Bonito: histamine content (1.52 mg/100 g)

1.52 mg/100 g

Reported range 0.29–5.60 mg per 100 g. Concentrations vary with ripeness, storage and processing, so a single figure would be misleading.

By portion

PortionGramsHistamine
1 serving100 g1.52 mg

Source

“Bonito, Scombridae, grated, canned in oil — mean 56.0 mg/kg (n=2); Mendonça (1992)”
Histamine in Brazilian Foods: A Comprehensive Review of Occurrence and Risk Assessment for Intoxication and Intolerance (Food Science & Nutrition 2025;13:e71151) · 2025 · CC BY 4.0
“Bonito, Scombridae, grated, canned in oil — mean 15.2 mg/kg (n=4); Soares and Gloria (1994)”
Histamine in Brazilian Foods: A Comprehensive Review of Occurrence and Risk Assessment for Intoxication and Intolerance (Food Science & Nutrition 2025;13:e71151) · 2025 · CC BY 4.0
“Bonito, Scombridae, solid, canned in oil — mean 2.9 mg/kg, range 1.1–5.4 mg/kg (n=6); Mendonça (1992)”
Histamine in Brazilian Foods: A Comprehensive Review of Occurrence and Risk Assessment for Intoxication and Intolerance (Food Science & Nutrition 2025;13:e71151) · 2025 · CC BY 4.0

Food composition data, not medical advice. Reported tolerance thresholds vary widely between individuals, so a value being high here does not mean you will react to it.