Your body makes most of the cholesterol it needs. Dietary cholesterol does reach your bloodstream, but how much depends on your gut bacteria, genes, and what else you eat alongside it. This ranking shows the raw amount per 100 g; not how much will actually enter your blood.
Cholesterol lives almost entirely in animal tissues: meat, organ meats, eggs, and dairy. Plant foods contain none. When you read this ranking, remember that no single food determines your blood cholesterol. Your overall diet pattern, body weight, and genetics matter far more.
On a vegetarian or vegan diet, dietary cholesterol drops to near zero. Your liver compensates by making more, since the body needs it for cell membranes, hormones, and vitamin D synthesis. If you avoid animal foods, you cannot get dietary cholesterol from food; only from your own production. Fortified foods do not contain it.
FDA daily value: 300 mg
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Showing 1–50 of 936 foods
| # | Food | Category | Per 100 g | % DV | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sea lion, Steller, kidney (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 390.00 mg | 130% | USDA_SR |
| 2 | Moose, liver, braised (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 389.00 mg | 130% | USDA_SR |
| 3 | Sea lion, Steller, liver (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 359.00 mg | 120% | USDA_SR |
| 4 | Smelt, dried (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 249.00 mg | 83% | USDA_SR |
| 5 | Cookies, ladyfingers, with lemon juice and rind | Baked Products | 221.00 mg | 74% | USDA_SR |
| 6 | Cookies, ladyfingers, without lemon juice and rind | Baked Products | 221.00 mg | 74% | USDA_SR |
| 7 | Cookie, ladyfinger (without lemon juice or peel) | Baked Products | 221.00 mg | 74% | CNF |
| 8 | Cookie, ladyfinger (with lemon juice and rind) | Baked Products | 221.00 mg | 74% | CNF |
| 9 | McDONALD'S, BIG BREAKFAST | Fast Foods | 173.00 mg | 58% | USDA_SR |
| 10 | Cake, sponge, prepared from recipe | Baked Products | 170.00 mg | 57% | USDA_SR |
| 11 | Cake, sponge, homemade | Baked Products | 170.00 mg | 57% | CNF |
| 12 | Whale, bowhead, subcutaneous fat (blubber) (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 150.00 mg | 50% | USDA_SR |
| 13 | Desserts, mousse, chocolate, prepared-from-recipe | Sweets | 140.00 mg | 47% | USDA_SR |
| 14 | Dessert, mousse, chocolate, homemade | Sweets | 140.00 mg | 47% | CNF |
| 15 | Oil, walrus (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 120.00 mg | 40% | USDA_SR |
| 16 | Animal fat, native, walrus, oil | Fats and Oils | 120.00 mg | 40% | CNF |
| 17 | Spinach souffle | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 118.00 mg | 39% | USDA_SR |
| 18 | Spinach souffle, homemade | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 118.00 mg | 39% | CNF |
| 19 | Danish pastry, fruit, enriched (includes apple, cinnamon, raisin, lemon, raspberry, strawberry) | Baked Products | 114.00 mg | 38% | USDA_SR |
| 20 | Danish pastry, fruit (apple, raisin, lemon, raspberry) | Baked Products | 114.00 mg | 38% | CNF |
| 21 | McDONALD'S, Deluxe Breakfast, with syrup and margarine | Fast Foods | 109.00 mg | 36% | USDA_SR |
| 22 | Mutton, cooked, roasted (Navajo) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 109.00 mg | 36% | USDA_SR |
| 23 | Cake, pound, homemade | Baked Products | 106.00 mg | 35% | CNF |
| 24 | Candies, toffee, prepared-from-recipe | Sweets | 104.00 mg | 35% | USDA_SR |
| 25 | Candies, toffee, homemade | Sweets | 104.00 mg | 35% | CNF |
| 26 | Cake, sponge, commercially prepared | Baked Products | 102.00 mg | 34% | USDA_SR |
| 27 | Cake, sponge, commercial | Baked Products | 102.00 mg | 34% | CNF |
| 28 | Sugar pie, 1 crust, homemade | Baked Products | 96.00 mg | 32% | CNF |
| 29 | Potato pancakes | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 95.00 mg | 32% | USDA_SR |
| 30 | Sea lion, Steller, fat (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 95.00 mg | 32% | USDA_SR |
| 31 | Noodles, egg, spinach, enriched, dry | Cereal Grains and Pasta | 95.00 mg | 32% | USDA_SR |
| 32 | T.G.I. FRIDAY'S, classic sirloin steak (10 oz) | Restaurant Foods | 95.00 mg | 32% | USDA_SR |
| 33 | Pasta, egg noodles, spinach, enriched, dry | Cereals, Grains and Pasta | 95.00 mg | 32% | CNF |
| 34 | Potato pancake, homemade | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 95.00 mg | 32% | CNF |
| 35 | Cake, snack cakes, creme-filled, chocolate with frosting, low-fat, with added fiber | Baked Products | 93.00 mg | 31% | USDA_SR |
| 36 | Cake, snack cakes, not chocolate, with icing or filling, low-fat, with added fiber | Baked Products | 93.00 mg | 31% | USDA_SR |
| 37 | Cookie, shortbread, plain, homemade | Baked Products | 93.00 mg | 31% | CNF |
| 38 | Pie, pecan, prepared from recipe | Baked Products | 87.00 mg | 29% | USDA_SR |
| 39 | Restaurant, family style, sirloin steak | Restaurant Foods | 87.00 mg | 29% | USDA_SR |
| 40 | CRACKER BARREL, grilled sirloin steak | Restaurant Foods | 87.00 mg | 29% | USDA_SR |
| 41 | Pie, pecan, homemade | Baked Products | 87.00 mg | 29% | CNF |
| 42 | Noodles, egg, dry, unenriched | Cereal Grains and Pasta | 84.00 mg | 28% | USDA_SR |
| 43 | Noodles, egg, dry, enriched | Cereal Grains and Pasta | 84.00 mg | 28% | USDA_SR |
| 44 | Pasta, egg noodles, unenriched, dry | Cereals, Grains and Pasta | 84.00 mg | 28% | CNF |
| 45 | Pasta, egg noodles, enriched, dry | Cereals, Grains and Pasta | 84.00 mg | 28% | CNF |
| 46 | French toast, frozen, ready-to-heat | Baked Products | 82.00 mg | 27% | USDA_SR |
| 47 | DENNY'S, top sirloin steak | Restaurant Foods | 82.00 mg | 27% | USDA_SR |
| 48 | French toast, frozen, ready to heat | Baked Products | 82.00 mg | 27% | CNF |
| 49 | APPLEBEE'S, 9 oz house sirloin steak | Restaurant Foods | 79.00 mg | 26% | USDA_SR |
| 50 | Crackers, rusk toast | Baked Products | 78.00 mg | 26% | USDA_SR |
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