Is Cold Stone Creamery Marshmallow Ice Cream High in Histamine?

Cold Stone Creamery Marshmallow Ice Cream

Moderate histamine

This marshmallow ice cream is moderate, in line with ice cream as a category.

Fast food is cooked in batches and held warm rather than made when you order it, so it is rarely as fresh as something cooked at home. That matters here because histamine builds up as protein foods sit, which means the same item can affect you differently depending on how long it waited.

Dairy

This is a sweet cream base with marshmallow flavoring and xanthan gum, and the ice cream itself sets the moderate level.

Ice cream as a category sits moderate — the sweet cream marshmallow base lands moderate on its own, which is what drives the verdict here.
No high drivers in the mix — the marshmallow flavoring and xanthan gum do not add an aged, fermented, or liberator ingredient, so it stays at moderate.

A plain sweet cream scoop on the same menu is the simplest comparable option.

This rating comes from Cold Stone Creamery's own published ingredient statement, read on August 23, 2026. Restaurant recipes vary by location and change over time, so always check the current listing: source 1, source 2, source 3. How we rate foods →

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