--- title: Taurine – sharpens the senses description: Taurine sharpens the senses. When we think of taurine we immediately associate it with energy drinks. However, their stimulating effect is primarily from the caffeine. In higher doses, taurine can even have a calming effect. image: https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/Blog/Issue%206/csm_HOCHDORF-Ernaehrung-com_e4406633d8.jpg --- [![Logo HOCHDORF iNSIDE_RGB](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hs-fs/hubfs/HOCHDORF%20Inside/Logo%20HOCHDORF%20iNSIDE_RGB.png?width=280&name=Logo%20HOCHDORF%20iNSIDE_RGB.png "Logo HOCHDORF iNSIDE_RGB")](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en) - [DE](https://inside.hochdorf.com/de) - [EN](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en) - [Corporate Website](https://www.hochdorf.com/) ![HOC_Ins_Header](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Header/Bimbosan/HOC_Ins_Header.jpg?width=1500&name=HOC_Ins_Header.jpg "HOC_Ins_Header") ## [Taurine – sharpens the senses](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/taurine) ![Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/Mitarbeiter%20Fotos/C_PIC_inderbitzin_2018_Hochformat.jpg) By [Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/author/monique-inderbitzin) - May 18, 2018 - - - ![HOCHDORF-Ernaehrung_Taurine.jpg](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Issue%206/csm_HOCHDORF-Ernaehrung-com_e4406633d8.jpg?width=700&name=csm_HOCHDORF-Ernaehrung-com_e4406633d8.jpg "HOCHDORF-Ernaehrung_Taurine.jpg") When we think of [taurine](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/baby-care/glossary/glossar-detail/term/taurine/) we immediately associate it with energy drinks. However, their stimulating effect is primarily from the caffeine. In higher doses, taurine can even have a calming effect. The fact that this nu­tri­ent is an im­por­tant sub­stance for the human body and not a lifestyle prod­uct is often over­looked. Our bod­ies can form tau­rine in the liver from the amino acids me­thio­n­ine and cys­teine with the help of *[Vi­t­a­min B6](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/baby-care/glossary/glossar-detail/term/vitamin-b6-1/)*. So [*tau­rine*](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/babycare/glossary/glossary-detail/term/taurine/) is often de­scribed as an [amino acid](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/baby-care/glossary/glossar-detail/term/amino-acid/) even though it is not a com­po­nent of the [pro­tein](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/baby-care/glossary/glossar-detail/term/protein/). Tau­rine is mainly found in the retina, heart, brain, skele­tal mus­cles and or­gans. ## The en­ergy drink for the new­born child In ideal cir­cum­stances, we re­ceive our first tau­rine from breast milk. It is the sec­ond most ­commonly oc­cur­ring free amino acid and ex­cep­tion­ally im­por­tant for the new­born child. In con­trast to adults, ba­bies can only pro­duce lim­ited tau­rine as a re­sult of their un­de­vel­oped en­zyme ­activity, which is why tau­rine is classed as one of the con­di­tion­ally es­sen­tial nu­tri­ents. An in­fant for­mula en­riched with tau­rine, such as those pro­duced by HOCHDORF, is there­fore an ad­van­tage for chil­dren who can­not be breast fed. ## Im­por­tant for mind and body Tau­rine is in­volved in nu­mer­ous processes in the body, such as the healthy de­vel­op­ment of the ­retina and light-sen­si­tive pho­tore­cep­tors in par­tic­u­lar. It also pro­tects nu­mer­ous or­gans from ox­ida­tive stress and there­fore from chronic ill­nesses. Tau­rine stim­u­lates the im­mune sys­tem and en­sures good com­mu­ni­ca­tion be­tween the neu­rones in the brain. Tau­rine has a pos­i­tive ef­fect on cho­les­terol lev­els and makes sure our body can ab­sorb the li­posol­u­ble vi­t­a­mins A, D, E and K. For adults who have a healthy and bal­anced diet, tau­rine de­fi­ciency is rare. Meat, seafood, eggs and milk prod­ucts all con­tain tau­rine. How­ever, tau­rine is rec­om­mended for new­born ba­bies to pre­vent de­vel­op­men­tal dis­or­ders. --- Further Information - Article ["Proteins"](https://inside.hochdorf.com/proteins?hsLang=en) ## Leave