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Culver's Dulce de Leche Cheesecake Flavor of the Day

High histamine

This cheesecake custard is high in histamine from the sour cream, lemon juice concentrate, and soy.

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.

This is a frozen custard base swirled with cheesecake ingredients like cream cheese, sour cream, graham crumb, and dulce de leche flavor.

  • Sour cream and lemon lead — the sour cream is a cultured dairy that runs high, and the lemon juice concentrate is a classic liberator, so both push the level up.

  • Soy and the cheesecake pieces add more — soy is high, and the cream cheese, graham crumb, and wheat flour sit moderate, while the fresh milk and cream custard itself stays mild.

A plainer scoop without the cheesecake mix-ins will sit much lower.

This rating comes from Culver'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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References

  1. SIGHI Food Compatibility List — SIGHI (2026)
  2. Histamine and histamine intolerance — Maintz & Novak (2007)
  3. Histamine Intolerance: The Current State of the Art — Comas-Basté et al. (2020)
  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)