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Brand (can size) Taurine per can (mg) Taurine per 8 oz Cocaine (8.4 oz) 788 750 Go Girl Sugar-Free (12 oz) 1,200 800 Monster (16 oz) 2,000 1,000 Red Bull (8.3 oz) 1,038 1,000 Rockstar (16 oz) 2,000 1,000 Tab Energy (12 oz) 1,178 785 Based on information from reference 91.
Food Preparation Taurine content (mg per 100 g) Poultry Chicken, dark meat Broiled 132.9–265.1 Chicken, light meat Broiled 5.20–24.80 Turkey, dark meat Roasted 161.4–436.6 Turkey, light meat Roasted 8.4–13.7 Beef Broiled 8.0–68.0 Veal Broiled 22.5–71.5 Pork Ham Baked 34.1–65.9 Pork Roasted 30.2–83.8 Processed meats Bologna, pork/beef Cured 21.2–40.8 Bologna, turkey Cured 110.8–135.3 Salami Cured 39.4–78.6 Seafood Blue mussels Cultured 480.6–539.4 Caviar Raw 63.6–108.4 Clams Raw 352.0–688.0 Cod, fillet Wild 64.4–175.6 Mussels Raw 530.3–779.7 Oysters Raw 345.8–446.2 Salmon, fillet Cultured 54.8–133.2 Scallops Raw 801.0–853.0 Shrimp, medium Raw 16.5–61.5 Shrimp, peeled Wild 215.1–224.9 Shrimp, small Cooked 8.2–13.8 Squid Raw 191.5–520.5 Tuna, albacore Canned 10.2–73.8 Tuna, chunk light Canned 16.5–61.5 Tuna, in water Canned 20.5–87.5 White fish Cooked 10.0–334.0 Dairy products Cow’s milk, whole Pasteurized 1.4–3.4 Cow’s milk, low-fat Pasteurized 1.6–3.0 Cow’s milk, nonfat Pasteurized 1.6–3.4 Cow’s milk yogurt Pasteurized 0.7–0.9 Goat’s milk Pasteurized 5.3–8.3 Goat’s milk yogurt Pasteurized 5.0–5.5
