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Skinner's Field & Trial Puppy & Junior: Duck & Rice review

Name: Skinner's Field & Trial Puppy & Junior: Duck & Rice
Brand: Skinner's

60.8/100Good

DryPuppy

Flavour

Two puppy and junior recipes in our Good band that reach the job by different routes. The duck bag leads on meat meal at 28.1%; the lamb bag puts brown rice first at 39.3% and lamb meal second. Both print a dose against every supplement they name, which plenty of growth foods still do not.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Pups through the junior stretch, both bags labelled for puppy and junior together
A meat away from chicken, with duck heading one recipe and lamb the other
Owners who want extras quantified. Glucosamine at 250mg/kg and chondroitin sulphate at 150mg/kg are on both
Busy growers and steadier ones: 388 kcal per 100g on the duck, 348 on the lamb
Puppies comfortable on rice and oats

Worth watching

No calcium figure on either pack, so large-breed growth cannot be planned from the label
Unnamed poultry fat in both, which rules out a strict single-meat plan
The lamb recipe's meat share is much the lighter of the two

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

How this scores

How we score

60.8/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. For a large or giant breed, get the calcium figure from Skinner's before choosing a bag; the growth chart sets the daily amount.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Duck 60.8
Rich In Lamb 52.6

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Neither has a single fault; modest meat for a growth food and a cereal base doing more of the work keep both from climbing, and the duck has the stronger balance.

What's in it

Duck meat meal28.1%Dry rendered meat, so the share is read straight. The only named meat.
Brown rice28%
Naked oats, peas
Poultry fatNo species named: the line to note before an exclusion trial.
Whole linseedPlant omega 3.
Beet pulp, celluloseGentle fibre.
Vitamins and minerals, brewer's yeast, dicalcium phosphateDicalcium phosphate adds calcium and phosphorus, though no figure is printed.
Marine algae mealMarine omega 3 with no fish on the label.
MOS, FOS2500mg/kg, 1000mg/kgPrebiotics for the large intestine.
Herb blend, glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate, seaweed, yucca750mg/kg down to 100mg/kgJoint support started early.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with taurine, and each trace element twice over, as an oxide or sulphate and as a more absorbable chelate, down to organic selenium.

No calcium figure printed. For a large or giant pup, ask Skinner's for the number.

Named ingredients

Duck meat meal 28.1%, Brown rice 28%, Naked oats, Peas, Poultry fat, Whole linseed, Beet pulp, Vitamins & minerals, Brewer's yeast, Dicalcium phosphate, Cellulose, Marine algae meal, MOS 2500mg/kg, FOS 1000mg/kg, Herb blend 750mg/kg, Glucosamine 250mg/kg, Chondroitin sulphate 150mg/kg, Seaweed 150mg/kg, Yucca 100mg/kg

Against the range

Meat: Duck meat meal 28.1%; Lamb meat meal 15.5% on the lamb bag.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 40.7%; 48.2% on the lamb.
Fat, dry matter: 19.6%; 13.0% on the lamb.
Dicalcium phosphate: On the list; Not on the lamb list.

The meatier and denser of the two, and the higher scorer.

Both bags use a dried meat meal, so the printed share carries into the kibble much as stated, and both build on brown rice and naked oats. Poultry fat with no species named is the added fat in each, whole linseed and marine algae meal supply the omega 3, and beet pulp and cellulose the fibre.

The supplement tail is shared and dosed line by line, from MOS at 2500mg/kg to yucca at 100mg/kg, with trace elements given twice over as plain salts and chelates. Neither label prints calcium.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

388 kcal/100g

Protein

27%

Fat

18%

Fibre

Ash

6.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.3%

Fat

19.6%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

40.7%

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

28.1%

Carbs

62.2%

Veg

0.3%

Oils

Other

5.4%

Pricing & size