Skipper's

Skipper's Working Dog Food: Salmon, Trout & Sweet Potato review

Name: Skipper's Working Dog Food: Salmon, Trout & Sweet Potato
Brand: Skipper's

64.7/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

Two fish-led kibbles for dogs that earn their dinner, both in our Good band. Each names its fish and prints the fresh and dried shares. The choice comes down to grain: one keeps oats and maize, the other uses sweet potato instead.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Working and sporting dogs on their feet all day
Dogs that do best on fish, with no other animal named
Owners who want the meat maths spelled out
Multi-dog homes, with large sacks for every size
A choice of grain or grain free on the same idea

Worth watching

All animal content is fish in both bags
Oats and maize in the Salmon & Potato
Working portions, so a quieter dog will gain
Carbohydrate above the typical in both

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

How this scores

How we score

64.7/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size, portioned for dogs in work. Feed to the job in front of you and watch the waistline.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Salmon 64.7
Salmon 53.4

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Both sit in the same band, carried by named fish and printed splits, with the grain-free bag a clear step ahead within it.

What's in it

Freshly prepared salmon and trout36%
Dried salmon12%
Fish stock2%
Sweet potato26%No cereal anywhere.
Peas, potato
Beet pulp, linseed
Vitamins and minerals, vegetable stock
Omega 3 supplementDescribed by purpose, not pinned to a source.
Asparagus

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese and iodine dosed in print.

Named ingredients

50% Salmon & Trout (Including 36% Freshly Prepared Salmon & Trout, 12% Dried Salmon & 2% Fish Stock), 26% Sweet Potato, Peas, Potato, Beet Pulp, Linseed, Vitamins & Minerals, Vegetable Stock, Omega 3 Supplement, Asparagus

Against the range

Starch: Sweet potato, peas, potato; Potato, oats and maize in the other
Protein, dry matter: 28.3%; 23.9% in the Salmon & Potato
Calcium, dry matter: 1.52%; 1.63% in the Salmon & Potato

The pick for a working dog that does better with grain left out, and the stronger scorer of the pair.

Both bags take all their animal content from fish, with the fresh, dried and stock shares printed. Both sit on a generous starch base for energy and use beet pulp for fibre, with the same trace elements dosed. One keeps oats and maize with potato; the other uses sweet potato and leaves cereal out.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

359 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

11%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

12%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

48.2%

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

38%

Added water

13.1%

Carbs

46.1%

Other

2.8%

Pricing & size