Fieldcrest Farms Nothing to Hide Rawhide Alternative Twist Stix Dog Treats, 3 Pack (30 Sticks), Chicken, Natural, Easily Digestible

Collagen from beef skin is the first ingredient in these rawhide alternative dog treats, which come as chicken-flavoured stick chews for dogs. Each pack weighs 65 g (2.3 oz) and holds 10 sticks, so the three packs give 30 chews in total. The manufacturer lists chewing, dental care and entertainment for dogs, puppies included, among the recommended uses.

How to give the Twist Stix to a dog

The manufacturer asks that a dog be supervised the whole time it chews one of these sticks. Pick a chew larger than the dog's mouth before handing it over, which is the sizing rule the brand gives for its chews.

Beyond those two points, the stick is a chewed treat rather than a food to be measured out, and the recommended uses name chewing, dental care and entertainment for dogs, puppies included.

Does a Twist Stix suit your dog?

Two checks settle the fit. First, the chew has to be bigger than the dog's mouth, so compare the stick against the size of your dog before offering it. Second, an adult has to stay with the dog for the whole chew, since supervision is part of how the manufacturer says the stick should be used.

Corners of the range the brand states: the audience is dogs, and the recommended uses include puppies. Nothing about weight ranges or breed sizes is given, so the mouth-size rule is the one to apply when you choose.

What goes into a chicken Twist Stix

Beef skin collagen leads the ingredient list, followed by chicken, beef gelatin and potato starch. Further down are vegetable glycerin, brown rice flour, rice flour, tapioca starch and vegetable oil, along with calcium carbonate, carrageenan gum and lactic acid, and sorbic acid is listed as the preservative.

The recipe is limited-ingredient and rawhide-free, and the brand describes the collagen base as highly digestible.

What the sticks are like to chew

• Each treat is a stick, a long narrow shape the dog works along rather than a flat biscuit.
• Collagen from beef skin forms the base of the chew, and the manufacturer calls the collagen-based recipe highly digestible.
• Chicken gives the sticks their flavour.
• Dental care is one of the uses the brand lists for the sticks.
• No rawhide goes into the recipe.

What comes in the three packs

• Three packs of chicken Twist Stix.
• 10 sticks in each pack, for 30 in all.
• 65 g (2.3 oz) per pack, 6.9 oz across the three.

Questions about the Twist Stix

How many sticks are in the three packs?

Thirty sticks in total, with 10 in each of the three packs.

What is the first ingredient?

Collagen from beef skin comes first in the ingredient list, ahead of chicken and beef gelatin.

How heavy is one pack?

Each pack weighs 65 g (2.3 oz), and the three packs together come to 6.9 oz.

What shape are the treats?

They are stick-shaped chews, so longer and narrower than a round biscuit.

Do these contain rawhide?

No, the recipe is rawhide-free and built on collagen from beef skin.

Can puppies have them?

The manufacturer lists puppies among the dogs the sticks are intended for, and asks that a dog be supervised while chewing and given a chew larger than its mouth.