Skinner's

Skinner's Field & Trial Working 30 review

Name: Skinner's Field & Trial Working 30
Brand: Skinner's

54.7/100Good

DryAdult

The most thoroughly built recipe in the Skinner's working line, and it lands in our Good band. Poultry meat meal leads, maize is the single cereal, and the supplements are printed with their doses. Carbohydrate is estimated at 33.9% of dry matter, well below the usual load for a dry food.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs working full seasons: 393 kcal in every 100 grams and fat at 20.0%
Older working dogs and stiffening veterans, with glucosamine at 350mg/kg and chondroitin sulphate at 150mg/kg
Wheat-free homes. Maize is the only cereal
Delicate digestions, as MOS and FOS at 500mg/kg each sit behind the beet pulp

Worth watching

Poultry meat meal and poultry fat stop at the family name, so no single bird can be ruled in or out
Dried egg on the list, for a dog that has reacted to egg
A rich bowl at 20.0% fat. Between seasons, feed less than the table suggests

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

How this scores

How we score

54.7/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size, and written for a dog that works. The table's 205 grams a day for a 15kg adult assumes moderate condition; adjust for the season.

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 30 54.7

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Meat at the head of the list and modest carbohydrate carry it; the unnamed bird and the cellulose powder hold it back.

What's in it

Poultry meat mealLeads the list, but the bird is never named.
MaizeThe single cereal; wheat is gone entirely.
Poultry fat, naked oatsUnnamed fat again.
Beet pulp
Dried eggA small entry that pulls its weight: complete protein that lifts the quality around it.
Vitamins and minerals, cellulose powderCellulose is purified plant bulk with next to no calories, there for processing.
Brewer's yeastB vitamins.
Herb blend, MOS, FOS750, 500, 500mg/kgMOS and FOS are prebiotics for the gut bacteria.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate350mg/kg, 150mg/kgJoint support, doses printed.
Seaweed, yucca150mg/kg, 100mg/kg

Iron, copper, manganese and zinc each come as a standard salt and as a chelate the gut takes up more readily, with organic selenium and taurine at 100mg a kilo.

Poultry meat meal and poultry fat never name the bird, so a dog avoiding one species cannot be sure of this bag.

Named ingredients

Poultry meat meal, Maize, Poultry fat, Naked oats, Beet pulp, Dried egg, Vitamins and minerals, Cellulose powder, Brewers yeast, 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

The top grade of the Skinner's working line. Poultry meat meal leads and maize is the only cereal, with no wheat at all. Every supplement in the tail carries its dose, and the mineral panel gives iron, copper, manganese and zinc twice over, once as a salt and once as a chelate.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

393 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

20%

Fibre

Ash

7.8%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

21.7%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.5%

Carbs

33.9%

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

44%

Carbs

43.5%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

8.3%

Other

4.1%

Pricing & size