TABLE 5. Foods to avoid and foods to use with caution based on their tyramine content. (Adapted from ref. 127)

HIGH TYRAMINE CONTENT FOODS TO AVOID

LOW TO MODERATE TYRAMINE CONTENT FOODS TO CONSUME WITH CAUTION

(<1/2 cup, 120 mL or 4 oz)

•Cheese

•Cottage cheese, cream cheese, yoghurt, ricotta or cream from unpasteurized milk

•Meat extracts used as a base for soup, gravy, sauces (boullion, Marmite, consommé)

•Miso soup or soup stock or soybean paste

•Non-fresh meat or fish (smoked, pickled, or dried meats, fermented sausage, corned beef, paté, fish, or poultry; caviar, game)

•Fresh-frozen meat, liver, poultry, fish, bacon

•Chianti and vermouth wines

•Red and white wines (except chianti and vermouth)

•Liqueurs, concentrated alcoholic drinks

•Port, sherry, scotch

•Beers (various), ale with or without alcohol

•Broad bean pods (fava or Italian broad bean; Chinese pea pods)

•String beans, lima beans, dry beans

•Sauerkraut

•Avocados

•Banana peel

•Raspberries

•Brewer's yeast and yeast extracts

•Baker's yeast

•Soy sauce, tamari

•Chocolate

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published 2000