Does Chicken Have Taurine

You can add chicken to almost any recipe — and with it, about 170 milligrams of taurine to your meal. However, as with turkey, go for the dark meat for the taurine benefits. Light meat like chicken breast has only 18 milligrams of taurine per 100 grams compared to cuts like chicken thighs.

Is chicken high in taurine?

Taurine level in foods The highest amounts of taurine can be found in shellfish, especially scallops, mussels, and clams. High amounts of taurine can also be found in the dark meat of turkey and chicken, and turkey bologna.

What meats have taurine?

• Turkey (dark meat raw): 306 mg/100g.
• Turkey (dark meat roasted): 299.6mg/100g.
• Chicken liver (raw): 110mg/100g.
• Chicken (dark meat raw): 82.6mg/100g.
• Beef liver (raw): 68.8mg/100g.
• Beef heart (raw): 63.2mg/100g.
• Lamb (dark meat raw): 43.8mg/100g.
• Beef (raw): 43.1mg/100g.