Skipper's

Skipper's Chicken with Sweet Potato & Herbs review

Name: Skipper's Chicken with Sweet Potato & Herbs
Brand: Skipper's

69/100Good

DryAdult

A short, legible recipe that is easy to read and easy to trust, and it sits in our Good band. The chicken is the story: 55% in total, split into 31% freshly prepared, 21% dried and 3% stock, so you can see how much survives the oven. There is no cereal and no unnamed meat.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Chicken alone on the animal side, at 55% of the recipe
No grain in the bowl. Sweet potato and potato take the cereal's place
Adults of every size; the feeding table runs from the smallest to the biggest
A delicate digestion, with FOS and MOS there to feed the friendly gut bacteria
Owners who like the herbs named on the label

Worth watching

Chicken is over half the recipe, which rules it out for a chicken-sensitive dog
The omega 3 supplement gives no source, so ask Skipper's first if your dog is kept strictly away from fish
Herbs at 0.3% are seasoning and no more

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

How this scores

How we score

69/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. Ask the maker about the omega 3 source if fish is off the menu in your house.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Skipper's Chicken with Sweet Potato & Herbs 69.0

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Honest construction earns the score, and a thin supplement side is what holds it back.

What's in it

Chicken: freshly prepared 31%, dried 21%, stock 3%55%Fresh meat is mostly water. In the finished kibble the 21% dried does most of the work, and does it properly.
Sweet potato26%The main starch, gentler than potato, with fibre along with it.
Peas6%Stay a vegetable at that level, adding some plant protein.
Potato
Beet pulpThe fibre, which reads 4.3% of dry matter.
LinseedWhole-seed omega 3.
Omega 3 SupplementThe one vague entry on the list: no source named.
Minerals
Herbs: marjoram, basil, oregano, sage, thyme, parsley0.3%Spelled out in full, which few labels do.
FOS, MOSPrebiotics at modest doses, 96mg/kg and 24mg/kg.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese, copper and iodine, all in sulphate or iodate form and no chelates; calcium works out at 1.52% of dry matter.

No chelated minerals and no joint support on the label.

Named ingredients

Chicken 55% (including Freshly Prepared Chicken 31%, Dried Chicken 21% & Chicken Stock 3%), Sweet Potato (26%), Peas (6%), Potato, Beet Pulp, Linseed, Omega 3 Supplement, Minerals, Herbs (0.3% including Marjoram, Basil, Oregano, Sage, Thyme, Parsley), Fructooligosaccharides (FOS, 96 mg/kg), Mannanoligosaccharides (MOS, 24 mg/kg)

Against the range

One grain-free chicken kibble. Chicken is 55% of the recipe, declared in three parts, and every animal entry names its species. Sweet potato at 26%, peas at 6% and potato carry the starch, and the supplement side is short: linseed, an omega 3 supplement, a named herb blend and two prebiotics.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

366 kcal/100g

Protein

27%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.3%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

43%

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

34%

Added water

21%

Carbs

41.7%

Other

3.3%

Pricing & size