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Velveeta Shells & Cheese

Moderate histamine

Velveeta Shells & Cheese is pasta shells with a ready cheese sauce, and it sits moderate because of that cheese sauce.

Dairy

This box pairs shell pasta with a pouch of prepared cheese sauce.

  • Cheese sauce — the processed cheese sauce is the moderate driver, since its concentrated cheese solids carry more histamine than plain fresh dairy.

  • The shells are fine — the pasta itself is low, so the sauce pouch, not the noodles, is what sets the level.

For something milder, cooking plain shells and stirring in fresh butter and fresh mozzarella at home keeps the cheese closer to low.

What's in it

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References

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  6. Guideline on management of suspected adverse reactions to ingested histamine — Reese et al. (2021)