Taurine

Taurine appears on the labels of 130 of the 244 recipes we have read and scored (53 percent of the database), in label forms including Taurine, taurine.

What it is

An amino acid dogs can normally make from methionine and cysteine, added directly to many modern panels.

Why makers use it

Heart and eye health insurance: taurine deficiency is one strand of the dilated cardiomyopathy story, and adding it is cheap certainty.

What to watch for

Its presence became near standard on grain free panels after the FDA investigation began. It is a sensible belt and braces line.

Highest scoring recipes that carry it

The full database, filterable by brand, format, life stage and grains, is the reviews index; the food finder answers it by the proteins a dog must avoid.

Often on the same panels

Vitamin Supplements (the Vitamin Pack), Selenium Yeast and Sodium Selenite, Choline Chloride, Natural Flavor. The full dictionary is the ingredient index.