In what natural food for cats is taurine found?
Friday, January 29th, 2010 at
1:36 am
Cats need taurine, an amino acid. Taurine is added into canned & dry cat food. Where do cougars, African lions, Alaskan lynxes get their taurine? Is it in an organ of caught prey? Or …
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It’s readily available in the lean muscle meat of the prey. Also it’s abundant in the heart and gizzards of poultry. That’s why cooking meat for cats is not good as cooking destroys or degrades the taurine.
Taurine is available in high amounts in organ meats, especially heart, and in clams. It gets destroyed at very high heat which is why the manufacturers have to add it to cat food.
Organ meat, mostly the heart of prey animals (and of animals used in cat food).