Badlands Ranch is a new dog food brand established in 2022 by actress and animal advocate Katherine Heigl. Its main aims are to produce the highest quality dog foods on the market, made with 87% real meat without any filler ingredients like corn, soy, wheat, or grains. But is Badlands Ranch good for your dog?

Badlands Ranch is among the highest quality dog foods available, earning a flawless 5 out of 5 rating. It's made with only unprocessed cuts of meats and superfoods, with no grains, lentils, legumes, or pulses. Its only real drawback is its high price tag.

Keep reading for Wag!'s comprehensive Badlands Ranch dog food review, where we look closely at its ingredients, pros, cons, history, and recalls.

Badlands Ranch offers eight air-dried or freeze-dried-coated dog foods, as well as a line of freeze-dried treats.

All Badlands Ranch dog foods are complete and balanced, meeting the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) nutrient profile guidelines of adult maintenance.

Read the guaranteed analysis printed on each dog food label for more information.

Superfood Complete is Badlands Ranch's flagship dog food range. Badlands Rand air-dries all its formulas for shelf-stability while preserving high nutrient levels.

Each recipe is exceptionally high quality — they're made with no corn, soy, wheat, or grains, and 87% animal protein. Each variety's top four or five ingredients are a whole cut of muscle or organ meat.

Another sign that this is outstanding grain-free dog food is that it isn't loaded down with lentils, peas, chickpeas, and potatoes. These ingredients are often used as an inexpensive way to provide plant-based protein and fiber. There's also an open investigation by the FDA into links between these ingredients in dog foods and the development of canine dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).

Further down the ingredient list, Badlands Ranch Superfood Complete recipes feature an assortment of natural fruits, vegetables, and seeds, like pumpkin, sweet potato, carrots, broccoli, and chia seeds.

You'll also find some unusual superfoods in these foods, like lion's mane mushrooms, ginger, and turmeric. Lion Mane's mushrooms are a natural probiotic source — probiotics are only seen in the highest-quality pet foods.

Badlands Ranch Superfood Complete dog foods have excellent protein-to-fat ratios. The Superfood Complete Chicken Formula contains above-average protein (44.7% as dry matter) and above-average fat (25.8% as dry matter) compared to other air-dried dog foods.

Superfood Complete Raw Coated Morsels is Badlands Ranch's newest dog food range, launching in April 2025. This range consists of dog foods made from traditional kibble coated in freeze-dried raw meat. They're grain-inclusive, with oats and sorghum among the top five ingredients.

Superfood Complete Raw Coated Morsels feature only cuts of muscle and organ meat — no meat meals or by-products here! Secondary ingredients include flaxseed, pumpkin, and sweet potato, which provide omega fatty acids and fiber.

Other ingredients are pretty similar to the main Superfood Complete, with the likes of lion's mane mushrooms, chia seeds, broccoli, and carrots further down the list.

Superfood Complete Raw Coated Morsels have superior protein and fat percentages compared to traditional dry foods — the Chicken Formula contains 32.2% protein and 15.5% fat as dry matter.

All in all, Badlands Ranch Superfood Complete Raw Coated Morsels are an excellent grain-inclusive kibble alternative.

Badlands Ranch Superfood Bites are super simple - and top-of-the-line - dog treats. They're made with a single ingredient: freeze-dried meat. They're ideal if your dog has a food allergy, and certain to please even the fussiest pup.

Badlands Ranch dog foods are made with only high-quality cuts of meat, with no plant-based protein boosting the protein levels in its recipes. Its Superfood Complete range consists of 87% animal products — a sign of a top-shelf pet food.

Badlands Ranch is one of the only dog food brands on the market with no filler ingredients. Grain-free and made without legumes and pulses, like peas and lentils. They're made mostly from meat with superfoods like pumpkin, chia seeds, blueberries, and lion's mane mushrooms providing a natural nutrient boost.

All minerals used in Badlands Ranch dog foods are chelated. This means they're bonded to another molecule, usually an amino or organic acid, making them easier for your pup's body to absorb. Chelated minerals are only found in premium pet foods.

Badlands Ranch has a super accommodating “90-Day Refund Promise”. This policy states that if you're unsatisfied with your purchase for any reason within 90 days, you can contact the company and send back the unused portion for a full refund.

The biggest drawback of Badlands Ranch is its high price point. At the time of writing, a 24-oz bag of Badlands Ranch Superfood Complete Beef Dog Food costs $42.99 on Chewy at $1.80 per oz. That works out at $28.80 per lb.

If this price tag is too high for your budget, consider using Badlands Ranch as a meal topper instead of a complete meal.

All Badlands Ranch dog foods are only suitable for adults according to AAFCO guidelines. So, you'll need to choose a different brand if you have a puppy or a pregnant/nursing pooch.

"The food is pretty expensive. So I use it to top my dogs kibble and she loves it. Sometimes she eats the pieces that I put in her kibble and leaves the rest. I plan on continuing to add it to my dogs food. It is good quality food and I feel like she is getting a healthy addition to her kibble."

"I have an older Boston that has OA and carrying too much weight and gassy. He has been eating Badlands Ranch for nearly 3 weeks now. My boy is losing some weight, nearly no gas and has more energy and a better disposition already. Although pricey, it has been well worth the price."

Actress and animal advocate Katherine Heigl founded Badlands Ranch Pets in 2022. Heigl named the brand after her family's ranch in Utah. She's best known for her roles in 27 Dresses, Knocked Up, and Grey's Anatomy.

The idea for Badlands Ranch Pets stems from the Heigl family's advocacy work over the previous two decades. In 2008, Katherine Heigl and her mother, Nancy, established the Jason Heigl Foundation, a non-profit aiming to end animal cruelty and abuse.

Since its creation, the Jason Heigl Foundation has rescued over 8,000 animals and funded over 25,000 spay and neuter surgeries. In 2015, Heigl received the Petco Foundation's Hope Award for animal advocacy. Badlands Ranch Pets donates $250,000 annually to support animal rescues.

Badlands Ranch Pets headquarters is located in Woodland Hills, CA. Badlands Ranch manufactures its products in the United States; however, it's unclear where exactly.

There have been no recorded Badlands Ranch dog food recalls as of May 2025.