Skinner's

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

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

57.3/100Good

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

57.3/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

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

Salmon

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 rice40.3%
Salmon meal26%The sole animal protein.
Naked oats
Whole linseed, peas
Vegetable oilStands in for poultry fat.
Beet pulp
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 40.3%, Salmon meal 26%, Naked oats, Whole linseed, Peas, Vegetable oil, Beet pulp, 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

Added fat: Vegetable oil; Poultry fat in the other four
Carbohydrate: 48.4% of dry matter; The lowest in the range; up to 52.4%
Animal proteins: Salmon only; Bird in all the others

The one to pick for an elimination diet.

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

358 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

12%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

13%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

48.4%

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

26%

Carbs

64.6%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

2.1%

Other

7.3%

Pricing & size