grouse
Meat
Trigger checker for grouse
See grouse rated across every trigger — FODMAP, histamine, salicylate, oxalate, tyramine and more — plus diet compatibility, all in one quick ingredient profile.
Related checkers
Compare grouse across criteria
Triggers
Diets
Serving size, prep, and portion notes for grouse
Grouse is chemically one of the quietest ingredients in this database. It is graded A on histamine, histamine liberation, tyramine, free glutamate, salicylate, oxalate, nickel, sulfite, nitrite, gluten, lactose, nightshade and every FODMAP group, and because it is a bird it carries no alpha-gal, so it stays available to people who have lost mammalian meat to a tick bite. What deserves a warning on a grouse page is not a food chemical at all. Red grouse cannot be farmed, so every bird on a plate was shot, and shot with lead: not only the pellets you can find with your fingers, but fine fragments that spread through the flesh around them.
Watch for
Lead is the real issue with shot game birds. UK surveys have repeatedly found lead concentrations in game bird meat well above the maximum levels that apply to other meats, and the Food Standards Agency advises frequent eaters of lead-shot game, particularly children, pregnant women and women trying to conceive, to cut down. Picking out the visible pellets does not remove the fragments. / This is a frequency question rather than a one-meal question. There is no threshold below which lead is considered beneficial, so the advice is about how often game is on your table, not about whether a single grouse dinner is dangerous. / Steel and bismuth shot solve it, and some estates and retailers have moved to non-lead ammunition. It is worth asking, because it is the only variable here you can actually change. / The clean amine grade describes a fresh bird. Grouse is traditionally hung for days to develop its flavour, and hanging is precisely how any meat accumulates histamine and tyramine. If well-hung game bothers you and fresh game does not, you are describing amines rather than a species reaction. / The traditional plate carries more than the bird does. Grouse is served with bread sauce made from milk, onion and cloves, with bacon laid over the breast, game chips and a redcurrant or red wine gravy. That combination brings lactose, fructans, nitrites and sulfites to a meal whose main ingredient has none of them.
Explore related in Meat
Compare similar foods to build a personalized list of swaps that work for your system.
FAQ
What does the FODMAP rating mean for grouse?
Low FODMAP: usually easier for most people, still watch portion size.
Is grouse generally well tolerated?
Histamine (Safe) and Histamine Liberators (Safe) Start with those if you react.
What should I check next?
Compare within the Meat group.