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
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Beef, variety meats and by-products, cooked
3 100 mg/ 100 g2 635 mg (85 g serving)1033% DV - 2
Veal, variety meats and by-products, braised
3 100 mg/ 100 g2 635 mg (85 g serving)1033% DV - 3
Brains
3 075 mg/ 100 g4 305 mg (140 g serving)1025% DV - 4
Beef, variety meats and by-products, raw
3 010 mg/ 100 g853,34 mg (28 g serving)1003% DV - 5
Lamb, New Zealand, cooked
2 559 mg/ 100 g2 175,15 mg (85 g serving)853% DV - 6
Pork, fresh, braised
2 552 mg/ 100 g2 169,2 mg (85 g serving)851% DV - 7
Lamb, variety meats and by-products, cooked
2 504 mg/ 100 g2 128,4 mg (85 g serving)835% DV - 8
Egg, yolk, dried
2 323,5 mg/ 100 g1 556,75 mg (67 g serving)775% DV - 9
Pork, fresh, raw
2 195 mg/ 100 g622,28 mg (28 g serving)732% DV - 10
Veal, variety meats and by-products, cooked
2 120 mg/ 100 g1 802 mg (85 g serving)707% DV - 11
Lamb, New Zealand, raw
2 100 mg/ 100 g2 373 mg (113 g serving)700% DV - 12
Lamb, variety meats and by-products, braised
2 043 mg/ 100 g1 736,55 mg (85 g serving)681% DV - 13
Egg, whole, dried
2 017 mg/ 100 g1 714,45 mg (85 g serving)672% DV - 14
Beef, variety meats and by-products, cooked
1 995 mg/ 100 g1 695,75 mg (85 g serving)665% DV - 15
Egg, whole, dried
1 665 mg/ 100 g1 415,25 mg (85 g serving)555% DV - 16
Veal, variety meats and by-products, raw
1 590 mg/ 100 g450,77 mg (28 g serving)530% DV - 17
Lamb, variety meats and by-products, raw
1 352 mg/ 100 g383,29 mg (28 g serving)451% DV - 18
Egg, yolk, fresh
1 085 mg/ 100 g184,45 mg (17 g serving)362% DV - 19
Egg, yolk only, raw
1 085 mg/ 100 g184,45 mg (17 g serving)362% DV - 20
Egg, yolk only, cooked
1 082 mg/ 100 g183,94 mg (17 g serving)361% DV - 21
Egg, yolk only, cooked
1 016 mg/ 100 g203,2 mg (20 g serving)339% DV - 22
Egg, yolk only, cooked
1 016 mg/ 100 g203,2 mg (20 g serving)339% DV - 23
Beef, New Zealand, boiled
1 002 mg/ 100 g851,7 mg (85 g serving)334% DV - 24
Egg, yolk, frozen
995,5 mg/ 100 g282,22 mg (28 g serving)332% DV - 25
Egg, turkey, whole, raw
933 mg/ 100 g737,07 mg (79 g serving)311% DV - 26
Egg, yolk, frozen
917 mg/ 100 g259,97 mg (28 g serving)306% DV - 27
Egg, yolk, frozen
912 mg/ 100 g258,55 mg (28 g serving)304% DV - 28
Egg, duck, whole, raw
884 mg/ 100 g618,8 mg (70 g serving)295% DV - 29
Egg, goose, whole, raw
852 mg/ 100 g1 226,88 mg (144 g serving)284% DV - 30
Egg, quail, whole, raw
844 mg/ 100 g75,96 mg (9 g serving)281% DV - 31
Quail egg, canned
841 mg/ 100 g75,69 mg (9 g serving)280% DV - 32
Duck egg, cooked
828 mg/ 100 g579,6 mg (70 g serving)276% DV - 33
Goose egg, cooked
799 mg/ 100 g1 150,56 mg (144 g serving)266% DV - 34
Veal, variety meats and by-products, braised
791 mg/ 100 g672,35 mg (85 g serving)264% DV - 35
Fish oil, herring
766 mg/ 100 g104,18 mg (14 g serving)255% DV - 36
Beef, variety meats and by-products, cooked
716 mg/ 100 g608,6 mg (85 g serving)239% DV - 37
Fish oil, sardine
710 mg/ 100 g96,56 mg (14 g serving)237% DV - 38
Kidney
710 mg/ 100 g1 633 mg (230 g serving)237% DV - 39
Turkey, all classes, liver, cooked
648 mg/ 100 g550,8 mg (85 g serving)216% DV - 40
Shrimp, dried
630 mg/ 100 g850,5 mg (135 g serving)210% DV - 41
Fish, caviar
588 mg/ 100 g94,08 mg (16 g serving)196% DV - 42
Caviar
588 mg/ 100 g94,08 mg (16 g serving)196% DV - 43
Egg substitute, powder
572 mg/ 100 g56,63 mg (10 g serving)191% DV - 44
Fish oil, cod liver
570 mg/ 100 g25,65 mg (5 g serving)190% DV - 45
Lamb, New Zealand, liver, cooked
566 mg/ 100 g481,1 mg (85 g serving)189% DV - 46
Lamb, variety meats and by-products, braised
565 mg/ 100 g480,25 mg (85 g serving)188% DV - 47
Chicken, liver, cooked
564 mg/ 100 g479,4 mg (85 g serving)188% DV - 48
Chicken, liver, cooked
563 mg/ 100 g478,55 mg (85 g serving)188% DV - 49
Lamb, New Zealand, cooked
523 mg/ 100 g444,55 mg (85 g serving)174% DV - 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 |
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