Skinner's

Skinner's Skinners Get Out and Go Adult Extra Energy review

Name: Skinner's Skinners Get Out and Go Adult Extra Energy
Brand: Skinner's

54.4/100Good

DryAdult

The hardest-working recipe in Skinner's Get Out and Go line, sitting in our Good band. Poultry meat meal at 31%, declared as at least 95% chicken, leads the list, and fat reads 18.0% as fed. Because meat and fat take up the room, carbohydrate lands at 35.2% of dry matter, well under the category norm.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs in real work or serious sport, at 381 kcal per 100 grams
A grain-free recipe with dried meat meal at the very top
Dogs that struggle to hold condition through a busy season
Older athletes, with glucosamine at 350mg/kg and chondroitin sulphate at 200mg/kg
Owners who like the greens named and weighed

Worth watching

The meal is at least 95% chicken, which leaves a small unnamed remainder for a strict elimination diet
Pea protein lifts the protein figure from a plant
Dried egg at 2.5%, for an egg-sensitive dog

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

How this scores

How we score

54.4/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size, and written for the busy dog. In a quiet month, trim the portion.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Skinners Get Out and Go Adult Extra Energy 54.4

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Pea protein and the unnamed poultry fat stop it climbing further, and neither is a reason to hesitate for a healthy dog in work.

What's in it

Poultry meat meal (min. 95% chicken)31%Dried before weighing, so the share survives the oven. The main reason protein reaches 32.6% of dry matter.
Sweet potato chips, potato flakes16%, unstatedThe binding, with less starch than its stablemates.
Poultry fatNo bird named.
Whole linseedPlant omega 3.
Pea proteinA refined plant protein, there to lift the total.
Beet pulp, peasBeet pulp keeps a stool together on a rich food.
Dried egg2.5%One of the most complete proteins going.
Vitamins and minerals, brewer's yeast, marine algae mealAlgae brings marine omega 3 with no fish oil.
Carrots, apple, parsnips; kale, broccoli, spinach1.2% each, then 0.5% each
Seaweed, glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate, berries, yucca, turmeric, ginger500 down to 100mg/kgJoint support dosed in print. Turmeric and ginger are there in gesture.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with iron, copper, manganese and zinc each given as a standard salt and a more absorbable chelate.

Named ingredients

Poultry meat meal (min. 95% chicken) 31%, Sweet potato chips 16%, Potato flakes, Poultry fat, Whole linseed, Pea protein, Beet pulp, Dried egg 2.5%, Peas, Vitamins & minerals, Brewer's yeast, Carrots 1.2%, Apple 1.2%, Parsnips 1.2%, Marine algae meal, Kale 0.5%, Broccoli 0.5%, Spinach 0.5%, Seaweed 500mg/kg, Glucosamine 350mg/kg, Chondroitin sulphate 200mg/kg, Cranberries 200mg/kg, Blueberries 200mg/kg, Yucca 200mg/kg, Turmeric 100mg/kg, Ginger 100mg/kg

Against the range

One grain-free working-dog kibble with a dried chicken meal at the top and a smaller starch share than the rest of the line. The label declares no moisture, so the dry matter figures assume 8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

381 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

18%

Fibre

Ash

8.6%

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

19.6%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.3%

Carbs

35.2%

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

33.5%

Carbs

48.1%

Veg

5.7%

Oils

6.7%

Other

Pricing & size