Natural Taurine

Description

We can find taurine in most animal tissues: mussels, bovine bile and human breast milk are particularly rich in natural taurine.

The main role of taurine in nature is as a substrate in the conjugation of bile acids in the liver. It is rich in human breast milk and is thought to be important in infant brain and retinal development. Research also suggests that it might protect cell membranes from toxic substances. In fish it is thought to be responsible for osmoregulation of cell volume.

Taurine is one of the sulphur containing amino acids.

Formula : C 2 H 7 NO 3 S
Molecular Weight : 125
CAS Number : 107-35-7
Solubility : Water soluble

BBA manufactures natural taurine from ox bile: 2 product lines are available:

•  Pure or crude natural taurine: white colour
•  Residual matter with 10-15% contents of taurine: yellow-browned colour

Use

Taurine is used in many different products. The most important use are:

•  In infant formula to make it similar to human milk: dairy milk is, as known, deficient in taurine.
•  In a wide variety of different functional drinks, ranging from "smart drinks" in Europe to "energy tonics" in Asia often in conjunction with caffeine.
•  In Asia also for the prevention of the side effects from excess alcohol consumption

Packaging

Natural taurine is sealed in a polyethylene liner and packed in 25 kg fibre drums. Residuals are packed in 25 kg paper bags. Customer specific packaging can be provided.