Skinner's

Skinner's Field & Trial Working 26 review

Name: Skinner's Field & Trial Working 26
Brand: Skinner's

47.3/100Average

DryAdult

The working grade of the line, with poultry meat meal ahead of the cereals and fat up at 16.0%. Carbohydrate falls to an estimated 42.8% of dry matter, under the typical dry food. It sits in our Average band mainly because the animal content is never pinned to a bird.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Gundogs and sheepdogs in season, with 375 kcal in every 100 grams
A list that reads meat first, cereals after
Dogs that suit less starch than the dry norm
A working frame that drops condition through a busy winter

Worth watching

Poultry meat meal names the family, so chicken, turkey and duck all remain possible
Wheat second on the list, if cereal has upset your dog before
Rich for a weekend-only worker. Trim portions through the quiet months

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

How this scores

How we score

47.3/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size, and built for dogs doing a day's work. Feed a dog in season at the top of the label's band and a resting one nearer the bottom.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Skinner's Field & Trial Working 26 47.3

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The analysis suits a working dog well, and it is the naming that holds the score down: poultry with no bird, and wheat in second place.

What's in it

Poultry meat mealDried, so the meaty start is real. Any domestic fowl, and the bird can change between batches.
WheatThe cereal that comes up most often when a dog proves intolerant.
Maize
Poultry fatWhere the energy comes from, and what makes the kibble taste of something. Bird not named.
Naked oats, barleyThe gentler pair, easy to digest once cooked.
Beet pulpModerately fermentable fibre that firms up stools.
Vitamins and minerals

Vitamins A, D3 and E with six trace elements in sulphate, oxide and selenite forms; the panel says it contains antioxidants and preservatives without naming them.

Named ingredients

Poultry meat meal, Wheat, Maize, Poultry fat, Naked oats, Barley, Beet pulp, Vitamins and minerals

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

375 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

16%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

42.8%

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

38.4%

Carbs

55.4%

Oils

5.3%

Other

0.9%

Pricing & size