Skipper's

Skipper's Turkey with Sweet Potato & Cranberry review

Name: Skipper's Turkey with Sweet Potato & Cranberry
Brand: Skipper's

65.9/100Good

DryAdult

One bird and the maths behind it: half the recipe is turkey, split into 28% fresh, 20% dried and 2% stock. There is no cereal, with sweet potato at 26% and peas at 9% behind the meat. It settles in our Good band, an easy everyday bowl for a turkey-friendly dog.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that get on with turkey, the only animal protein named
Keeping beef and lamb away from the bowl
A grain-free plan, with sweet potato and potato in place of cereal
Gut support you can see: FOS and MOS are printed with their doses
A small dog and a big one, covered from 5kg to 40kg on the same guide

Worth watching

An omega 3 supplement with no source named, so the label alone will not clear a dog kept off fish
A dog with a known turkey problem, since turkey is the whole animal share
Carbohydrate at an estimated 47.7% of dry matter against 46.2% typical

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

How this scores

How we score

65.9/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The bag's guide puts a 15kg dog at 145 to 250 grams a day; let your dog's shape settle the scoop.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Skipper's Turkey with Sweet Potato & Cranberry 65.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A named meat with its split printed and real figures against the small print earn the transparency mark; the analysis keeps it level with the typical dry food.

What's in it

Turkey: freshly prepared turkey, dried turkey, turkey stock50% (28%, 20%, 2%)Fresh meat is mostly water, so the dried share supplies much of the finished protein.
Sweet potato26%The biggest plant entry.
Peas, potato9% (peas)
Beet pulpThe fibre.
LinseedFibre and plant omega 3.
Omega 3 SupplementDescribed by its job, not its source, the one line a strict elimination diet has to query.
Minerals
Cranberry0.3%A garnish.
FOS, MOS96 and 24 mg/kgSmall doses, honestly printed.

L-Carnitine at 500 mg per kilo, which has a real job in fat metabolism, with every vitamin and trace element dosed in print.

Named ingredients

Turkey 50% (including Freshly Prepared Turkey 28%, Dried Turkey 20% & Turkey Stock 2%), Sweet Potato (26%), Peas (9%), Potato, Beet Pulp, Linseed, Omega 3 Supplement, Minerals, Cranberry (0.3%), Fructooligosaccharides (FOS, 96 mg/kg), Mannanoligosaccharides (MOS, 24 mg/kg)

Against the range

A single grain free recipe with turkey as its only named animal, 50% of the label split into fresh, dried and stock. Sweet potato, peas and potato carry the starch, and the small print of cranberry, prebiotics and L-Carnitine all carries figures.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

357 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

11%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

12%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

47.7%

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

30%

Added water

20%

Carbs

46.1%

Other

3.9%

Pricing & size