Buffalo Wild Wings Chili Dry Rub
This chili is high in histamine, driven by tomato strips, tomato paste, and textured vegetable protein.
Most of this is cooked to order, which is the best case for histamine. Even so, a restaurant kitchen preps ahead and holds things warm through a service, so freshness varies more than it would at home. The rating above comes from the chain's published ingredients. If a dish is borderline for you, asking how it is prepared tells you more than the menu does.
A hearty chili made with beef, onions, red kidney beans, tomato strips in puree, tomato paste, and chili spices.
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The tomato does the heavy lifting — both the tomato strips in puree and the tomato paste are histamine liberators, and that alone pushes the chili high.
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Beans, soy protein, and spices add more — textured vegetable protein runs high, while the cooked kidney beans, chili powder, and paprika extract sit moderate.
The tomato base is central here, so this dish is hard to bring down without changing it entirely.
This rating comes from Buffalo Wild Wings' 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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References
- SIGHI Food Compatibility List — SIGHI (2026)
- Histamine and histamine intolerance — Maintz & Novak (2007)
- Histamine Intolerance: The Current State of the Art — Comas-Basté et al. (2020)
- Low-Histamine Diets: Is the Exclusion of Foods Justified by Their Histamine Content? — Sánchez-Pérez et al. (2021)
- Histamine Intolerance: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Beyond — Jochum (2024)
- Guideline on management of suspected adverse reactions to ingested histamine — Reese et al. (2021)