yogurt

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Is yogurt high in tyramine?

Tyramine status

Moderate

Is yogurt high or low in tyramine? See its exact rating, how much counts as a portion, and its FODMAP, salicylate, oxalate and diet compatibility in one place.

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Compare yogurt across criteria

HistamineModerate Histamine LiberatorsSafe FODMAPsHigh FructansSafe GOSSafe FructoseSafe

Sensitivity notes

Why tyramine food checker matters

Tyramine is an amino acid that forms when proteins break down. It's found in aged, fermented, or spoiled foods. For people taking MAO inhibitors or those with tyramine sensitivity, it can cause headaches, elevated blood pressure, and other reactions.

Choose fresh over aged, fermented, or preserved foods
Eat protein foods fresh and store properly
Be especially careful if taking MAO inhibitor medications
Common high-tyramine foods include aged cheese, cured meats, and soy sauce
Ripeness affects tyramine - choose less ripe fruits

Sensitivities

What yogurt contains

FODMAPs

FODMAPsHigh

FructansSafe

GOSSafe

FructoseSafe

PolyolsSafe

LactoseAvoid

Histamine & Amines

HistamineModerate

Histamine LiberatorsSafe

TyramineModerate

Plant compounds

SalicylatesSafe

OxalatesSafe

LectinAvoid

NightshadesSafe

Irritants

CaffeineSafe

AlcoholSafe

Spicy FoodsSafe

Acidic FoodsLow

Additives

SulfitesSafe

NitritesSafe

GlutamatesSafe

Allergens

Dairy ProteinsHigh

GlutenSafe

EggSafe

PeanutSafe

Tree NutsSafe

SoySafe

FishSafe

CrustaceansSafe

MolluscsSafe

SesameSafe

CelerySafe

MustardSafe

LupinSafe

Alpha-galModerate

NickelSafe

Diet fit

Where yogurt fits

Therapeutic diets

Low HistamineCheck

Low SalicylateCheck

Low FermentationAvoid

EoE CompatibleAvoid

AIPAvoid

InflammationFit

Reflux DietCheck

Specific CarbohydrateCheck

Low FibreFit

Gastroparesis DietFit

Lifestyle diets

VeganAvoid

VegetarianFit

PescatarianFit

MediterraneanFit

DASH DietFit

PaleoAvoid

Whole30Avoid

KetoFit

Low-carbFit

Religious diets

HalalFit

KosherFit

Hindu (no beef)Fit

JainFit

Buddhist VegetarianFit

Orthodox FastingAvoid

Ingredient notes

What to know about yogurt

Yogurt has a reputation as the dairy that people with lactose trouble can get away with, and the grading only half agrees. Plain yogurt is graded high in lactose, the same band as milk, and high FODMAP with it, because culturing eats some of the sugar but nothing like all of it. What the live cultures genuinely do is carry their own lactase into your gut, which is a real reason a bowl of yogurt can sit better than a glass of milk even though the lactose load is similar. Fermentation charges for that favour elsewhere: yogurt grades borderline for both histamine and tyramine where fresh milk grades clean, and it grades poorly for SIBO. So yogurt can genuinely be the easier dairy for your digestion and the harder one for your head at the same time.

Watch for

Graded high in lactose, the same as milk.Live cultures supply lactase that helps at the moment of digestion, but plain yogurt is not a low-lactose food and a large bowl still counts.
Borderline for histamine and for tyramine, both a consequence of fermentation that fresh milk does not have.Flushing, headache or a blocked nose after yogurt points here rather than at the lactose.
Graded poorly for SIBO: lactose plus live bacteria is an unhelpful combination in a gut that is already fermenting too high up
Still graded high in dairy protein, so yogurt is no help whatsoever for a cow milk protein allergy, and it grades incompatible with an EoE elimination diet
Strained yogurt sits lower in lactose because the whey drains away with the sugar in it, while flavoured yogurt usually gains fruit puree, syrup or added inulin and lands higher in FODMAPs than the plain version

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