Histamine Restricted Diet "the list"
Allowed/Restricted Foods
This diet excludes all:
foods with naturally high levels of histamine
fermented food
artificial food coloring, especially tartrazine
Benzoates including food sources of benzoates, benzoic acid and sodium benzoate
Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and butylated hydoxytoluene (BHT)
Milk and Dairy
Foods Allowed
Plain milk
Ricotta cheese
Foods Restricted
All prepared dairy products made with restricted ingredients
All cheese
All yogurt
Buttermilk
Breads and Cereals
Foods Allowed
All plain grains
Plain oats and oatmeal
Plain cream of wheat
Puffed rice and wheat
Foods Restricted
Anise
Artificial colors
Artificial flavors
Bleached flour
Cheese
Chocolate
Cinnamon
Cloves
Cocoa
Margarine
Preservatives
Restricted fruits
Some jams, jellies
Any food made with or cooked in oils with hydrolyzed lecithin, BHA, BHT
Commercial pie, pastry, and fillings
Baking mixes
Dry dessert mixes
Vegetables
Foods Allowed
All pure fresh and frozen vegetables and juices except those listed
Foods Restricted
Pumpkin
Sauerkraut
Spinach
Tomato and all tomato products
All vegetables prepared with restricted ingredients
Fruits
Foods Allowed
Fruits Apple
Banana
Cantaloupe (rock melon)
Figs
Grapefruit
Grapes
Honeydew
Kiwi
Lemon
Lime
Mango
Pear
Rhubarb
Watermelon
Fruit dishes made with allowed ingredients
Foods Restricted
Apricot
Cherry
Cranberry
Currant
Date
Loganberry
Nectarine
Orange
Papaya (pawpaw)
Peach
Pineapple
Prunes
Plums
Raisins
Raspberries
Strawberries
Fruit dishes, jams, juices made with restricted ingredients
Meat, poultry and fish
Foods Allowed
All pure, freshly cooked meat or poultry
Foods Restricted
All fish and shellfish
All processed meats
All leftover cooked meats
Eggs
Foods Allowed
All plain, cooked egg
Foods Restricted
All prepared with restricted ingredients
Raw egg white (as in some eggnog, hollandaise sauce, milkshake)
Legumes
Foods Allowed
All plain legumes except those listed
Pure peanut butter
Foods Restricted
Soy beans
Red beans
Nuts and seeds
Foods allowed
All plain nuts and seedsFoods restricted
All with restricted ingredients
Fats and oils
Foods allowed
Pure butter
Pure vegetable oil
Homemade salad dressings with allowed ingredients
Lard and meat drippings
Homemade gravies
Foods restricted
All fats and oils with color and/or preservatives
Hydrolyzed lecithin
Margarine
Prepared salad dressings with restricted ingredients
Prepared gravies
Spices and Herbs
Foods allowed
All fresh, frozen or dried herbs and spices except those listed
Foods restricted
Anise
Cinnamon
Cloves
Curry powder
Hot paprika
Nutmeg
Seasoning packets with restricted ingredients
Foods labeled “with spicesâ€
Sweeteners
Foods allowed
Sugar
Honey
Molasses
Maple syrup
Corn syrup
Icing sugar
Pure jams, jellies, marmalades, conserves made with allowed ingredients
Plain artificial sweeteners
Homemade sweets with allowed ingredients
Foods restricted
Flavored syrups
Prepared dessert fillings
Prepared icings, frostings
Spreads with restricted ingredients
Cake decorations
Confectionary
Commercial candies
Miscellaneous
Food allowed
Baking powder
Baking soda
Cream of tartar
Plain gelatin
Homemade relishes with allowed ingredients
Foods restricted
All chocolate and cocoa
Flavored gelatin
Mincemeat
Prepared relishes and olives
Soy sauce
Miso
Commercial ketchup
Gherkin pickles
Most commercial salad dressing
Beverages
Food allowed
Plain milk
Pure juices of allowed fruits and vegetables
Plain and carbonated mineral water
Coffee
Alcohol: plain vodka, gin, white rum
Foods restricted
Flavored milks
Fruit juices and cocktails made with restricted ingredients
All other carbonated drinks
All tea
All drinks with “flavor†or “spicesâ€
Beer
Wine
Cider
All other alcoholic beverages