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Skinner's Field & Trial Puppy & Junior: Rich In Lamb & Rice review

Name: Skinner's Field & Trial Puppy & Junior: Rich In Lamb & Rice
Brand: Skinner's

52.6/100Good

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

52.6/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

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

Lamb

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

Brown rice39.3%First on the list, ahead of the meat.
Lamb meat meal15.5%Dried, so read straight. A real gap against the duck.
Pea proteinLifts the protein total without matching meat for quality. Its place in the list is the honest signal.
Naked oats
Whole linseed, brewer's yeast
Poultry fatUnnamed species, so not lamb only.
Peas, sunflower meal, dried egg
Beet pulp, vitamins and minerals, cellulose
Marine algae mealMarine omega 3 without fish.
MOS, FOS, herb blend, glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate, seaweed, yucca2500mg/kg down to 100mg/kgEvery one dosed.

The same doubled trace panel as the duck, with taurine and vitamins A, D3 and E, and clinoptilolite clay among the technological additives.

No calcium figure on the pack, the number a large-breed owner most needs.

Named ingredients

Brown rice 39.3%, Lamb meat meal 15.5%, Pea protein, Naked oats, Whole linseed, Brewer's yeast, Poultry fat, Peas, Sunflower meal, Dried egg, Beet pulp, Vitamins & minerals, 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

Order: Rice first, lamb meal second; Duck meal leads the duck bag.
Protein, dry matter: 26.1%; 29.3% on the duck.
Energy: 348 kcal per 100g; 388 on the duck.
Fibre, dry matter: 4.3%; 3.3% on the duck.

The easier of the two on a pup already carrying enough condition, though a hungry one needs a fuller bowl.

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

348 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Ash

7.7%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

13%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

8.4%

Carbs

48.2%

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

16.4%

Carbs

73.8%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

1.7%

Other

7.9%

Pricing & size