Chocolate: histamine content (0.14 mg/100 g)
Chocolate contains about 0.14 mg of histamine per 100 g, which is low for histamine.
0.14 mg/100 g
Reported range below detection to 0.34 mg per 100 g. Some samples had none detectable; the floor is a threshold, not a measurement.Concentrations vary with ripeness, storage and processing, so a single figure would be misleading.
By portion
| Portion | Grams | Histamine |
|---|---|---|
| 1 square | 10 g | 0.01 mg |
| 1 bar | 100 g | 0.14 mg |
Source
“Chocolate: histamine not detected”
“Chocolate, 60% cocoa — mean nd mg/kg (n=4); Silveira et al. (2023)”
“Chocolate, 60% cocoa — mean nd mg/kg (n=4); Silveira et al. (2023)”
“Chocolate, 70% cocoa — mean 1.02, range 0.59–1.2 mg/kg (n=5); Silva et al. (2023)”
“Chocolate, 70% cocoa — mean 1.7, range nd–3.42 mg/kg (n=27); Deus et al. (2020)”
“Chocolate, 70% cocoa — mean nd mg/kg (n=3); Dala-Paula, Deus, et al. (2021)”
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.