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Chef Boyardee Spaghetti & Meatballs

High histamine

This canned pasta runs high in histamine, mostly from its tomato puree base.

Histamine Liberator Gluten Dairy

This is spaghetti and beef meatballs in a tomato sauce, and the sauce is what pushes it up.

  • Tomato puree leads — tomato is a classic histamine liberator, and it makes up the whole sauce here, so it sets the level on its own.

  • Seasonings and pasta add to it — the onion powder and garlic powder are moderate, and the enriched spaghetti and breadcrumbs sit at moderate too, so the milder parts do not pull it back down.

A plain homemade version skips the tomato and lands much lower.

What's in it

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References

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  2. Histamine and histamine intolerance — Maintz & Novak (2007)
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  4. Low-Histamine Diets: Is the Exclusion of Foods Justified by Their Histamine Content? — Sánchez-Pérez et al. (2021)
  5. Histamine Intolerance: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Beyond — Jochum (2024)
  6. Guideline on management of suspected adverse reactions to ingested histamine — Reese et al. (2021)