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Chick-fil-A and Histamine

At Chick-fil-A, the low-histamine picks are extremely thin, with the one low item being a lettuce topping and the rest of the milder choices scattered across the breads and the plain chicken. The menu skews high overall, with 34 of 46 items rated high and only 1 rated low.

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Low Histamine

Topping

Moderate Histamine

Topping

Sandwich

Chicken

Bread

Side

High Histamine

Sauce

Treat

Bread

Chicken

Soup

Sandwich

Topping

Side

Salad

Common questions about Chick-fil-A

Is the bread at Chick-fil-A low histamine?

None of the 6 breads are rated low. Five of them, including the Brioche Bun, Sandwich Bun, and English Muffin, are rated moderate, and 1 is rated high, with buttermilk noted as a driver in that group.

Are any of the sauces low histamine?

No. All 9 sauces are rated high, with tomato paste and mustard each pushing 3 of them up and ranch dressing and buttermilk behind that.

What about the salads?

All 3 salads are rated high. The drivers listed for that group include lime juice, cherry tomato, aged cheddar, and tomato paste, each affecting 2 of the salads.

Can I leave off ingredients to lower the histamine?

Chick-fil-A does say you can leave off components like cheddar cheese, pickles, raisins, dried cranberries, walnuts, and tomato. Cheddar and pickles in particular show up as drivers on the sandwiches, so leaving them off addresses ingredients that push those items higher.