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Fava

Moderate histamine

Fava is moderate, held there by the lemon drizzled over the split pea puree.

Histamine Liberator

This is yellow split peas cooked soft and pureed with onion, garlic, olive oil, and lemon.

  • Lemon keeps it from being low — the citrus appears only as a small finishing squeeze, but as a liberator that amount is enough to hold the dish at moderate.

  • The rest is milder — the split peas, onion, garlic, and olive oil are all gentler, so the lemon is the single thing lifting this above low.

Made without the lemon finish, this puree sits close to its naturally calm base.

What's in it

A fava is a prepared dish, so its rating comes from its ingredients. Here is what it is typically made of and where the histamine sits. Tap any whole food for the full detail.

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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)