Limited Ingredient Diet
  • High-Protein
  • Immune Support
  • Skin & Coat Health
  • Digestive Health
  • Made in USA
  • All Lifestages
  • All Breeds
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  • These freeze-dried raw dog treats are packed with extra protein from premium, butcher-cut meats for the peak nutrition your pup deserves.
  • Protein-rich muscle, organs, and bone deliver a natural source of nutrients for energetic play, a shiny coat, lean muscles, and overall health.
  • Proudly made in the USA, Vital Essentials offers a variety of single-ingredient treats for dogs of all sizes.
  • A great choice for puppies or dogs in training, these Nibs contain no dog food additives, fillers, dyes, flavorings, artificial preservatives, or rendered by-products.
  • The slow-freeze-dry process removes moisture to lock in nutrients and ensure peak freshness and flavor without cooking.

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Raw Feeding Made Simple

Feeding just 20% raw can boost your pet’s health, and Vital Essentials makes it easy. Made with whole-animal, butcher cut protein and no fillers or artificial additives. Feed as a special treat for simple, raw nutrition.

Even 20% Makes A Difference

Every pet deserves the benefits of raw protein. Try adding raw meals weekly, mix raw in with kibble, or offer it as a treat. Even a small amount—just 20% of their daily intake—can make a big difference in their health.

No Shortcuts. Only Butcher Cuts.

Vital Essentials butcher cut protein is made with carefully sourced, farm-raised meats. It’s ground once and freeze-dried a full 48 hours at their state-of-the-art USA facility to lock in the nutrients your pet deserves.

Today’s Special: Lifelong Vitality

Support your pet's health with Vital Essentials. Protein-rich diets promote strong muscles—ideal for active pets. Help boost immunity, musculature, and heart health with their range of butcher cut protein freeze-dried raw recipes.

About Vital Essentials

Vital Essentials creates healthy, delicious, and biologically appropriate food using real, ethically sourced meat and premium ingredients. Made right here in the USA, because your best friend deserves nothing less.

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7 Customer Questions

I have to ask, are these really made of green tripe? I've dehydrated green tripe before and it is a lot more green and stinky. These are not green and they have no odor.

Answer by Chewy • Mar 07, 2018
These treats are made from pure raw freeze-dried beef free from added hormones and antibiotics. Green Beef Tripe is the single ingredient.

If it is really green Tripe, it's not greenish. Is that becasue it is bleached?

Answer by Chewy • Sep 08, 2018
The green beef tripe is called ‘green’ not because of the color but because it is not processed and still contains contents of the grazing animal’s stomach.

Chewy's description has these as green beef tripe but the bag just says beef tripe. Are these green tripe or regular tripe?

Answer by Chewy • Feb 26, 2018
These treats are made of Green Beef Tripe.

Are these the same size as the pieces in the 2.3oz bag? (That smaller bag isn’t labelled “nibblets” but they’re the perfect size for training treats)

Answer by Chewy • May 02, 2018
Since these are natural treats, the sizes will vary. The smallest pieces are about the size of a pea, the larger pieces like a kidney bean. Please refer to the picture below for a visual example of the treats.
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89% Positive

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90% Positive

Training Specific

89% Positive

106 Customer Reviews

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Elziabeth on Jan 4, 2026

Raven loves them!

This is the only treat my dog can eat, as it naturally has digestive enzymes from the cow's stomach lining. She has a fairly significant pancreatic enzyme deficiency

This is the only treat my dog can eat, as it naturally has digestive enzymes from the cow's stomach lining. She has a fairly significant pancreatic enzyme deficiency and cannot eat any foods that don't have added enzymes

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Kay on Jan 12, 2026

Nibbles

My dog loves this . No allergy. Thanks

My dog loves this . No allergy. Thanks

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Elly on Mar 10, 2025

Best treats around!

These quality treats stand out over any others I have tried. I’m always training, and I expect a lot from my dog. He deserves as excellent treat when he does what

These quality treats stand out over any others I have tried. I’m always training, and I expect a lot from my dog. He deserves as excellent treat when he does what I ask. You can pocket the treats, they don’t stink, and rest assured you have a healthy treat with you when you need it, although he has pulled down my jeans in search of a treat. I feed raw food, and these freeze treats are a logical healthy addition.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Sarah on Mar 20, 2025

Good for bigger dogs

These aren't crumbly at all, meaning they're great to toss in my pocket for training treats. They're crunchy and hard, but still stink so the dogs love them.

These aren't crumbly at all, meaning they're great to toss in my pocket for training treats. They're crunchy and hard, but still stink so the dogs love them.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Arlen on Mar 28, 2025

Stinky, so dogs love them!

I like the brand because it is real, raw ingredients that are freeze dried. Very nutritious. The beef tripe is smelly but my dogs love them!

I like the brand because it is real, raw ingredients that are freeze dried. Very nutritious. The beef tripe is smelly but my dogs love them!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Patricia on Jan 12, 2025

This food is easy to break apart for Quincy who has a very small mouth

Quincy likes it and it is healthy for him

Quincy likes it and it is healthy for him

Rated 3 out of 5 stars
By Lauri on Sep 13, 2024

He liked them at first

My dog seemed to enjoy a few then didn't want any more. It's a mystery.

My dog seemed to enjoy a few then didn't want any more. It's a mystery.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Sandra on Jul 30, 2024

Great addition

Love this as an addition to her regular food

Love this as an addition to her regular food

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Logic on May 24, 2023

Highly motivating and not gross at all!

Thought tripe would be unpleasant to use for trick training, but found instead that this dried version is not only highly motivating to my dog, but also easy to

Thought tripe would be unpleasant to use for trick training, but found instead that this dried version is not only highly motivating to my dog, but also easy to handle for me. I grab a handful, toss it on a cutting board, use a paring knife to cut into smaller pieces, and throw into the "super high value" compartment at the back of my treat pouch. The crumbs? I sweep them into a little pile, ask Trip for a trick or two, then reward him by letting him lick them off the cutting board. It should be thoroughly washed after cutting up dog treats and before using it for human food handling in any case. A definite recommend, and can be cut to much smaller pieces and reserved for super-high value-worthy trick learning, so a little bit really does go a long way.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars
By Allyson on May 3, 2023

Unfortunate quality control :(

I'm sad to add my warning review to the others already here. I've been noticing bright green colouring on some of the pieces in the last several bags I've ordered

I'm sad to add my warning review to the others already here. I've been noticing bright green colouring on some of the pieces in the last several bags I've ordered (all within the last year). At first I was noticing them near the end of the bag, so I would just throw the rest out. Although both my dog and my cat love these and we go through the bags fairly quickly, I had assumed the discolouration was mold or something caused by normal spoilage (weird for a freeze-dried treat to spoil so quickly, but you never know). Well, today I took the advice of another user here and soaked the bright green pieces in some water, and now I no longer think it's mold. To me, it looked like a fibrous piece of plastic all melted and fused together into the treat pellet. Unlike the treat, the green part did not soften in water, as I would expect mold to do. This isn't an isolated incident, as I've seen it with my last 3 or 4 bags. So I think there is a serious quality control issue somewhere on the manufacturer side if all these bags are contaminated with whatever foreign substance is causing that discolouration. I've attached a photo showing how bright and obvious the discolouration is. After taking the photo, I had to throw out not only the bag of treats, but the expensive prescription kibble I poured it on as well. Unfortunately although my pets love the taste of these, we won't be ordering any more from this brand. It's not worth the risk to their health.