a comment ![Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/Mitarbeiter%20Fotos/C_PIC_inderbitzin_2018_Hochformat.jpg) Written by [Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/author/monique-inderbitzin) ### Posts by Topic - [Baby Care (42)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/tag/baby-care) - [Food Solutions (30)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/tag/food-solutions) - [Nutrition & Innovation (14)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/tag/nutrition-innovation) - [Corporate (3)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/tag/corporate) ### Recent Articles ### Popular Articles #### Related posts [![Lactose tolerance – part of our European cultural heritage](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/HOCHDORF%20Inside/Online%20Artikel/Dairy%20Ingredients/HocIns_Header_Laktoseintoleranz.jpg)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/actose-tolerance-part-of-our-european-cultural-heritage?hsLang=en) ##### [Lactose tolerance – part of our European cultural heritage](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/actose-tolerance-part-of-our-european-cultural-heritage?hsLang=en) ![Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/Mitarbeiter%20Fotos/C_PIC_inderbitzin_2018_Hochformat.jpg) By [Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/actose-tolerance-part-of-our-european-cultural-heritage/author/monique-inderbitzin?hsLang=en) - February 8, 2023 [![VIOPLUS product innovation: like milk powder, but plant-based](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/HOCHDORF%20Inside/Ausgaben%20Online/HSN_CC_Blog_Header_VIOPLUS.jpg)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/like-milk-powder-but-plant-based?hsLang=en) ##### [VIOPLUS product innovation: like milk powder, but plant-based](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/like-milk-powder-but-plant-based?hsLang=en) ![Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/Mitarbeiter%20Fotos/C_PIC_inderbitzin_2018_Hochformat.jpg) By [Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/like-milk-powder-but-plant-based/author/monique-inderbitzin?hsLang=en) - December 2, 2022 [![Product innovation: new Bimbosan Riso PH](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/HOCHDORF%20Inside/Ausgabe%2011/Riso%20PH_Blog%20klein.jpg)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/alternative-new-bimbosan-riso-ph-product?hsLang=en) ##### [Product innovation: new Bimbosan Riso PH](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/alternative-new-bimbosan-riso-ph-product?hsLang=en) ![Karin Bucher](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/Blog/Portraitbilder%20Autoren/Karin-Bucher-150x150.png) By [Karin Bucher](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/alternative-new-bimbosan-riso-ph-product/author/karin-bucher?hsLang=en) - November 10, 2021 #### Contact Hochdorf Holding Ltd Siedereistrasse 9 Post office box 691 6281 Hochdorf Switzerland +41 41 914 65 65 [hochdorf@hochdorf.com](mailto:hochdorf@hochdorf.com) - - #### Site map - [Home](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/) - [Company](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/company/about-us/) - [Investors](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/investors/reports-presentations/) - [Media](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/media/press-releases/) - [Career](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/career/) - [Contact](https://hochdorf.com/en/contact/) #### Newsletter Subscription [![Subscribe to our newsletter](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3480252/53c6417d-812f-4360-94dd-d347bf4644b2.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3480252/53c6417d-812f-4360-94dd-d347bf4644b2) [![Hochdorf_Logo_Quer_RGB_neg](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logos/Hochdorf_Logo_Quer_RGB_neg.png?width=4167&name=Hochdorf_Logo_Quer_RGB_neg.png "Hochdorf_Logo_Quer_RGB_neg")](https://www.hochdorf.com/en) © Hochdorf Ltd [Privacy Policy](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/privacy-policy/)  I  [Imprint](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/imprint/)