Table 3.

High Taurine-High Saturated Fat (HT-HSAT) sample menu at 2000 calories.

Food item	Grams	Energy (kcal)	Total Protein (g)	Animal Protein (g)	Vegetable Protein (g)	Carbohydrate (g)	Total Fat (g)	Saturated fat (g)	Fiber (g)	Sodium (mg)	Taurine (mg)	Cystine (g)	Methionine (g)
Breakfast
Scrambled egg substitute	123	59	11.5	11.3	0.2	2.6	0.21	0.005	0.83	333	NR	0.302	0.417
Bacon	15	70	6.3	6.3	0	0.13	4.7	1.6	0	251	7.5b	0.075	0.17
Wheat bread	58	159	6.2	0	6.2	27.6	2.6	0.03	2.3	274	ND	0.075	0.052
Butter	4.7	34	0.04	0.04	0	0.003	3.8	2.4	0	30	1a	0	0.001
Orange juice	187	92	1.3	0	1.3	21.6	0.22	0.026	0.56	4	ND	0.004	0.004
Snack
Mozzarella cheese	28.4	84	6.7	6.7	0	1.6	5.6	3.2	0	189	ND	0.035	0.16
Whole wheat crackers	18.7	2.7	1.8	0	1.8	12.8	2.7	0.43	2.16	131	ND	0.052	0.03
Lunch
Chicken salad	71.7	147	16.8	16.7	0.1	0.6	8.15	1.7	0.12	63	120	0.19	0.45
Wheat bread	58	159	6.2	0	6.2	27.6	2.6	0.03	2.3	274	ND	0.075	0.052
Potato chips	28.4	153	1.3	0	1.3	15	10.1	1.04	1.5	170	NR	0.017	0.02
Baby carrots	56.7	23	0.53	0	0.53	5.4	0.14	0.02	1.6	39	ND	0.47	0.11
Ranch dressing, low-fat	15.3	30	0.19	0.09	0.1	3.3	1.9	0.19	0.17	172	NR	0.003	0.003
Dinner
Pork tenderloin	85	145	24	24	0	0	4.7	1.5	0	55	48.5	0.27	0.66
Gravy	29	15	1.1	0.8	0.3	1.4	0.69	0.34	0.12	163	NR	0.015	0.017
Macacroni and cheese	350	591	26.8	17	9.8	58.3	29.8	16.2	6.2	477	1.8c	0.3	0.58
Broccoli	170	48	5.3	0	5.3	9.1	0.2	0.03	5.1	19	ND	0.037	0.063
Snack
Chocolate pudding	98	139	2	1.4	0.6	22.6	4.5	1.2	0	149	1.2a	0.017	0.043
Whipped topping	9	23	0.16	0.15	0.01	2.3	1.7	1.37	0	1	0.5a	0.001	0.004
Other beverages
Non-caloric, non-caffienated soft drinks	700	0	0.72	0	0.72	0	0	0	0	42	0	0	0
Bottled spring water	1502	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0
Total	3607.9	1973.7	118.94	84.48	34.46	211.933	84.31	31.311	22.96	2851	180.5	1.938	2.836

ND = not detected; NR = not reported.

^aBased on estimates for milk (Laidlaw et al., 1990).

^bBased on estimates for ham (Laidlaw et al., 1990).

^cBased on estimates for 2% milk (Laidlaw et al., 1990).