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Foods high in Cholesterol

Top food sources of Cholesterol ranked from USDA FoodData Central — per 100 g and per serving.

Showing top 50 foods

Per 100 g: mg

  1. 1

    Beef, variety meats and by-products, cooked

    3,100 mg/ 100 g2,635 mg (85 g serving)1033% DV
  2. 2

    Veal, variety meats and by-products, braised

    3,100 mg/ 100 g2,635 mg (85 g serving)1033% DV
  3. 3

    Brains

    3,075 mg/ 100 g4,305 mg (140 g serving)1025% DV
  4. 4

    Beef, variety meats and by-products, raw

    3,010 mg/ 100 g853.34 mg (28 g serving)1003% DV
  5. 5

    Lamb, New Zealand, cooked

    2,559 mg/ 100 g2,175.15 mg (85 g serving)853% DV
  6. 6

    Pork, fresh, braised

    2,552 mg/ 100 g2,169.2 mg (85 g serving)851% DV
  7. 7

    Lamb, variety meats and by-products, cooked

    2,504 mg/ 100 g2,128.4 mg (85 g serving)835% DV
  8. 8

    Egg, yolk, dried

    2,323.5 mg/ 100 g1,556.75 mg (67 g serving)775% DV
  9. 9

    Pork, fresh, raw

    2,195 mg/ 100 g622.28 mg (28 g serving)732% DV
  10. 10

    Veal, variety meats and by-products, cooked

    2,120 mg/ 100 g1,802 mg (85 g serving)707% DV
  11. 11

    Lamb, New Zealand, raw

    2,100 mg/ 100 g2,373 mg (113 g serving)700% DV
  12. 12

    Lamb, variety meats and by-products, braised

    2,043 mg/ 100 g1,736.55 mg (85 g serving)681% DV
  13. 13

    Egg, whole, dried

    2,017 mg/ 100 g1,714.45 mg (85 g serving)672% DV
  14. 14

    Beef, variety meats and by-products, cooked

    1,995 mg/ 100 g1,695.75 mg (85 g serving)665% DV
  15. 15

    Egg, whole, dried

    1,665 mg/ 100 g1,415.25 mg (85 g serving)555% DV
  16. 16

    Veal, variety meats and by-products, raw

    1,590 mg/ 100 g450.77 mg (28 g serving)530% DV
  17. 17

    Lamb, variety meats and by-products, raw

    1,352 mg/ 100 g383.29 mg (28 g serving)451% DV
  18. 18

    Egg, yolk, fresh

    1,085 mg/ 100 g184.45 mg (17 g serving)362% DV
  19. 19

    Egg, yolk only, raw

    1,085 mg/ 100 g184.45 mg (17 g serving)362% DV
  20. 20

    Egg, yolk only, cooked

    1,082 mg/ 100 g183.94 mg (17 g serving)361% DV
  21. 21

    Egg, yolk only, cooked

    1,016 mg/ 100 g203.2 mg (20 g serving)339% DV
  22. 22

    Egg, yolk only, cooked

    1,016 mg/ 100 g203.2 mg (20 g serving)339% DV
  23. 23

    Beef, New Zealand, boiled

    1,002 mg/ 100 g851.7 mg (85 g serving)334% DV
  24. 24

    Egg, yolk, frozen

    995.5 mg/ 100 g282.22 mg (28 g serving)332% DV
  25. 25

    Egg, turkey, whole, raw

    933 mg/ 100 g737.07 mg (79 g serving)311% DV
  26. 26

    Egg, yolk, frozen

    917 mg/ 100 g259.97 mg (28 g serving)306% DV
  27. 27

    Egg, yolk, frozen

    912 mg/ 100 g258.55 mg (28 g serving)304% DV
  28. 28

    Egg, duck, whole, raw

    884 mg/ 100 g618.8 mg (70 g serving)295% DV
  29. 29

    Egg, goose, whole, raw

    852 mg/ 100 g1,226.88 mg (144 g serving)284% DV
  30. 30

    Egg, quail, whole, raw

    844 mg/ 100 g75.96 mg (9 g serving)281% DV
  31. 31

    Quail egg, canned

    841 mg/ 100 g75.69 mg (9 g serving)280% DV
  32. 32

    Duck egg, cooked

    828 mg/ 100 g579.6 mg (70 g serving)276% DV
  33. 33

    Goose egg, cooked

    799 mg/ 100 g1,150.56 mg (144 g serving)266% DV
  34. 34

    Veal, variety meats and by-products, braised

    791 mg/ 100 g672.35 mg (85 g serving)264% DV
  35. 35

    Fish oil, herring

    766 mg/ 100 g104.18 mg (14 g serving)255% DV
  36. 36

    Beef, variety meats and by-products, cooked

    716 mg/ 100 g608.6 mg (85 g serving)239% DV
  37. 37

    Fish oil, sardine

    710 mg/ 100 g96.56 mg (14 g serving)237% DV
  38. 38

    Kidney

    710 mg/ 100 g1,633 mg (230 g serving)237% DV
  39. 39

    Turkey, all classes, liver, cooked

    648 mg/ 100 g550.8 mg (85 g serving)216% DV
  40. 40

    Shrimp, dried

    630 mg/ 100 g850.5 mg (135 g serving)210% DV
  41. 41

    Fish, caviar

    588 mg/ 100 g94.08 mg (16 g serving)196% DV
  42. 42

    Caviar

    588 mg/ 100 g94.08 mg (16 g serving)196% DV
  43. 43

    Egg substitute, powder

    572 mg/ 100 g56.63 mg (10 g serving)191% DV
  44. 44

    Fish oil, cod liver

    570 mg/ 100 g25.65 mg (5 g serving)190% DV
  45. 45

    Lamb, New Zealand, liver, cooked

    566 mg/ 100 g481.1 mg (85 g serving)189% DV
  46. 46

    Lamb, variety meats and by-products, braised

    565 mg/ 100 g480.25 mg (85 g serving)188% DV
  47. 47

    Chicken, liver, cooked

    564 mg/ 100 g479.4 mg (85 g serving)188% DV
  48. 48

    Chicken, liver, cooked

    563 mg/ 100 g478.55 mg (85 g serving)188% DV
  49. 49

    Lamb, New Zealand, cooked

    523 mg/ 100 g444.55 mg (85 g serving)174% DV
  50. 50

    Turkey, whole, giblets, cooked

    521 mg/ 100 g442.85 mg (85 g serving)174% DV

Why Cholesterol matters

Cholesterol is an essential dietary fat. It appears naturally in a range of whole foods and is catalogued by USDA FoodData Central with per-100 g values for thousands of ingredients. The ranked list above surfaces the highest-density food sources in the USDA dataset.

Daily intake reference

Adult Daily Value (DV)300 mg per day

Best for these diets

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