Many people wonder if peas are high in histamine or is it low histamine.

On three of the major sites, this is how green peas are listed:

• SIGHI List: Green peas, green split peas, snow peas, and yellow split peas are listed as 1 – tolerated. Pulses (dry peas, cow peas, pigeon peas) are listed as 2 – poorly tolerated.

• Histamine Intolerance Site: 🤔 (yellow – medium histamine)

• Mast Cell 360: green peas not specifically listed

  Comments: Mast Cell 360 lists green split peas and yellow split peas as low histamine, just “peas” as high histamine.

On our trusted Histamine Intolerance Food List, we’ve listed peas as yellow - foods that are medium histamine, or where there is debate about histamine levels = 🤔

On the SIGHI scale - green peas are listed as a ‘1’ - moderately compatible, minor symptoms, occasional consumption of small quantities is often tolerated.

These are not to be mistaken with chickpeas, which do seem to be much higher in histamine and do not agree with me personally. Some people do seem to react to green peas but personally, for what it’s worth, I’m fine with them.

Remember, everyone is different and lists do vary. That’s why we’ve brought the world’s most respected lists together in our easy-to-use histamine intolerance food list, trusted by thousands.

We’ve carried out a poll on our instagram page to see what our followers think. We asked our thousands of histamine intolerant instagram followers - are peas high histamine or are peas low histamine?

Here are the results.

59% responded positively to peas

41% responded negatively to peas

Remember there are hundreds of foods to check out on our Histamine Intolerance Food List.