Litholrubine BK

Litholrubine BK is notable for histamine, salicylate, FODMAPs, tyramine and nickel. Clear on lactose, gluten, fructose, oligosaccharides, sorbitol, sucrose and oxalates.

Yes — Litholrubine BK is high in histamine. Litholrubine BK (E180) has one authorised use in the EU and it is an unusual one: the rind of hard cheese. You would only meet it by eating the rind, and the cheese under it is the larger question here, not the dye. None of this is about histamine content: a colour carries none. Colours are on this page because the pseudoallergen-free elimination diet removes them as a class, and that diet is itself unproven in double-blind trials.

Yes — Litholrubine BK is high in salicylate. A synthetic red colour used almost exclusively on cheese rind, and grouped with the other synthetic dyes that trigger salicylate-sensitive people.

Litholrubine BK contains only low levels of FODMAPs. Litholrubine BK is a dye used on cheese rind, and there is no fermentable carbohydrate in it.

Litholrubine BK contains only low levels of tyramine. Litholrubine BK is a dye used only on cheese rind, and it contains no tyramine. It sits higher on the histamine axis than here, which is not a contradiction: that axis counts liberators - things that make the body release its own histamine - while this one counts content only. There is no tyramine liberator, because the body stores none to release. Amounts vary by brand and recipe, so always check the label of the exact product.