Histamine Food Database

Search hundreds of foods and see their histamine score, compounds, and tolerance guidance — organized by category.

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Fruits

66 foods

Amaranth / Amaranthus

Avocado

Acerola / Acerola powder / Barbados cherry / West Indian cherry / wild crepe myrtle

Aronia / Chokeberries

Banana

Carambola / Starfruit

Citrus fruits

Cocoa / Cocoa powder / Chocolate, etc.

Cocoa / Cocoa powder / Chocolate, etc.

Coconut / coconut shavings / coconut milk

Common pawpaw of NE-USA

Common sea / buckthorn / Sallow thorn

Dates (driet / desiccated)

Dog rose / Rosa canina / Rose hip

Dragon Fruit / Pitaya / Pitahaya

Goji berry / Chinese wolfberry / Chinese boxthorn / Himalayan gogi / Tibetan goji

Kaki / Persimmon

Ladyfinger banana

Lemon

Mandarin orange / mandarin / mandarine

Melon (except watermelon)

Morello cherries

Papaya / Pawpaw

Redcurrants / Currant

Strawberry

Tamarillo / Solanum betaceum

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Vegetables

64 foods

Potato with skin

Potato with skin

Peeled potato

Quinoa

Aubergine / Brinjal / Eggplant

Aubergine / Brinjal / Eggplant

Bell pepper (hot)

Bell pepper (sweet)

Celery cabbage / Bok Choi / Bok Choy

Brussels sprouts

Cabbage, green or white

Cabbage (excepting cauliflower and kohlrabi)

Cauliflower

Fresh red chili peppers

Corn salad / lamb's lettuce

Courgette / Zucchini / Marrow

Cress / garden cress

Kohlrabi / German turnip / Turnip cabbage

Kelp

Lettuce iceberg

Lettuce, head and leaf

Perennial wall-rocket

Pickled cabbage

Pickled cucumber

Pickled gherkin

Pickled vegetables

Pumpkins / Squashes

Radish, red

Radish, white

Red cabbage

Sauerkraut

Savoy cabbage

Spinach

Stinging nettle / Nettle

Stinging nettle / Nettle

Tomato

Algae and algae derivatives

Algae and algae derivatives

Brown algae, algae

Brown algae, algae

Green algae, algae

Green algae, algae

seaweed, algae

Kombu seaweed

Red algae, algae

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Herbs

41 foods

Chufa sedge / tigernut / earth almond / yellow nutsedge

Chufa sedge / tigernut / earth almond / yellow nutsedge, roasted

Bear leek / Wild garlic / Wood garlic / Bear's garlic / Broad-leaved garlic / Buckrams / Ramsons

Clover / Trifolium

Oregano

Trigonella / Fenugreek

Bay laurel / Laurel

Black caraway (Nigella sativa)

Caraway / Meridian fennel

Cilantro / Coriander

Coriander seeds

Juniper berries

Mustard seeds / Mustardseed powder

Star anise / Star anise seed / Chinese star anise / Badiam

Vanilla / Vanilla powder / Vanilla sugar

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Nuts

15 foods

Sunflower seeds

Nuts

Chia (Salvia hispanica)

Pumpkin seeds

Sesame

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Meat

20 foods

Beef (fresh)

Chicken

Entrails / Innards

Minced meat (fresh)

Minced meat (pre-packed or open sale)

Pork (fresh and untreated)

Sausages of all kinds

Sausages of all kinds

Smoked meat (any)

Tongue (veal, beef)

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Fish

18 foods

Smoked fish (any)

Anchovies

Fish (freshly caught or frozen)

Fish (freshly caught or frozen)

Fish (in the shop in the cooling rack or on ice)

Trout – brown trout / brook trout / rainbow trout

Tuna

Bivalves (mussels, oysters, clams, scallops, …)

Crawfish / Crayfish

Seafood / sea food

Shrimp

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Dairy

42 foods

Egg white

Egg yolk

Whole egg

Quail eggs

Blue cheeses

Mold Chesses

Cultured butter

Cultured butter

Sweet cream butter

Sweet cream butter

Butterkaese

Buttermilk

Cheddar cheese

Raw milk cheese

Raw milk cheese

Hard cheese

Well-matured Cheeses

Well-matured Cheeses

Cream cheeses without additives

Cream cheeses without additives

Sweet cream without additives

Sweet cream without additives

Curd cheese

Sheep’s milk / Ewe’s milk

Sheep’s milk / Ewe’s milk

Farmer’s cheese

Farmer’s cheese

Feta cheese

Fontina cheese

Geheimratskaese / Geheimrats cheese

Geheimratskaese / Geheimrats cheese

Goat milk

Young Gouda cheese

Young Gouda cheese

Old Gouda cheese

Old Gouda cheese

Kefir

Mascarpone cheese

Mascarpone cheese

Milk, lactose-free

Milk, lactose-free

Milk, pasteurised

Milk, pasteurised

UHT milk

Milk powder

Mozzarella cheese

Processed cheese / Processed cheese spread

Quark / fresh soft cheese

Raclette cheese

Rochefort cheese

Yoghurt / natural yoghurt

Yoghurt / natural yoghurt

Lactose (milk sugar)

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Grains

38 foods

Barley malt / Malt

Chestnut / Sweet chestnut

Cornflakes (if no additives such as malt or folic acid)

Hemp seeds (Cannabis sativa)

KAMUT® / Khorasan wheat

Rice

Rice biscuits / Rice cakes

Rice biscuits / Rice cakes

Rice Crispies | Rice Krispies

Rice Crispies | Rice Krispies

Rice noodles

Rye

Sago

Sweet corn / maize kernels (fresh / pasteurised)

