Papa Murphy's Garlic Butter

Papa Murphy's Garlic Butter is moderate in histamine, not high. The garlic and salt are not the issue: it is the soybean oil in the blend that keeps this from landing low.

Why papa murphy's garlic butter is rated moderate

This spread is mostly oil. It is made from canola oil, soybean oil, water, dried garlic, salt, maltodextrin, dextrose, and celery, and of those, soybean oil is the one component that scores moderate. Everything else in the blend is gentle. Canola oil is unremarkable, dried garlic is a dried allium rather than anything fermented or aged, and salt, maltodextrin, and dextrose do not carry histamine. Because a mixed item is only as low as its highest component, one moderate ingredient in an otherwise mild spread is what sets the rating. Worth saying plainly: garlic is not a histamine liberator. Plenty of people with histamine intolerance do not get along with garlic, but that is an individual intolerance rather than histamine being released, and it is a separate question from why this spread rates moderate.

What changes your risk

• Soybean oil is the component that carries it — it is the only ingredient in the blend at moderate, so it alone decides where this lands. Nothing about how the butter is handled at the store changes that.
• How much ends up on your pizza — this is a spread, and a crust brushed heavily with it is a bigger dose of the moderate ingredient than a light coat. Portion is the most usable lever you have here.
• It is a low protein spread — oil, water, dried garlic, and salt have almost no histidine for bacteria to work on, so sitting in a warm kitchen or on a counter is not building histamine the way it can with meat or cheese.
• Baked or not, it is the same — Papa Murphy's pizzas go home to be baked, and oven time does not raise or lower what is already in the spread.
• Garlic sensitivity is its own thing — if dried garlic normally bothers you, this spread will too, and that reaction is separate from the moderate rating.

Lower-histamine alternatives

If you want the crust flavored without the moderate ingredient, the Zesty Herb Blend is the lower option at Papa Murphy's and gets you seasoning rather than a spread. Onion Mix is also lower if you want savory flavor on the pizza itself, and Chicken is the lower protein topping. There is no lower version of the garlic butter itself, so switching to one of those is the move rather than looking for a lighter pour of the same spread.

How to lower the risk

Papa Murphy's is a build-to-order counter, so the useful decision happens while you are ordering. Since the ingredients are published as a fixed statement and nothing is listed as removable, treat the garlic butter as an all-or-nothing choice: either it is on the pizza or you build with the Zesty Herb Blend and Onion Mix instead. If you do want it and you tolerate moderate foods reasonably well, keeping the rest of the pizza built from lower components, Chicken rather than a cured topping, gives the moderate spread more room in your day.

Common questions

Is garlic butter high in histamine?

This one is moderate rather than high. The rating comes from the soybean oil in the blend, not from the garlic, and the rest of the ingredients are mild.

Is garlic a histamine liberator?

No. Garlic is generally low in histamine and is not an established liberator. Some people with histamine intolerance genuinely do not tolerate it, but that is an individual sensitivity rather than histamine being released.

Does baking the pizza at home change the garlic butter?

No. Baking does not add histamine and it does not remove what is already in a food. The spread is the same after it comes out of the oven as it was going in.

Can I ask for less garlic butter?

Papa Murphy's publishes what is in an item rather than what can be left off, so the safer assumption is that it comes as it comes. If you would rather avoid it, build with the Zesty Herb Blend instead.