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THE HISTAMINE-RESTRICTED DIET:

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)

Type of Food	Foods Allowed	Foods Restricted
Milk and dairy	Plain milk Ricotta cheese	All prepared dairy products made with restricted ingredients All cheese All yogurt Buttermilk
Breads and cereals	Any pure unbleached grain or flour Any plain fresh bread, buns, biscuits, pizza dough with allowed ingredients Homemade or purchased baked cookies, pies etc made with allowed ingredients	Products made with: 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
	Breakfast cereals made with allowed foods, including: All plain grains Plain oats and oatmeal Plain cream of wheat Puffed rice and wheat Plain crackers with allowed ingredients: Grissol Melba toast RyVita Rye Krisp Wasa light or golden crackers	All others
	Plain pasta	All packaged rice and pasta meals
Vegetables	All pure fresh and frozen vegetables and juices except those listed	Eggplant Pumpkin Sauerkraut Spinach Tomato and all tomato products All vegetables prepared with restricted ingredients
Fruits	Apple Banana Cantaloupe (rock melon) Figs Grapefruit Grapes Honeydew Kiwi Lemon Lime Mango Pear Rhubarb Watermelon Fruit dishes made with allowed ingredients	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	All pure, freshly cooked meat or poultry	All fish and shellfish All processed meats All leftover cooked meats
Eggs	All plain, cooked egg	All prepared with restricted ingredients Raw egg white (as in some eggnog, hollandaise sauce, milkshake)
Legumes	All plain legumes except those listed opposite Pure peanut butter	Soy beans Red beans
Nuts and seeds	All plain nuts and seeds	All with restricted ingredients
Fats and oils	Pure butter Pure vegetable oil Homemade salad dressings with allowed ingredients Lard and meat drippings Homemade gravies	All fats and oils with color and/or preservatives Hydrolyzed lecithin Margarine Prepared salad dressings with restricted ingredients Prepared gravies
Spices and herbs	All fresh, frozen or dried herbs and spices except those listed opposite	Anise Cinnamon Cloves Curry powder Hot paprika Nutmeg Seasoning packets with restricted ingredients Foods labeled "with spices"
Sweeteners	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	Flavored syrups Prepared desert fillings Prepared icings, frostings Spreads with restricted ingredients Cake decorations Confectionary Commercial candies
Miscellaneous	Baking powder Baking soda Cream of tartar Plain gelatin Homemade relishes with allowed ingredients	All chocolate and cocoa Flavored gelatin Mincemeat Prepared relishes and olives Soy sauce Miso Commercial ketchup Gherkin pickles Most commercial salad dressing
Beverages	Plain milk Pure juices of allowed fruits and vegetables Plain and carbonated mineral water Coffee Alcohol: plain vodka, gin, white rum	Flavored milks Fruit juices and cocktails made with restricted ingredients All other carbonated drinks All tea All drinks with "flavor" or "spices" Beer Wine Cider All other alcoholic beverages

source: http://www.urticaria.thunderworksinc.com/pages/lowhistamine.htm#allowedrestricted
from the book: Dietary Management of Food Allergies & Intolerances: A Comprehensive Guide, by Janice Vickerstoff