What is Taurine?

Did you know that cats and dogs both need taurine in their diet, and cats require even more of it than dogs do? This amino acid is crucial for their heart health, vision, reproduction, and overall well-being. It is naturally found in raw meats like turkey, chicken liver, beef liver, beef heart, lamb, and, well, beef.

The catch? When you cook these meats, you destroy the taurine.

Interestingly, one of the richest sources of taurine is found in the heart. Beef heart, chicken heart, and other organ meats are loaded with this essential nutrient. Feeding your pet raw heart can be an excellent way to ensure they’re getting plenty of taurine naturally, without needing artificial supplements.

Back in the day, taurine was actually extracted from bull semen (yep, you read that right!), but now it’s mostly made in labs. What’s ridiculous is how processed pet foods that *should* be rich in taurine—because they start with these raw ingredients—end up needing to add lab-made taurine back in after cooking it out during production.

Seems a bit backwards, right? Instead of feeding your pets overly processed, cooked foods that have to be artificially fortified, why not just feed them raw? Raw food preserves all the natural taurine, ensuring your pet gets everything they need without the unnecessary lab intervention. It’s the way nature intended.

Isn’t it crazy that going raw could be the simplest and most natural way to give your pet the best nutrition? Makes you think twice about that bag of processed kibble, doesn’t it?

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