Is Curry Powder High in Histamine?

Many people wonder if curry powder is high in histamine or low histamine.

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

• SIGHI List: 2 - poorly tolerated.

• Histamine Intolerance Site: 🤔 (yellow - medium histamine)

• Mast Cell 360: High histamine

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

On the SIGHI scale - curry is listed as a ‘2’ - incompatible, significant symptoms 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 curry powder high histamine or is curry powder low histamine?

Here are the results.

42% responded positively to curry powder

58% responded negatively to curry powder

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