Sauerkraut Intolerance Check
Full breakdown across 16 food intolerance detectors.
Known trigger for some intolerances
Flagged Intolerances
Lactic acid fermentation of cabbage produces high levels of histamine and other biogenic amines.
Sauerkraut is raw cabbage preserved by lactic-acid fermentation. The same bacteria that sour and preserve it also produce histamine as they work, so a food that starts low ends up high once fermented.
The longer it ferments and the longer the jar stays open, the more accumulates. Pasteurised, shelf-stable sauerkraut is usually lower than the live, refrigerated kind, because the active cultures are what keep producing histamine.
Rated very high (dose-score 3) in the histamine detector, grouped with other fermented foods.
Other Findings
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