VOHC-Approved Dog Chews (2026): All 38 Accepted Chews Compared

By Eunwol (records analysis) · Last updated: October 20, 2026 · How we research

Disclosure. We did not buy, feed or test any of these chews. Nothing here comes from using a product. This page analyses public records: the Veterinary Oral Health Council (VOHC) Accepted Products table and its trial protocol. This page has no affiliate links, and Tested Paws takes no payment from any company named below. Some other articles on the site link to Amazon as an Amazon Associate; see our Disclosure page. This is not veterinary advice.

If you are holding a bag of dental chews and want to know whether it is one of the chews with the VOHC seal, this page answers that in one table. We took every dog chew row from the VOHC web table as captured on September 20, 2026, checked the count again on October 8, 2026. All 38 rows are laid out side by side below with the six things the council prints about each one. Below the table you will find what each brand family holds, which row fits which dog, what the seal measured, and the brands people expect to see that are not on the list at all.

The short answer

38 dog chew rows carry the seal: 37 filed as edible chews and treats, plus one rawhide. 24 hold both claims (plaque and tartar), 14 hold tartar alone, and none holds plaque alone.
The seal is a pass, not a ranking. Each chew left at least 15% less build-up than plain dry food in each of two trials, and at least 20% less across the pair. The register prints no scores, so two sealed chews cannot be ranked against each other from public data.
Match the exact name, then read the claim. A seal covers one named row. A sibling flavour, a new format or a product from another market is not covered unless it has its own row.

All 38 VOHC-accepted dog chews, side by side

Columns are the register's own fields, reproduced as printed (minor typos included). "Size wording" is any size phrase that appears inside the product name; the register has no size field. C = sold to consumers, V+C = sold through vets and shops. No accepted chew is veterinary-only.

