Firehouse Subs Broadway Basil & Tomato Bisque
This tomato bisque is high in histamine, driven by the tomato puree and chicken stock.
Food here is usually assembled to order from components that were prepped earlier in the day, so it tends to be fresher than a drive-through and less fresh than cooking at home. Histamine builds up as protein foods sit, so how long the chicken or beef has been in the warmer matters as much as what is in the bowl. Treat the rating above as a starting point.
A creamy tomato soup built on tomato puree, cream, chicken stock, squash, and basil runs high.
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Tomato puree — tomato is a classic histamine liberator, and it is the base of the whole soup, so there is no easy way around it here.
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Chicken stock — the long-simmered stock runs high as well, and the enriched wheat flour thickener sits in the moderate range.
The cream, butter, and squash are the gentler parts, but the tomato and stock set the level, so a different soup is the cleaner call.
This rating comes from Firehouse Subs' 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
- SIGHI Food Compatibility List — SIGHI (2026)
- Histamine and histamine intolerance — Maintz & Novak (2007)
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- Low-Histamine Diets: Is the Exclusion of Foods Justified by Their Histamine Content? — Sánchez-Pérez et al. (2021)
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- Guideline on management of suspected adverse reactions to ingested histamine — Reese et al. (2021)