You are incorrect about the laws requiring food manufacturers to label soy in the United States however. There are two exceptions to FALCPA (the food allergen labeling law) that are of concern to people with severe soy allergies. They are:

manufacturers do not have to label a product “contains soy” if it only contains refined soy oil, or if it contains soy lecithin that has been used as a release agent.

Tasty mac n cheese has so far eluded me too. Sorry. But chewy granola bars are not so hard. Just make my granola bar recipe which uses Brown Rice Syrup instead of honey. If they aren’t chewy enough for you, use a little more syrup and a little less sugar until you reach the chewiness you like. Good luck!

Vinegar may vary in its yeast content. A wine vinegar would contain very high amounts of the yeasts used to make wine. There is a “wild yeast” that grows naturally on grapes that is used in the fermentation process. Distilled vinegar would theoretically no longer contain yeast, but in practice it may still cause you to have symptoms.

I’m confused – everything I’ve read says that banana and cocoa/chocolate are big no-nos when it comes to a low-histamine diet. Am I missing something?

Julia