#	Product, as the register prints it	Company on the row	Claim	Seal year	Sold	Size wording in the name
1	Canine Greenies, five sizes (FreshMint, Blueberry, Pumpkin Spice)	Greenies-Mars PetCare	Plaque + Tartar	2007	C	five sizes
2	Canine Greenies Weight Management, five sizes	Greenies-Mars PetCare	Plaque + Tartar	2008	C	five sizes
3	Canine Greenies Hip and Joint Care Chews, all sizes	Greenies-Mars PetCare	Plaque + Tartar	2014	C	all sizes
4	Canine Greenies Canine Grain-Free Dental Chews	Greenies-Mars PetCare	Plaque + Tartar	2014	C	none
5	Canine Greenies Aging Care Dental Chews, four sizes	Greenies-Mars PetCare	Plaque + Tartar	2019	C	four sizes
6	Canine Greenies Puppy Dental Chews, four sizes	Greenies-Mars PetCare	Plaque + Tartar	2019	C	four sizes
7	Pedigree Dentastix Advanced	Mars Petcare	Plaque + Tartar	2018	C	none
8	Dentastix Daily PEDIGREE UK	Mars Petcare	Plaque + Tartar	2024	C	UK market name
9	Dentastix Fresh PEDIGREE UK	Mars Petcare	Plaque + Tartar	2024	C	UK market name
10	PEDIGREE DentaStix Light	Mars Petcare	Plaque + Tartar	2024	C	none
11	Dentastix Chewy Chunx PEDIGREE UK	Mars Petcare	Tartar	2024	C	UK market name
12	Pedigree Dentastix Original Large Dog Treats, Beef & Fresh Variety Pack	Mars Petcare	Tartar	2024	C	Large
13	Purina DentaLife Daily Oral Care Dog Treats, North American sizes	Nestle Purina PetCare	Tartar	2016	C	North American sizes
14	Purina DentaLife Daily Oral Care Dog Treats, European Sizes	Nestle Purina PetCare	Tartar	2017	C	European sizes
15	Purina DentaLife ActivFresh Daily Oral Care, European size	Nestle Purina PetCare	Tartar	2021	C	European size
16	Purina DentaLife Plus Digestive Support	Nestle Purina Petcare	Plaque + Tartar	2023	C	none
17	Purina DentaLife Plus Immune Support	Nestle Purina Petcare	Plaque + Tartar	2023	C	none
18	Purina Pro Plan Dental Care	Nestle Purina PetCare	Tartar	2021	C	none
19	Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets (PPVD) Dental Chewz Dog Treats (rawhide section)	Nestle Purina PetCare	Tartar	2006	C	none
20	ProDen PlaqueOff Dental Bites	SwedenCare	Plaque + Tartar	2017	C	none
21	ProDen PlaqueOff Dental Care Bones for Large and Small Dogs	SwedenCare	Plaque + Tartar	2022	V+C	Large and Small
22	ProDen PlaqueOff Soft Chews	SwedenCare	Plaque + Tartar	no year printed	C	none
23	SwedenCare ProDen PlaqueOff Soft Chews	SwedenCare	Plaque + Tartar	2024	C	none
24	C.E.T. VEGGIEDENT FR3SH Chews for Dogs, all sizes	Virbac	Plaque + Tartar	2020	C	all sizes
25	C.E.T. VEGGIEDENT Zen Chews for Dogs, all sizes	Virbac	Plaque + Tartar	2020	C	all sizes
26	C.E.T. VEGGIEDENT Flex Chews for Dogs, all sizes	Virbac	Plaque + Tartar	2020	C	all sizes
27	Wellness Whimzees BRUSHZEES Dental Dog Treats, all sizes	Wellness Pet	Plaque + Tartar	2019	C	all sizes
28	Wellness Whimzees Toothbrush Dental Dog Treats, all sizes	Wellness Pet	Plaque + Tartar	2019	C	all sizes
29	Checkups Chews for Dogs	Sugar Creek, Diamond Foods	Plaque + Tartar	2008	C	none
30	Member' Mark Dental Treats (Sam's Club)	Sam's West	Plaque + Tartar	2018	C	none
31	HealthyMouth Chew Treat - Gel Combination	HealthyMouth, LLC	Plaque + Tartar	2018	C	none
32	OraVet Dental Hygiene Chews for Dogs	Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc.	Tartar	2016	C	none
33	Milk-Bone Brushing Chews for Dogs, Daily Dental Treat	Big Heart Pet Brands	Tartar	2014	C	none
34	Blue Buffalo Dental Chews	Blue Buffalo	Tartar	2025	C	none
35	WholeHearted Smart Smiles Original Flavor Dental Treats, All Sizes (Petco)	Petco, the Health + Wellness Co.	Tartar	2023	C	All Sizes
36	Dentalis Dental Stick	Dentalis Animal Health	Tartar	2023	C	none
37	Yummy Combs Treats for Dogs	Pet's Best Life LLC	Tartar	2022	V+C	none
38	Tartar Shield Soft Rawhide Chews for Dogs	Tartar Shield	Tartar	2007	V+C	none

Source: VOHC Accepted Products web table, captured September 20, 2026; chew count re-checked October 8, 2026 (still 37 edible chew rows plus one rawhide). VOHC's downloadable PDF editions do not print every row the same way as the web table, so a count taken from a PDF can differ by a row or two.

Price, calories, ingredients or hardness: none of these is in the table, on purpose. The register has no field for any of them, and we have not gathered verified figures for them. Read those off the bag.

Our method: two VOHC documents, no score of our own

Every number on this page comes from two public VOHC documents and nothing else, except where another source is named in the sentence.

The Accepted Products table. Six fields per row: section, product name, claim, company, sales channel, seal year. We copied the 38 chew rows field by field and counted them by hand. Company counts use the strings as printed: 17 company names sit behind the 38 rows, or 16 once the two spellings of Nestle Purina are merged.
The Trial Protocol Requirements page. Quoted for what a chew had to beat and by how much.
No score of our own. The council publishes no effect sizes, so we do not rank one sealed chew above another. The "fits if" notes below sort rows by what the register records (claim, range of lines, channel, size wording), never by how well a chew works in a mouth.
Update rule. When VOHC posts a new edition, we recount the table and change the counts and the date at the top. If nothing changed, the date stays.

The test behind the seal

A sealed chew went through two separate trials run to the council's published protocol. In each trial, dogs on a dry food diet with the chew were compared with dogs on the same dry food alone. The chew group had to show at least 15% less plaque or tartar in each trial and at least 20% less on average across both, with the difference statistically significant. Each trial lasts at least 28 days, the same animals cannot be used in both trials, and every dog starts with teeth a veterinarian has scaled clean, confirmed with a disclosing solution.

