Is Feta Cheese High in Histamine?

Many people wonder if feta cheese is high in histamine or low histamine.

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

• SIGHI List: 1 - tolerated

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

• Mast Cell 360: not listed

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

On the SIGHI scale - feta cheese is listed as a ‘1’ - moderately compatible, minor symptoms, occasional consumption of small quantities is often tolerated.

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 feta cheese high histamine or is feta cheese low histamine?

Here are the results.

56% responded positively to feta

44% responded negatively to feta

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