Maize meal / maize flour

Canned sweet corn / maize (tinned)

Beans (pulses)

Green split peas

Pulses (soy, beans, peas, lentils…)

Soy beans / soy flour

Soy beans / soy flour

Snow peas

Vicia faba / Broad bean / Fava bean

Yellow split peas

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Fats

14 foods

Black caraway oil

Coconut fat / coconut oil / copra oil

Fennel flower oil

Margarine (check for additives)

Olive oil

Palm kernel oil

Palm oil / dendê oil

Pumpkin seed oil

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Sweeteners

14 foods

Agave nectar / Agave syrup

Birch sugar / Xylitol / Xylite / E967

Caramel (browned sugar)

Sorbitol / Glucitol / E420

Fructose (fruit sugar)

Inverted sugar syrup

Maltose / Malt sugar (pure)

Stevia (stevia leaves, liquid, powder)

Sugar (beet sugar, cane sugar)

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Mushrooms

4 foods

Cep / Porcini

Mushrooms (different types)

White button mushroom

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Beverages

28 foods

Alcohol, pure (ethanol)

Alcoholic beverages

Herbal teas with medicinal herbs

Lime blossom tea / Limeflower / Limetree

Mate tea (llex paraguariensis)

Black tea

Verbena herbal tea

Verbena herbal tea

Cranberry nectar

Cranberry nectar

Orange juice

Tomato juice

Coffee

Cola Drinks

Energy drinks

Espresso

Oat drink / Oat milk

Rice milk / Rice drink

Soy milk / Soy drink

Chocolate drinks / Cocoa drinks / Hot chocolate

Elderflower cordial

Ovaltine / Malt drinks

Soft drinks / Soda

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Alcohol

14 foods

Liquor, clear (colourless)

Liquor Cloudy (not colourless)

Schnapps, clear (colourless)

Spirits, clear (colourless)

Low Histamines wine

Red wine

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Supplements

4 foods

Isabgol / Ispaghula / Psyllium seed husks

Isabgol / Ispaghula / Psyllium seed husks

Vitamin B9 / Folate

Xantheose / Theobromine

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Prepared

9 foods

Pear peeled canned in sugar syrup

Bouillon (because of yeast extract / meat extract / glutamate)

Soy sauce

Liquorice candy

Marzipan / Marchpane

White chocolate

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Additives & Condiments

170 entries

Includes common kitchen ingredients like vinegars, gelatin, and citric acid, as well as food additives organized by type.

Yeast (fresh, dried, in all forms)

Artificial sweeteners

Extract of malt / Malt extract

Distilled white vinegar

Red wine vinegar

Seasoning made of hydrolysated proteins

Balsamic vinegar

White wine vinegar

Agar / Agar-agar / E406

Alpha-tocopherol / vitamin E / E307

Ammonia caramel / Caramel color III / E150c

Annatto / Bixin / Norbixin / E160b

Ascorbic acid / Vitamin C / E300

Baking soda / Bicarbonate of soda / Sodium hydrogen / Carbonate / Sodium bicarbonate

Beeswax / Bees wax / Cera alba / Cera flava / E901

Benzoic Acid / E210

C.I. 16255 / E124 / C.I. Acid Red 18 / Cochineal red A / Ponceau 4R

Calcium ascorbate / Calcium diascorbate

Calcium carbonate / Limestone / Calcite / Aragonite / Chalk / E170

Calcium diglutamate / E623

Calcium L-ascorbate

Caramel color / Caramel coloring / E150

Carbonated drinks / Carbonic acid

Carob / Carob powder / Carob pod meal

Carob gum / Carobin / Carob bean gum / Locust bean gum / E410

Carotene / beta-carotene / β-carotene / E160a

Plain caramel / Caramel color I / Caustic caramel / E150a

Sulphite caramel / Caramel color II / E150b

Citric acid / E330

Cochineal / Carmine / Carminic acid / E120

Cream of tartar / E336(i)

Curcumins / E100

Delta-tocopherol / Vitamin E / E309

Riboflavin-5′-phosphate / Phosphorylated vitamin B2 / E101a

Sulphite ammonia caramel / Caramel color IV / E150d

Titanium dioxide / Titanium(IV) oxide / Titania / Pigment White 6 / C.I. 77891 / E171

Sorbic acid / E200

Sulfur dioxide / E220

Sodium nitrite / E250

Lactic acid / 2-hydroxypropanoic acid / Milk acid / E270

Carbon dioxide / Carbonic anhydride / E290

Malic acid / Hydroxybutanedioic acid / E296

Tocopherol-rich extract / Vitamin E extract / E306

Gamma-tocopherol / Vitamin E / E308

Erythorbic acid / Isoascorbic acid / E315

Lecithins / E322

Tartaric acid / E334

Guar gum / E412

Xanthan gum / E415

Mannitol / Mannite / Manna sugar / E421

Glycerol / Glycerine, Glycerin, Propanetriol, Propane-1,2,3-triol, 1,2,3-trihydroxypropane / E422

Sodium hydrogen carbonate / Sodium bicarbonate / Baking soda / Bicarbonate of soda / NaHCO₃ / E500ii

Monosodium glutamate (MSG) / E621

Potassium glutamate / E622

Monoammonium glutamate / E624

Magnesium diglutamate / E625

Sucralose / E955

Steviol glycosides / E960

Sodium-calcium polyphosphate / Sodium-calcium polyphosphate E452(iii)

Starch / Amylum

Vanillin (synthetic)

Iodized table salt

Potassium iodate

Potassium iodide

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