Three consequences follow, and they shape how to read the table.

A chew was measured against kibble, never against a toothbrush. Brushing products on the register were graded against a soft manual brush. If you already brush daily, the seal says nothing about what a chew adds on top.
The seal is about slowing new build-up. Trials start from clean teeth, so no accepted chew was tested on tartar that was already there. Existing tartar is a job for a veterinary cleaning.
The council reviews data the company pays for. VOHC states that it does not test products itself. The sponsor runs both trials and submits the data, and a council of nine veterinary dentists and dental scientists decides whether it meets the standard.

The full protocol walk-through, with the other product categories, sits on our VOHC accepted products guide.

Brand by brand: what each family holds

Greenies: six dog rows, both claims on every one

All six Canine Greenies rows carry plaque and tartar, sealed in 2007, 2008, 2014 (two) and 2019 (two). Each row is a separate line: the original in five sizes and three flavours, then Weight Management, Hip and Joint Care, Grain-Free, Aging Care, Puppy. Aging Care and Puppy are the only two rows among all 101 accepted products that name a life stage.

Fits if you want both claims on whichever line you pick, or a line aimed at a puppy or an older dog. The catch: six lines means six names to match. A Greenies product that is not one of the six is not covered by them, and the original 2007 row does not cover the Puppy or Aging Care chews. The single cat row, Feline Greenies (2005, tartar only), is filed under Nutro/Greenies Company and belongs on our cat page.

Pedigree Dentastix: six rows, mixed claims, three UK names

Mars Petcare holds six Dentastix rows: Advanced from 2018 and five from 2024. Four carry both claims (Advanced, Daily, Fresh, Light). Two carry tartar alone: Chewy Chunx and the Original Large Beef & Fresh variety pack. Three of the six print "PEDIGREE UK" in the name, so a US bag under a similar name may not be the formulation that was reviewed.

Fits if you buy Advanced, Light, or one of the UK-named rows in the UK. The catch is the brand-level shortcut: "Dentastix are VOHC accepted" is true of the brand and still leaves you to check which variety and which market you are holding. Five acceptances landing in one year usually means one company put a batch of variants through together.

Greenies and Dentastix share a parent. Counted together, Mars-labelled rows hold 12 of the 38 chew rows.

Purina: seven chew rows, mostly tartar

Five DentaLife rows and the Pro Plan Dental Care treat make six, and the 2006 PPVD Dental Chewz row makes seven Purina rows in the chew section. Only two hold both claims: DentaLife Plus Digestive Support and DentaLife Plus Immune Support (2023). The rest hold tartar alone. Two DentaLife rows cover the same treat in different markets, North American sizes (2016) and European sizes (2017).

The "Digestive Support" and "Immune Support" wording sits inside the product name. VOHC grants only plaque and tartar claims, so those extras were not part of what the council reviewed. The PPVD Dental Chewz row from 2006 is the oldest chew acceptance on the register; it is marked for consumers despite the veterinary-diet name.

ProDen PlaqueOff (SwedenCare): four chew rows, all both claims

Dental Bites (2017), Dental Care Bones for Large and Small Dogs (2022), and two Soft Chews rows: one sealed in 2024 and one that prints no year at all. Every row reads Plaque, Tartar. The Bones row is one of the three chew rows sold through both vets and shops, and the only accepted chew with "small" in its name.

Watch the two Soft Chews rows. Match the full name as printed, because the register does not explain the undated entry. The PlaqueOff powder rows are not chews and sit with the water additives.

Virbac VEGGIEDENT: three rows, one year

The three chews (FR3SH, Zen, Flex) were all sealed in 2020, all for plaque and tartar, all covering "all sizes". Fits if you want both claims and a short list to match against a bag.

Whimzees: two rows, both claims

BRUSHZEES and Toothbrush, both 2019, both plaque and tartar, both "all sizes", filed as Wellness Whimzees under Wellness Pet (older editions printed the company as WellPet). Other Whimzees shapes have no row. Search the table for the single word Whimzees and both rows come up.

