Rice
rice cakes
Plain rice cakes made from 100% rice, without flavourings or coatings.
Suitable
Most people with histamine intolerance tolerate this food well.
Plain rice cakes made from 100% rice are listed by SIGHI as generally well tolerated. Some people may still find cooked rice easier to tolerate.
Flavoured or coated rice cakes need a separate look at their ingredients. The rating is a guide to tolerance. It does not tell us how much histamine a particular product contains.
Ingredients
Suitable
Safer alternatives
Sago starch
Kamut / Khorasan wheat
Choose traditional varieties; modern wheat varieties may contain more ATIs.Rye
Naturally low-histamine, but watch out for fermented products from rye