Citrus fruit: histamine not detected
Histamine was not detected in citrus fruit by the studies used here. None of them published a detection limit, so no ceiling can be quoted.
Not detected
Reported as not detected. The study did not publish its detection limit, so no ceiling can be quoted here.
By portion
| Portion | Grams | Histamine |
|---|---|---|
| 1 medium orange | 131 g | not detected |
| 1 lemon | 58 g | not detected |
No detectable histamine, yet excluded by ~60% of published low-histamine diets - the paper attributes this to putrescine (mean 79.75 mg/kg), not histamine.
Source
“Citrus fruits: histamine not detected”
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.