Milk: histamine content (0.93 mg/100 g)
Milk contains about 0.93 mg of histamine per 100 g, which is moderate for histamine.
0.93 mg/100 g
Reported range below detection to 5.39 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 cup | 244 g | 2.26 mg |
Source
“Milk: histamine not detected”
“Milk, sheep, freeze-dried — mean 0.13, range 0.11–0.14 mg/kg (n=9); Montanha (2016)”
“Milk, fermented — mean 53.9 mg/kg (n=3); Costa et al. (2015)”
“Milk, raw, cow — mean nd mg/kg (n=6); Gloria et al. (2011)”
“Milk, raw, cow — mean nd mg/kg (n=13); Rigueira et al. (2011)”
“Milk, raw, cow — mean nd mg/kg (n=9); Ubaldo et al. (2015)”
“Milk, UHT — mean nd mg/kg (n=10); Almeida et al. (2003)”
“Milk, dried, whole — mean nd mg/kg (n=10); Batista (2007)”
“Milk, dried, reconstituted — mean nd mg/kg (n=4); Santos et al. (2003)”
“Milk, pasteurized — mean 0.5, range nd–0.93 mg/kg (n=3); Santos et al. (2020)”
“Milk, fermented — mean nd mg/kg (n=10); Ciríaco (2018)”
“Milk, fermented — mean nd mg/kg (n=15); Ciríaco et al. (2019)”
“Milk, fermented — mean 18.0 mg/kg (n=3); Costa et al. (2015)”
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.