The single-row chews

Ten more rows come from companies with one chew each:

Checkups Chews for Dogs (2008) and the HealthyMouth Chew Treat with Gel (2018) hold both claims.
Member' Mark Dental Treats, the Sam's Club store brand (2018), holds both claims as a store-brand chew.
OraVet (2016), Milk-Bone Brushing Chews (2014), Blue Buffalo Dental Chews (2025), Petco's WholeHearted Smart Smiles (2023), Dentalis Dental Stick (2023) and Yummy Combs (2022) hold tartar alone.
Tartar Shield Soft Rawhide Chews (2007) has "rawhide" in its name but is filed in the edible-chew section. It holds tartar alone and is sold through vets and shops. The register's rawhide section holds a single row, Purina's PPVD Dental Chewz from 2006.

Blue Buffalo's 2025 row is the newest chew acceptance on the register. Petco's row names "Original Flavor"; a different Smart Smiles flavour is a different formulation and sits outside the row.

Which chew row fits which dog

Your situation	Rows that match on the register	Check before you buy
You want plaque and tartar on the row	24 rows: all Greenies, Whimzees, VEGGIEDENT, ProDen chews, plus Dentastix Advanced/Daily/Fresh/Light, DentaLife Plus, Checkups, Member' Mark, HealthyMouth Chew Treat	That your exact line is one of them
Puppy	Canine Greenies Puppy Dental Chews (2019)	The only puppy-named chew row
Older dog	Canine Greenies Aging Care Dental Chews (2019)	The only senior-named chew row
Small dog	No small-only chew exists; ProDen Dental Care Bones names large and small together	Piece size and hardness from the bag and your vet
Large dog	Dentastix Original Large (tartar) or ProDen Dental Care Bones	The Dentastix row rules small dogs out by name
Store brand	Member' Mark (both claims) or Petco Smart Smiles (tartar, Original Flavor)	Kirkland Signature has no row
US shopper buying Dentastix	Advanced, Light, Original Large	The Daily, Fresh, Chewy Chunx rows are UK-named
Dog gulps or will not chew	None in this section	See the no-chew products page
Hard brown deposit already on the teeth	None. No chew was tested on existing tartar	Book a veterinary exam first

Claims and seal years, counted

The chew section leans toward tartar, and the lean grows with time. Of the 21 edible chew rows sealed from 2007 through 2020, 16 hold both claims and five hold tartar alone. Of the 15 sealed from 2021 onward, seven hold both and eight hold tartar alone. A recent seal year is a reason to read the claim line, not a reason to skip it.

Seal year	Chew rows	Seal year	Chew rows
2006	1	2018	3
2007	2	2019	4
2008	2	2020	3
2009 to 2013	0	2021	2
2014	3	2022	2
2015	0	2023	4
2016	2	2024	6
2017	2	2025	1
No year printed	1	2026 (to October 8)	0

2024 was the biggest chew year on record, and five of its six rows are Dentastix variants. Seven products entered the register in 2026 by late September, and none of them was a chew.

Every chew row holds a tartar claim, which fits how a chew works: by contact with the tooth surface as the dog bites through it. Products that act chemically, such as water additives, run the other way. Of the 26 dog rows filed as water additives, 17 hold plaque alone. If plaque is your main worry, the plaque-only data lives in that section, not here.

Recent changes on the list

Three edits between VOHC editions are worth knowing if you checked a chew last year.

Hill's Science Diet Canine Oral Care Chews (sealed 2017 for plaque and tartar) appears on the November 2025 dog edition and not on the August 2026 one. The list prints no reason. "No longer listed" is all the record supports; it says nothing about a recall or a safety finding.
Milk-Bone's row was renamed from "Improved Milk-Bone Brushing Chews for Dogs" to "Milk-Bone Brushing Chews for Dogs, Daily Dental Treat". Same 2014 seal.
The Whimzees rows gained "Wellness" at the front and a new company string. Same 2019 seal.

Searching by one brand word instead of the full name on your bag avoids most of these traps.

Brands you may expect that have no row

Kirkland Signature, Costco, Nylabone, Minties, Ark Naturals and Kong return zero rows when the whole register is searched. No chew toy of any material has ever been accepted: every one of the 101 accepted products is eaten, poured into water, applied by a person, or applied by a professional.

A missing row records no accepted submission. The council publishes acceptances only and keeps no public list of failures, and submitting is voluntary and paid for by the company. So an absent brand has not been shown to fail anything. It also has no reviewed plaque or tartar claim behind it. Store brands are not shut out: Sam's Club and Petco both hold chew rows, and Pet Valu holds two dental diet rows.

