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Dear Answers family - Taurine isn't more important than any other nutrient. Let us repeat that, taurine isn't more important than any other nutrient. All nutri...ents, whether your dog or cat needs a lot or little of them, work in correlation with each other. Lately taurine has been the talk of the pet food world. A report by the FDA outlined a possible connection between grain free diets and dilated cardiomyopathy. This makes perfect sense scientifically as the plants commonly used in grain free processed diets contain a lot of anti-nutrients. These are substances that not only stop your dog's body from absorbing the nutrients in said plant, but can also take nutrients and stop the production of nutrients. From an evolutionary standpoint it's the seed's adaptation to still get into the soil and be viable if it's eaten. Taurine is one of the nutrients effected by anti-nutrients. The good news is taurine deficiency is a very easy problem to avoid! Just feed a diet that is high in meat and animal products with a small amount of the right kind of low carbohydrate plants. Especially fermented plants as fermentation reduces the amount of anti-nutrients. Listed in ALL CAPS below are the ingredients in our food formulas that are good sources of taurine: Detailed Formula for Dogs: ORGANIC CHICKEN, ORGANIC CHICKEN HEART, ORGANIC CHICKEN LIVER, ground organic chicken bone, ORGANIC CHICKEN EGGS, fermented organic carrots, fermented organic green beans, FERMENTED COD LIVER, fermented organic yellow squash, BUTTER, montmorillonite, RAW GOAT'S MILK WHEY, organic parsley, sea salt, vitamin E supplement. Detailed Formula for CATS: BEEF, BEEF HEART, BEEF LIVER, BEEF KIDNEY, ground beef bone, ORGANIC CHICKEN EGGS, FERMENTED COD LIVER, RAW GOAT'S MILK WHEY, RAW GOAT'S MILK, montmorillonite, carrot fiber, sea salt, vitamin E supplement. Straight Formula: ORGANIC TURKEY, ORGANIC TURKEY HEART, ORGANIC TURKEY LIVER, RAW GOAT'S MILK WHEY, sea salt. In addition to that, the following products are also good sources of taurine: Fermented raw goat's milk Fermented Raw Cow's Milk Kefir Rewards Goat Cheese Treats (any flavor) Fermented Fish Stock In short, if you feed Answers products as the main part of your dog or cat's diet it's virtually impossible to have a taurine deficiency. Thanks for letting us be a part of your pet's life! - The Answers Team #answersforthepeople #pleaseshare