Last updated: August 3, 2026. Prices, policies and availability checked at the time of writing and may change.
Short answer: all three are legitimate brands selling the same basic thing (freeze-dried, grass-fed organs in capsules), and none of them is a bad choice. The real difference is geography. Heart & Soil and Ancestral Supplements are American companies sourcing largely from New Zealand (and, for Ancestral, Australia); Rise is Canadian, sourcing the same trusted New Zealand and Australian pastures and finishing in Canada, priced in Canadian dollars, with bilingual labels and Health Canada's NPN pathway. If you live in Canada, that geography quietly decides most of the comparison for you.
Here's the fair version of the matchup, with the numbers we could verify on each brand's own site as of July 2026.
The three brands, honestly described
Heart & Soil (US) helped make organ supplements mainstream and offers the widest range of targeted formulas: organs, bone, brain, colostrum and more. Their flagship Beef Organs is 180 capsules at a 6-capsule daily serving, listed at $52 USD one-time or $39 USD on subscription at time of writing. Their site says they support regenerative farms in New Zealand and the United States.
Ancestral Supplements (US) is the original in this category and keeps things simple and single-organ. Their Grass Fed Beef Liver is 180 capsules at a 6-capsule daily serving, listed at $38 USD at time of writing. Pasture-raised in New Zealand and Australia, manufactured in the USA, per their product page.
Rise Nutrition (Canada) is the Canadian answer: single-ingredient labels, grass-fed and grass-finished cattle pasture-raised in New Zealand and Australia raised without antibiotics or added hormones, freeze-dried, made in Canada with bilingual EN/FR packaging. Grass-Fed Beef Liver is $39.99 CAD for 120 capsules (4 capsules = 3,000 mg, a 30-day supply, about $1.33/day) and is NPN certified by Health Canada. The Beef Organ Complex (liver, heart, kidney, pancreas and spleen, 600 mg each per 6-capsule serving) is $54.99 CAD for 180 capsules (NPN application in progress).
Side by side
| Heart & Soil | Ancestral Supplements | Rise Nutrition | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Based in | United States | United States | Toronto, Canada |
| Cattle sourcing | New Zealand & US farms (per their site) | New Zealand & Australia (per their site) | Canada, grass-fed & grass-finished |
| Verified pricing (July 2026) | Beef Organs: $52 USD ($39 USD subscription), 180 caps | Beef Liver: $38 USD, 180 caps | Beef Liver: $39.99 CAD, 120 caps; Organ Complex: $54.99 CAD, 180 caps |
| Daily serving | 6 capsules | 6 capsules | Liver: 4 capsules (3,000 mg); Complex: 6 capsules (3,000 mg) |
| Regulatory framework | US dietary supplement rules | US dietary supplement rules | Health Canada NPN: Liver certified, others in progress |
| Buying from Canada | USD checkout; cross-border shipping | USD checkout; cross-border shipping | CAD pricing, ships within Canada in 1–3 business days |
Two caveats in fairness: prices and subscription offers change, so treat the USD figures as a snapshot from each brand's own site in July 2026. And New Zealand sourcing is genuinely good sourcing. Pasture-raised NZ beef is nothing to apologize for.
Where each brand honestly wins
- Widest product range: Heart & Soil. If you want a bone, brain or targeted blend, they have more shelves.
- Category originator, simple single organs: Ancestral Supplements. Straightforward and well established.
- For Canadian buyers: Rise. You pay in CAD with no exchange-rate surprise, no cross-border shipping timelines or potential duties, the label is bilingual as Canadian law expects, the product is made in Canada, and the liver product carries an actual Health Canada NPN. A US brand can't offer that combination, however good the product is.
Heart & Soil vs Ancestral Supplements, head to head
Take Rise out of the picture and the two US brands split cleanly. Ancestral Supplements is the original and keeps formulas simple and mostly single-organ; Heart & Soil is the range brand, with targeted multi-organ formulas for specific goals. Both freeze-dry, both source from trusted New Zealand pastures, and neither holds a Health Canada licence.
On verified pricing, Heart & Soil's flagship Beef Organs runs $52 USD one-time against Ancestral's $38 USD Beef Liver, both 180 capsules at 6 per day. The Canadian wrinkle is the fine print: Heart & Soil's help centre makes Canadian orders final sale with no returns or exchanges (the full Heart & Soil Canada breakdown), while Ancestral's money-back guarantee covers only your first order, capped at two bottles, once per household (the full Ancestral Supplements Canada breakdown).
The recommendation, by situation
If you're in the US, either American brand is a sensible pick and shipping favours them. If you specifically want New Zealand-sourced organs, Heart & Soil or Ancestral is the natural choice. If you're in Canada (buying in your own currency, from your own beef supply, under your own regulator), Rise is the option built for exactly that. We would say that; we also think the table above says it for us.
FAQ
Is Heart & Soil available in Canada?
Yes, with strings attached. Heart & Soil ships from the United States to Canada with duties collected at checkout, their free-shipping threshold applies to US orders only, and their help centre states that Canadian orders are final sale, not eligible for returns or exchanges. No Heart & Soil product carries a Health Canada NPN. The landed math and the return terms are covered in Heart & Soil in Canada: shipping, returns and the real cost.
Are Heart & Soil and Ancestral Supplements good brands?
Yes. Both are established, legitimate companies that largely built this category, with grass-fed sourcing from New Zealand (and the US or Australia). This comparison is about fit (especially geography and currency), not about anyone selling a bad product.
Do US organ supplements cost more for Canadians?
The sticker is in USD, so the CAD cost depends on the exchange rate, plus cross-border shipping and any duties or brokerage that apply to your order. A $38–$52 USD bottle typically lands meaningfully above its sticker in CAD terms. Canadian pricing is fixed: Rise's liver is $39.99 CAD, shipped domestically in 1–3 business days.
What does an NPN mean on a supplement?
An NPN is Health Canada's Natural Product Number, a licence indicating the product was reviewed under Canada's natural health product regulations. Rise's Grass-Fed Beef Liver is NPN certified; the Organ Complex's application is in progress. US brands are regulated under US dietary supplement rules instead.
Is beef liver as good as New Zealand?
The variables that matter are the same everywhere: grass-fed and grass-finished, no antibiotics or added hormones, freeze-dried rather than heat-dried. Rise's pasture-raised New Zealand and Australian cattle meet that standard. Country pride aside, read the label, not the flag.
Brand-by-brand deep dives: See Ancestral Supplements' real cost in Canada, with duties and Heart & Soil's Canadian shipping and final-sale policy.
Want the deep Rise-vs-Heart & Soil teardown? See the full head-to-head comparison, label by label, dollar by dollar.
Shopping rather than reading? the full Rise supplement lineup.
Comparing brands? See which organ supplement brands actually ship to Canada, with delivered costs and return terms checked at each brand's own checkout.
Asked about their male formula specifically? See Heart & Soil Whole Package vs Rise, compared honestly.
Written by the team at Rise Nutrition, Toronto, Canada's single-ingredient ancestral nutrition brand. Pasture-raised NZ/AU cattle, Canadian dollars, bilingual labels, made in Canada. Questions? ray@risenutritions.ca
