Breast: histamine content (0.09 mg/100 g)

0.09 mg/100 g

Reported range 0.00–0.61 mg per 100 g. Concentrations vary with ripeness, storage and processing, so a single figure would be misleading.

By portion

PortionGramsHistamine
1 serving100 g0.09 mg

Source

“Breast — not detected (n=8); Silva and Gloria (2002)”
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
“Breast — mean 5.01 mg/kg, range 3.35–6.06 mg/kg (n=84); Lázaro et al. (2014)”
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
“Breast — mean 0.88 mg/kg, range 0.6–1.4 mg/kg (n=160); Assis et al. (2015)”
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
“Breast — mean 2.94 mg/kg, range 2.91–2.97 mg/kg (n=12); Assis et al. (2016)”
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
“Breast, aged — mean 0.03 mg/kg (n=39); A. P. S. Moreira (2005)”
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
“Breast, aged — not detected (n=30); Moreira et al. (2008)”
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
“Breast, aged, cooked — mean 0.16 mg/kg (n=9); Moreira et al. (2008)”
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
“Breast, cooked — not detected (n=10); Batista (2007)”
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.