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Hellmann's Real Mayonnaise

Moderate histamine

This mayo is moderate, mostly from its lemon juice concentrate and soybean oil base.

Histamine Liberator

This is a classic mayonnaise made from soybean oil, water, eggs, vinegar, salt, sugar, and a little lemon juice concentrate.

  • Lemon juice concentrate — lemon is a histamine liberator, and even as a small acidulant it keeps this product from sitting low.

  • Soybean oil base — the soybean oil runs moderate, which is the bulk of the jar. The eggs, water, salt, and sugar are milder by comparison.

A homemade mayo made from fresh egg yolk and plain oil without the lemon tends to sit lower.

What's in it

This is a packaged product, 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

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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)