Skinner's

Skinner's Field & Trial Adult: Chicken & Rice review

Name: Skinner's Field & Trial Adult: Chicken & Rice
Brand: Skinner's

49.7/100Average

DryAdult

Flavour

The kibble a great many British working dogs have grown up on, with four of five recipes in our Good band and the chicken in Average. It is a working ration in shape: rice first, a meat meal second. The bottom of every list is unusually specific, joint entries and prebiotics printed to the milligram.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Working dogs and busy pets on their feet all day
Glucosamine at 350mg/kg and chondroitin sulphate at 150mg/kg on every label
Dogs that thrive on rice
A dog gone off chicken: duck, lamb, salmon and turkey are built the same way
Owners who like a named meat meal

Worth watching

Poultry fat in four recipes, so only the salmon holds to one animal
Brown rice above the meat on every list
The herb blend is unnamed, which leaves a dog with a plant sensitivity guessing

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

49.7/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. The guide assumes a dog in work, so a pet on shorter walks wants the lower end of it.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Duck 58.9
Lamb 57.6
Salmon 57.3
Turkey 57.3
Chicken 49.7

Five recipes across Good and Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Four bags are the same honest food built around a different animal, and the chicken reads a step lower on protein and processing despite its bigger meat share.

What's in it

Brown rice37.8%Leads, as on every bag, though this is the lowest rice figure of the five.
Poultry meat meal (min. 95% chicken)27.5%Already rendered and dried, so the figure is of the finished kibble. A small share is unnamed.
Naked oatsA hull-less oat with more protein and oil than the ordinary kind.
Peas, whole linseed, beet pulpLinseed is the plant omega 3.
Poultry fat
Vitamins & minerals
Herb blend750mg/kgDeclared as a blend, so the plants are not named.
MOS, FOS, glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate, seaweed, yucca500mg/kg down to 100mg/kgEvery one printed with its amount.

Zinc, iron, copper and manganese each declared twice, once as an oxide or sulphate and once as a chelate, the form most dogs absorb more readily; taurine at 100mg/kg.

Named ingredients

Brown rice 37.8%, Poultry meat meal (min. 95% chicken) 27.5%, Naked oats, Peas, Whole linseed, Beet pulp, Poultry fat, Vitamins & minerals, Herb blend 750mg/kg), MOS 500mg/kg, FOS 500mg/kg, Glucosamine 350mg/kg, Chondroitin sulphate 150mg/kg, Seaweed 150mg/kg, Yucca 100mg/kg

Against the range

Meat: Poultry meat meal, 27.5%; 26% on the other four, each a named species
Protein and processing: Poor; Average on the other four
Carbohydrate: 52.4% of dry matter; Down to 48.4% on the salmon

The biggest meat share in the range, yet the one bag that sits a step below the rest on our scoring.

Brown rice leads every bag at 37.8% to 40.8%, with one meat meal behind it at 26% or 27.5%, so the declared meat is a share of the finished kibble. Naked oats follow on all five, linseed is the plant omega 3, and peas, beet pulp or lucerne handle the fibre.

The tail is the same everywhere and printed to the milligram. Poultry fat is the added fat in four recipes; the salmon uses vegetable oil. Protein ranges from 22.8% to 27.2% of dry matter and estimated carbohydrate from 48.4% to 52.4%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

353 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

10%

Fibre

2.8%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

10.9%

Fibre

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

52.4%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

27.5%

Carbs

65.8%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

1.3%

Other

5.3%

Pricing & size