High histamine food list
Higher Histamine Foods – Limit These!
Foods made with:
Anise
Artificial colors
Artificial flavors
Baking mixes
Bleached flour
Cheese
Chocolate
Cinnamon
Cloves
Coconut Flour
Cocoa
Dessert mixes
Gluten
Hydrolyzed Lecithin / BHA, BHT – Any food made with or cooked in these oils
Jams, Jellies (some)
Margarine
Pasta meals – packaged
Pie, pastry, and fillings – Commercial
Preservatives
Restricted fruits
Rice meals – packaged
Higher Histamine Foods – Limit These!
All vegetables prepared with restricted ingredients
Eggplant –
Green Beans, String Beans –
Mushrooms
Peas –
Pumpkin –
Sauerkraut
![Spinach] –
Soybeans / edamame
![Tomato] and all tomato products –
Higher Histamine Foods – Limit These!
Avocado
Banana
Dates
Dried fruit
Fruit dishes, jams, juices
made with restricted
ingredients
Grapefruit
![Grapes] (often have mold)
Loganberry
Orange and other citrus
![Papaya] –
Pawpaw-
Pineapple
Plums
Prunes
Raisins
![Strawberries]
![Tomato] and all tomato products –
Higher Histamine Foods – Limit These!
Beef – Aged
(99% of all beef is aged)
Bison – Aged
(99% of all bison is aged)
Cured meats: bacon, salami, pepperoni, luncheon meats and hot dogs
Fish – All other
Ground Meats
Leftover cooked meats
Processed meats
Shellfish
Higher Histamine Foods – Limit These!
Eggs prepared with restricted ingredients
Raw egg white (as in some eggnog, hollandaise sauce, milkshake)
Higher Histamine Foods – Limit These!
Beans – Canned –
Lentils – Canned -
Peanuts –
Soybeans / Edamame
Tofu
Higher Histamine Foods – Limit These!
Cashews –
Coconut – Dried
Peanuts–
Walnuts –
Higher Histamine Foods – Limit These!
Fats and oils with color and/or preservatives
Hydrolyzed lecithin
Margarine
Salad dressings – Prepared with restricted ingredients
If DAO levels are very low: Olive Oil and Avocado Oil
Higher Histamine Foods – Limit These!
Allspice
Anise
Cinnamon
Chili Powder
Cloves
Curry powder
Cayenne
Foods labeled “with spices”
Foods labeled “natural flavors” or “artificial flavors”
Mace
MSG
Mustard
Nutmeg
Paprika
Peppercorns – Black, Green, White – may need to limit to small amounts – O
Seasoning packets with
restricted ingredients
Higher Histamine Foods – Limit These!
Anything that raises your blood sugar will increase histamine levels:
Artificial Sweeteners
Cake decorations
Candies
Confectionary
Corn syrup
Desert fillings- Prepared
Flavored syrups
Honey
Icing sugar
Icing & Frosting – Prepared
Molasses
Pure jams, jellies, marmalades, conserves made with allowed ingredients
Spreads with restricted ingredients
Sugar
Higher Histamine Foods – Limit These!
Bragg’s Liquid Aminos
Bone Broth
Chocolate and cocoa –
Coconut Aminos
Collagen
Gelatin
Gherkin pickles
Ketchup
Leftovers not frozen immediately after cooking
Mincemeat
Miso
Relishes and olives – prepared
Soy sauce
Vinegars, including white, champagne, and balsamic; apple cider vinegar is lowest and tolerated by some at 1tsp
Additives:
Calcium Chloride
Carrageenan
Citric Acid
Food colorings
Lecithin
Maltodextrin
MSG
Potassium Sorbate
Potassium Triphosphate
Smoke Flavoring
Sodium Benzoate
Sodium Nitrite
Sodium Triphosphate
Xanthan Gum
Yeast and Yeast Extract
Higher Histamine Foods – Limit These!
Beer
Carbonated drinks
Cider
Coconut Water – packaged
Drinks with “flavor” or “spices”
Flavored milks
Fruit juices and cocktails made with restricted
ingredients
Kombucha
Tea – All black, green, white, rooibos tea
Wine
**All other alcoholic beverages.
Best tolerated alcohol: top shelf plain vodka, gin, white rum, silver tequila – avoid until Phase II due to blocking of histamine degrading enzymes
Higher Histamine Foods – Limit These!
All prepared dairy products made with restricted
ingredients
Buttermilk
Cheese
Kefir
Yogurt