Papa Murphy's Olive Oil Blend

Papa Murphy's Olive Oil Blend is low in histamine. It is only canola oil and olive oil, with nothing aged, cured, or cultured in it, so there is no ingredient here for histamine to form in.

Why papa murphy's olive oil blend is rated low

Histamine builds when certain bacteria work on protein, mainly during fermenting, curing, aging, or long warm storage. Pressed oils give those bacteria almost nothing to work with, and this blend is exactly two of them. There is no culture, no rind, no brine, no cured meat, nothing that has been ripened. That is why it comes out at the bottom of the scale rather than somewhere in the middle: the ingredient list is short and every part of it is inert on this question.

What changes your risk

• Neither listed component is a driver — canola oil and olive oil both scored low, so nothing inside this blend is pulling the rating up.
• Time in the bottle is not the issue — histamine needs bacteria acting on protein, and an oil blend gives them next to nothing, so how long it sits at the build counter does not work the way it would with a meat or cheese topping.
• Warm holding warnings do not really apply — those matter for protein foods like meat, poultry, and cheese. An oil is not one of them.
• What goes on top of it decides the pizza — the blend stays low no matter what, so the histamine in your finished order comes from the components layered over it, not the base.
• Old oil is a flavor problem, not a histamine one — an oil past its best can taste flat or a bit off. That is quality, and it is a separate question from histamine.

What else is safe

Because this one is already low, you are not looking for a swap so much as company for it. The other items on the lower list at Papa Murphy's are Chicken, Onion Mix, and Zesty Herb Blend, so a build around an olive oil base with those is about as gentle as this counter gets. The things that change the picture are whatever aged, cured, or cultured components get added on top, since those carry a load the oil never had.

How to enjoy it

Order it as the base and treat it as a free pass: the oil is doing nothing to your histamine load, so put your attention on the components layered over it. If you are building from the lower end, Chicken, Onion Mix, and Zesty Herb Blend are the items on the Papa Murphy's lower list you can pair with it. Nothing is published as removable from the blend itself, and there is no reason to want anything removed, since it is two oils and stops there.

Common questions

Is olive oil high in histamine?

No. Plain oils sit low because histamine needs bacteria acting on protein to form, and pressed oil has virtually none. That holds for the canola in this blend too.

Does the canola oil in the blend make it worse than plain olive oil?

Not for histamine. Both oils in the published list scored low, so the blend rates the same as either would on its own.

If the oil tastes a bit stale, is it higher in histamine?

No. Oil going stale or rancid is a taste and quality change, not a histamine mechanism. It may not taste good, but that is a different problem.

So can I just order anything on the olive oil base?

The base is low, but the finished order is only as low as everything on top of it. Aged, cured, and cultured components carry the histamine here, not the oil.