Is Beef Chilli High in Histamine?

Many people wonder if beef chilli is high in histamine or low histamine.

On three of the major sites, this is how beef is listed:

• SIGHI List: 0 - Well tolerated if fresh

• Histamine Intolerance Site: ✅ (green - low histamine)

• Mast Cell 360: Low histamine, but only if unaged and not ground.

  Mast Cell 360 adds that 99% of beef is aged and aged beef is high in histamines.

On our trusted Histamine Intolerance Food List, we’ve listed beef chilli as yellow - foods that are medium histamine, or where there is debate about histamine levels = 🤔

On the SIGHI scale - beef chilli is listed as a ‘0’ - well tolerated, no symptoms expected at usual intake.

Remember, everyone is different and lists do vary. That’s why we’ve brought the world’s most respected lists together in our easy-to-use histamine intolerance food list, trusted by thousands.

All our sources are listed and acknowledged. This is not advice, consult your doctor or practitioner before introducing anything new into your diet, or if you are unsure.

We’ve carried out a poll on our instagram page to see what our followers think. We asked our thousands of histamine intolerant instagram followers - is beef chilli high histamine or is beef chilli low histamine?

Here are the results.

50% responded positively to beef chilli

50% responded negatively to beef chilli

Remember there are hundreds of foods to check out on our Histamine Intolerance Food List.