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Skinner’s Skinner’s Field & Trial Adult Working 23 Dry Dog Food review

A middling dry food - fine, with clear compromises. The label keeps too much vague. Feeding it costs about 27p a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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ODF Score 46/100 Average
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Top 78%scores higher than 22% of rated foodsacross all 3075 foods we've scored
Averagescore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
£0.27per day for a 10 kg dogcheaper than 96% of dry foods
United Kingdombrand origin
343kcal per 100 g

Where the points went

The full breakdown, exactly as the algorithm scored it. How our rating works

Ingredient quality
Weighted ingredient quality 45/100 across 9 ingredients (no percentages declared - position-based estimates used). Named meat is only 20% of the recognised recipe, so the quality score is anchored down towards a plant-led food.
17.1 / 40
Label clarity
Vague category terms on the label (bran) - naming points withheld; no percentages declared at all - the recipe is unverifiable; meat sources named (+2); recipe reads as a fixed formula (+2).
4 / 15
Additives
No artificial colours, flavours, controversial preservatives or added sugars found.
10 / 10
Red flags
No red-flag ingredients.
0 / 0
Meat content
Meat content not declared, but named meat sources lead the label.
6 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 51% dry matter (high); fat 10.9% DM in the healthy band; moisture not declared - 8% assumed for the dry-matter maths; fibre 2.4% DM (+2); ash 10.9% DM - sensible mineral load (+0.1).
2.7 / 10
Processing
Assumed extruded kibble (standard high-heat process).
6 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.1 · scored August 19, 2026 · full methodology public
46 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 46 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 17.1 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is additives at 10 of 10.

The label declares no meat percentage at all, so there is no way to verify how much of the recipe is animal protein, and the ingredient list leans on vague groupings instead of naming what is actually in the bag.

At about 27p a day to feed a 10kg dog, the question is not whether it is cheap but whether the label justifies the price - and on our scoring, it does not.

Ingredients

Straight from the label, grouped by role - every ingredient is coloured by our published classification and links to its full page.

Meat & fish

beef meat meal

Carbs & grains

Whole wheatmaizemaize glutenriceoatsbran

Oils & fats

chicken fat

Supplements & extras

vitamins and trace elements
Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label
Additives (as declared on the label)
Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (17,600 IU), vitamin D3 (2000 IU), vitamin E [alpha tocopherol acetate] (200 IU), iron [ferrous sulphate monohydrate] (10mg), iodine [calcium iodate anhydrous] (1.5mg), copper [cupric sulphate pentahydrate] (7mg), manganese [manganous oxide] (50mg), zinc [zinc oxide] (90mg), selenium [sodium selenite] (0.1mg). Contains EU-approved antioxidants.

Feeding & cost

What a bag actually costs to feed - worked out per dog, not per pack.

Pack sizeRRPPer kg
15 kg£26.00£1.73

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 10 kg adult dog needs about 156 g a day = £0.27 / day, £8.21 / month.

How we work this out
  1. Energy: an adult dog at rest needs about 95 × weight0.75 kcal a day (the FEDIAF maintenance formula - a 10 kg dog works out near 534 kcal).
  2. Portion: divide that by this food's energy density, 343 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
  3. Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £1.73 / kg, for the daily cost, then by 30.4 days for the month.

Estimates scale to your dog's weight and the food's calorie density - a denser food needs fewer grams. A rough guide; always follow the pack. Try the full feeding calculator

Nutrition

Declared analysis converted to a dry-matter basis, so wet and dry foods compare fairly.

Protein

25 % DM
Directory average: 28.2

Fat

10.9 % DM
Directory average: 14.8

Est. carbs

50.9 % DM
Directory average: 45.2

Fibre

2.4 % DM
Directory average: 3.6

Ash

10.9 % DM
Directory average: 7.9

Energy

343 kcal/100g
Directory average: 365.3

Moisture isn't declared on this label - dry-matter figures assume 8% (typical for a dry food) and are marked estimated.

Carbohydrates are estimated: 100% minus protein, fat, fibre, ash and moisture.

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