Carne Asada
Carne asada is moderate, mostly because the lime and orange juice in the marinade are histamine liberators.
This is grilled beef marinated in citrus, garlic, cilantro, onion, and cumin, and the citrus is what nudges it up.
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Citrus marinade — the lime and orange juice are classic histamine liberators, and even used as a small acidulant they keep this dish from landing low.
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The rest is milder — the beef itself, garlic, cilantro, onion, and olive oil are on the gentler side, with cumin adding a touch of moderate. It is the citrus, not the meat, doing most of the work here.
A version marinated in just garlic, onion, olive oil, and herbs tends to sit lower.
This is a prepared dish, so its rating is derived from its ingredients rather than measured directly. How we rate dishes →
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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)