Sweetened condensed milk

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

Yes — Sweetened condensed milk is high in FODMAPs. Sweetened condensed milk concentrates the lactose and then adds sucrose on top - roughly half the tin is sugar by weight. Two FODMAP questions arrive together, and the sweetness masks how much milk sugar is underneath it.

Yes — Sweetened condensed milk is high in lactose. Sweetened condensed milk is evaporated milk with sugar added, and the added sucrose takes up weight - so the lactose PERCENTAGE reads no higher than evaporated milk even though nothing was removed. The lactose per spoonful of milk solids is the same; it is the percentage that is diluted, not the dose.

Yes — Sweetened condensed milk is high in sucrose. Sweetened condensed milk is roughly half sugar by weight once the water is boiled off - it is a sugar syrup that happens to be made of milk.

Sweetened condensed milk contains only low levels of histamine. Sweetened condensed milk is low because boiling and sugar together leave nothing alive to produce amines. Histamine in dairy is a storage measurement, not a recipe one. Milk is not a fermented food, so its histamine depends on how it was kept rather than on how it was made - and that is exactly what the study behind this level varied: STORAGE CONDITION. A dairy product's place on this axis is a question about the cold chain. Amounts vary by brand and recipe, so always check the label of the exact product.