Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2013 17:56:32 GMT -5
So, since Thanksgiving my grocers has had a steady supply of chicken and turkey hearts available and I continue to buy each package as I find it. Our deep freezer took a dump so I am now stock piling these in our side-by-side, which has horrible temperature control. Plus the quantity is kind of overtaking the small amount of usable freezer space a side-by-side offers.
I know taurine degrades even if frozen, and reading the Taurine sticky I found this:
Re: Taurine deterioration - a MUST READ
« Reply #16 on Jul 28, 2008, 9:56am »
More info regarding Taurine absorption, degradation; of course its a study on cats- but some info may apply to ferrets. I am especially intrigued that they found a significant loss of taurine in canned diets vs dry diets.
OF course that led me on a quest and I found a few articles regarding freezing and loss of amino acids ( taurine is an amino acid).
This one talks about seafood items freeze dried, but they were also prepped using salt. Still they say there was not a significant loss of amino acids and they saw an actual concentration of them due to the dehydration process.
sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/200020/000020002000A0678486.php
Read more: holisticferret60.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=questions&action=display&thread=126#ixzz2HEqk7pSp
My question is, if I understand this right, I can preserve the taurine content by dehydrating my hearts correct, versus freezing which allows loss of some taurine? Loki turns his nose up at hearts so I'm hoping I can dehydrate and grind them and use them as an AuGratin topping to his meats and soups
Plus he will eat almost anything smothered in EVOO so a little heart-infused oil might be just the thing He eats mostly commercial raw which has taurine in it but better safe than sorry I believe.
Thanks for any info!
~Kelli
I know taurine degrades even if frozen, and reading the Taurine sticky I found this:
Re: Taurine deterioration - a MUST READ
« Reply #16 on Jul 28, 2008, 9:56am »
More info regarding Taurine absorption, degradation; of course its a study on cats- but some info may apply to ferrets. I am especially intrigued that they found a significant loss of taurine in canned diets vs dry diets.
OF course that led me on a quest and I found a few articles regarding freezing and loss of amino acids ( taurine is an amino acid).
This one talks about seafood items freeze dried, but they were also prepped using salt. Still they say there was not a significant loss of amino acids and they saw an actual concentration of them due to the dehydration process.
sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/200020/000020002000A0678486.php
Read more: holisticferret60.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=questions&action=display&thread=126#ixzz2HEqk7pSp
My question is, if I understand this right, I can preserve the taurine content by dehydrating my hearts correct, versus freezing which allows loss of some taurine? Loki turns his nose up at hearts so I'm hoping I can dehydrate and grind them and use them as an AuGratin topping to his meats and soups
Plus he will eat almost anything smothered in EVOO so a little heart-infused oil might be just the thing He eats mostly commercial raw which has taurine in it but better safe than sorry I believe.Thanks for any info!
~Kelli