Questions the seal leaves open

The seal is narrow, and several worries owners bring to a chew sit outside it.

Swallowing and blockage. The protocol scores gingivitis on day zero and at the end "to provide an indication of safety", and records inflammation or ulcers in the mouth. None of the words blockage, obstruction or choking appears on the protocol page. A dog that develops a medical problem during a trial "will likely need to be dropped from the trial", so the published result describes dogs that finished.
Digestion. The register records nothing about stool, calories or ingredients. Cornell's Riney Canine Health Center advises calling the vet if loose stool lasts more than two days, and sooner with vomiting, lethargy, black or tarry stool, or a dog that stops eating.
Hardness and broken teeth. The register has no hardness field. The Merck Veterinary Manual's owner page on dental disorders names real bones, hooves, antlers, hard nylon toys among the things that fracture dog teeth.
How many a day. "Daily" appears in five chew names and nowhere as a field. The feeding directions on the bag come from the maker; the seal rests on a trial of at least 28 days at a frequency the maker chose. Going above the bag's number steps outside what was measured and adds calories.
Breath, gums, joints, digestion extras. VOHC grants plaque and tartar claims only. "Fresh", "Hip and Joint" or "Digestive Support" in a name is the company's wording.

The AVMA lists abnormal chewing, drooling, dropping food and bleeding from the mouth as reasons to have teeth checked sooner. Any of those is a vet visit before it is a shopping decision.

If your dog will not chew

The chew section is the largest on the dog register but not the only route. Thirty-one of the 83 dog rows need no chewing: 26 in the water additive section, four brushes and wipes, and one sealant a veterinarian applies. Fourteen dog dental diets change the food instead of adding a treat, and seven of those are veterinary-only. Our no-chew products page sorts those rows the same way this page sorts chews.

Frequently asked questions

Are Greenies VOHC approved? The council's word is "accepted". Six Canine Greenies lines are on the dog list, each for plaque and tartar, sealed 2007 to 2019. A Greenies product outside those six lines is not covered by them.

Are Pedigree Dentastix VOHC accepted? Six Dentastix rows are on the list. Advanced, Daily, Fresh plus Light hold both claims; Chewy Chunx and the Original Large variety pack hold tartar alone. The Daily, Fresh, Chewy Chunx rows carry UK market names.

Which VOHC dental chew works best? Nobody outside the council can say from public records. The register prints a pass for each row and no effect size, so a chew that just cleared 15% and one that cleared far more look identical.

Do VOHC chews work as well as brushing? Unknown. Chews were trialled against plain dry food, never against a toothbrush.

Does a tartar-only row mean the chew failed the plaque test? No. It means no plaque data was submitted or accepted for that row. The register has no column for failed endpoints.

Do any VOHC chews need a prescription? No. 35 of the 38 chew rows are consumer products and three are sold through both vets and shops. None is veterinary-only.

The bottom line

Use the table above as a lookup, not a leaderboard. Find the exact name on your bag, read the claim beside it, and check whether the row names your market and your dog's size range. If the row holds the claim you care about, the chew passed a two-trial test against plain kibble for that claim. Everything else on the bag, from calories to hardness to price, is yours to judge, and visible tartar or a sore mouth goes to your veterinarian first.

About this page. Written by Eunwol, who compiles and checks public pet-product records. We are not veterinarians, and no veterinarian reviewed this page. We do not test products. Our job is to copy official records accurately, count them, and say plainly what they cover. See How We Research for our sources and update rules.

Sources. VOHC Accepted Products for Dogs and Cats (web table captured September 20, 2026; chew rows re-checked October 8, 2026). VOHC dog list editions dated November 2025 and August 2026 (compared October 6, 2026). VOHC Protocols and Submissions, Trial Protocol Requirements, and About the VOHC (read September 27 and October 8, 2026). Merck Veterinary Manual, Dental Disorders of Dogs (owner version, updated October 2025). Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Riney Canine Health Center, Diarrhea (updated March 2024). AVMA, Pet dental care. "VOHC Accepted" is a registered certification mark of the Veterinary Oral Health Council; this page is not affiliated with or reviewed by VOHC. Brand names belong to their owners.

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