Sausage: histamine content (4.33 mg/100 g)

4.33 mg/100 g

Reported range 0.12–134.30 mg per 100 g. Concentrations vary with ripeness, storage and processing, so a single figure would be misleading.

By portion

PortionGramsHistamine
1 serving100 g4.33 mg

Source

“Sausage — mean 13.5 mg/kg (n=10); 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
“Sausage, dry-fermented, Brianza — mean 44.1 mg/kg (n=6); Caccioppoli (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
“Sausage, dry-fermented, Friolano — mean 42.4 mg/kg (n=6); Caccioppoli (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
“Sausage, dry-fermented, Hamburgues — mean 5.37 mg/kg (n=18); Caccioppoli (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
“Sausage, dry-fermented, Hamburgues — mean 336.0 mg/kg (n=6); Braga (2023)”
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
“Sausage, dry-fermented, Hamburgues mini — not detected (n=6); Braga (2023)”
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
“Sausage, dry-fermented, Italiano — mean 13.8 mg/kg (n=6); Caccioppoli et al. (2006)”
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
“Sausage, dry-fermented, Italiano — mean 33.4 mg/kg, range 0.9–121.0 mg/kg (n=36); Caccioppoli (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
“Sausage, dry-fermented, Italiano — mean 138.0 mg/kg (n=10); Roselino et al. (2020)”
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
“Sausage, dry-fermented, Italiano — mean 90.7 mg/kg, range 24.5–170.0 mg/kg (n=6); Santos 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
“Sausage, dry-fermented, Italiano — mean 146.0 mg/kg (n=3); Pena (2006)”
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
“Sausage, dry-fermented, Italiano — mean 102.0 mg/kg, range 58.7–143.0 mg/kg (n=30); Caccioppoli (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
“Sausage, dry-fermented, Italiano — mean 44.1 mg/kg (n=9); Braga (2023)”
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
“Sausage, dry-fermented, Italiano gourmet — mean 515.0 mg/kg (n=9); Braga (2023)”
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
“Sausage, dry-fermented, Italiano gourmet — mean 598.0 mg/kg, range 270.0–799.0 mg/kg (n=6); Braga (2023)”
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
“Sausage, dry-fermented, Milano — mean 36.1 mg/kg (n=37); Braga (2023)”
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
“Sausage, dry-fermented, Milano — mean 183.0 mg/kg (n=3); Braga (2023)”
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
“Sausage, dry-fermented, Milano — mean 37.2 mg/kg (n=3); Braga (2023)”
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
“Sausage, dry-fermented, Salaminho — mean 1.17 mg/kg, range 0.1–3.3 mg/kg (n=18); Caccioppoli (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
“Sausage, dry-fermented, Salaminho — mean 15.4 mg/kg (n=41); Braga (2023)”
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
“Sausage, dry-fermented, Salaminho — not detected (n=6); Braga (2023)”
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
“Sausage, dry-fermented, Serrano — mean 20.8 mg/kg, range 1.16–41.4 mg/kg (n=4); Braga (2023)”
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.