Is Boston Market Cod EntréE High in Histamine?

Boston Market Cod Entrée

High histamine

This cod entrée is high because of the sour cream, lemon juice, pickles, capers, and parmesan in its sauce.

Food here is usually assembled to order from components that were prepped earlier in the day, so it tends to be fresher than a drive-through and less fresh than cooking at home. Histamine builds up as protein foods sit, so how long the chicken or beef has been in the warmer matters as much as what is in the bowl. Treat the rating above as a starting point.

The cod itself is fine, but it comes dressed in a tartar-style sauce and topping that stack several high ingredients.

Pickles, capers, and pickle juice — these are pickled, and pickled foods run high, while the lemon juice is a liberator and the apple cider vinegar and distilled vinegar add more acidity.
Sour cream and parmesan — sour cream is a cultured dairy that runs high, and parmesan is aged, so both push the plate up alongside the moderate wheat flour breading and yeast.

A plainer protein without the creamy pickle sauce would land much lower.

This rating comes from Boston Market's own published ingredient statement, read on August 11, 2026. Restaurant recipes vary by location and change over time, so always check the current listing: source 1, source 2. How we rate foods →

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