Editing Taurine (section)

==In food==
Taurine occurs naturally in fish and meat.<ref name=drugs/><ref name=Brosnan2006>{{cite journal | vauthors = Brosnan JT, Brosnan ME | title = The sulfur-containing amino acids: an overview | journal = The Journal of Nutrition | volume = 136 | issue = 6 Suppl | pages = 1636S–1640S | date = June 2006 | pmid = 16702333 | doi = 10.1093/jn/136.6.1636S | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Huxtable RJ | title = Physiological actions of taurine | journal = Physiological Reviews | volume = 72 | issue = 1 | pages = 101–163 | date = January 1992 | pmid = 1731369 | doi = 10.1152/physrev.1992.72.1.101 | s2cid = 27844955 }}</ref> The mean daily intake from omnivore diets was determined to be around {{val|58|u=mg}} (range {{val|9|–|372|u=mg}}),<ref name="ref9">{{cite web |title=Opinion on Caffeine, Taurine and <small>D</small>-Glucurono&nbsp;–γ-Lactone as constituents of so-called 'energy' drinks |publisher=Directorate-General Health and Consumers, European Commission, European Union |date=1999-01-21 |url=http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/scf/out22_en.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060623112948/http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/scf/out22_en.html |archive-date=2006-06-23}}</ref> and to be low or negligible from a [[vegan diet]].<ref name= drugs/> Typical taurine consumption in the [[American diet]] is about {{val|123|-|178|u=mg}} per day.<ref name= drugs/>

Taurine is partially destroyed by heat in processes such as baking and boiling. This is a concern for cat food, as cats have a dietary requirement for taurine and can easily become deficient. Either [[raw feeding]] or supplementing taurine can satisfy this requirement.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Jacobson SG, Kemp CM, Borruat FX, Chaitin MH, Faulkner DJ | title = Rhodopsin topography and rod-mediated function in cats with the retinal degeneration of taurine deficiency | journal = Experimental Eye Research | volume = 45 | issue = 4 | pages = 481–490 | date = October 1987 | pmid = 3428381 | doi = 10.1016/S0014-4835(87)80059-3 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | url= https://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk491/files/aal/pdfs/spitze.pdf | journal = Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition | volume = 87 | year= 2003| pages = 251–262 | title = Taurine concentrations in animal feed ingredients; cooking influences taurine content| first1=A. R. | last1=Spitze| first2=D. L. | last2=Wong| first3= Q. R. | last3= Rogers | first4= A. J. | last4= Fascetti| issue = 7–8 | doi = 10.1046/j.1439-0396.2003.00434.x | pmid = 12864905 | accessdate = January 27, 2024}}</ref>

Both [[lysine]] and taurine can mask the metallic flavor of [[potassium chloride]], a salt substitute.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=dos Santos |first1=Bibiana Alves |last2=Campagnol |first2=Paulo Cezar Bastianello |last3=Morgano |first3=Marcelo Antônio |last4=Pollonio |first4=Marise Aparecida Rodrigues |title=Monosodium glutamate, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, lysine and taurine improve the sensory quality of fermented cooked sausages with 50% and 75% replacement of NaCl with KCl |journal=Meat Science |date=January 2014 |volume=96 |issue=1 |pages=509–513 |doi=10.1016/j.meatsci.2013.08.024|pmid=24008059 }}</ref>

===Breast milk===
Taurine is present in [[breast milk]], and has been added to many [[infant formula]]s as a measure of prudence since the early 1980s. However, this practice has never been rigorously studied, and as such it has yet to be proven to be necessary, or even beneficial.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Heird WC | title = Taurine in neonatal nutrition – revisited | journal = Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition | volume = 89 | issue = 6 | pages = F473–F474 | date = November 2004 | pmid = 15499132 | pmc = 1721777 | doi = 10.1136/adc.2004.055095 }}</ref>

===Energy drinks and dietary supplements===
Taurine is an ingredient in some [[energy drink]]s in amounts of {{val|1|–|3|u=grams}} per serving.<ref name=drugs/><ref>{{cite journal
 | title=Taurine in sports and exercise
 | vauthors=Kurtz JA, VanDusseldorp TA, Doyle JA, Otis, JS
 | journal=Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition
 | volume=18 | number=39 | year=2021
 | page=39
 | doi=10.1186/s12970-021-00438-0
| pmid=34039357
 | pmc=8152067
 | doi-access=free
 }}</ref>