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
Selling a product with cholesterol? Generate a print-ready nutrition label from your recipe.
Showing 1–50 of 541 foods
| # | Food | Category | Per 100 g | % DV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sea lion, Steller, kidney (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 390.00 mg | 130% |
| 2 | Moose, liver, braised (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 389.00 mg | 130% |
| 3 | Sea lion, Steller, liver (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 359.00 mg | 120% |
| 4 | Smelt, dried (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 249.00 mg | 83% |
| 5 | Cookies, ladyfingers, without lemon juice and rind | Baked Products | 221.00 mg | 74% |
| 6 | Cookies, ladyfingers, with lemon juice and rind | Baked Products | 221.00 mg | 74% |
| 7 | McDONALD'S, BIG BREAKFAST | Fast Foods | 173.00 mg | 58% |
| 8 | Cake, sponge, prepared from recipe | Baked Products | 170.00 mg | 57% |
| 9 | Whale, bowhead, subcutaneous fat (blubber) (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 150.00 mg | 50% |
| 10 | Desserts, mousse, chocolate, prepared-from-recipe | Sweets | 140.00 mg | 47% |
| 11 | Oil, walrus (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 120.00 mg | 40% |
| 12 | Spinach souffle | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 118.00 mg | 39% |
| 13 | Danish pastry, fruit, enriched (includes apple, cinnamon, raisin, lemon, raspberry, strawberry) | Baked Products | 114.00 mg | 38% |
| 14 | Mutton, cooked, roasted (Navajo) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 109.00 mg | 36% |
| 15 | McDONALD'S, Deluxe Breakfast, with syrup and margarine | Fast Foods | 109.00 mg | 36% |
| 16 | Candies, toffee, prepared-from-recipe | Sweets | 104.00 mg | 35% |
| 17 | Cake, sponge, commercially prepared | Baked Products | 102.00 mg | 34% |
| 18 | T.G.I. FRIDAY'S, classic sirloin steak (10 oz) | Restaurant Foods | 95.00 mg | 32% |
| 19 | Noodles, egg, spinach, enriched, dry | Cereal Grains and Pasta | 95.00 mg | 32% |
| 20 | Sea lion, Steller, fat (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 95.00 mg | 32% |
| 21 | Potato pancakes | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 95.00 mg | 32% |
| 22 | Cake, snack cakes, creme-filled, chocolate with frosting, low-fat, with added fiber | Baked Products | 93.00 mg | 31% |
| 23 | Cake, snack cakes, not chocolate, with icing or filling, low-fat, with added fiber | Baked Products | 93.00 mg | 31% |
| 24 | CRACKER BARREL, grilled sirloin steak | Restaurant Foods | 87.00 mg | 29% |
| 25 | Restaurant, family style, sirloin steak | Restaurant Foods | 87.00 mg | 29% |
| 26 | Pie, pecan, prepared from recipe | Baked Products | 87.00 mg | 29% |
| 27 | Noodles, egg, dry, enriched | Cereal Grains and Pasta | 84.00 mg | 28% |
| 28 | Noodles, egg, dry, unenriched | Cereal Grains and Pasta | 84.00 mg | 28% |
| 29 | French toast, frozen, ready-to-heat | Baked Products | 82.00 mg | 27% |
| 30 | DENNY'S, top sirloin steak | Restaurant Foods | 82.00 mg | 27% |
| 31 | APPLEBEE'S, 9 oz house sirloin steak | Restaurant Foods | 79.00 mg | 26% |
| 32 | Crackers, rusk toast | Baked Products | 78.00 mg | 26% |
| 33 | Sandwich spread, with chopped pickle, regular, unspecified oils | Fats and Oils | 76.00 mg | 25% |
| 34 | Cake, yellow, commercially prepared, with vanilla frosting | Baked Products | 75.00 mg | 25% |
| 35 | Pasta, fresh-refrigerated, plain, as purchased | Cereal Grains and Pasta | 73.00 mg | 24% |
| 36 | Pasta, fresh-refrigerated, spinach, as purchased | Cereal Grains and Pasta | 73.00 mg | 24% |
| 37 | Cookies, brownies, prepared from recipe | Baked Products | 73.00 mg | 24% |
| 38 | Corn pudding, home prepared | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 72.00 mg | 24% |
| 39 | Pancakes, plain, dry mix, incomplete, prepared | Baked Products | 71.00 mg | 24% |
| 40 | Elk, free range, ground, cooked patties (Shoshone Bannock) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 70.00 mg | 23% |
| 41 | Cake, coffeecake, creme-filled with chocolate frosting | Baked Products | 69.00 mg | 23% |
| 42 | Waffles, plain, prepared from recipe | Baked Products | 69.00 mg | 23% |
| 43 | Potato salad, home-prepared | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 68.00 mg | 23% |
| 44 | Salad dressing, italian dressing, commercial, regular, without salt | Fats and Oils | 67.00 mg | 22% |
| 45 | Sweet rolls, cinnamon, commercially prepared with raisins | Baked Products | 66.00 mg | 22% |
| 46 | Elk, free range, roast, eye of round, cooked (Shoshone Bannock) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 63.00 mg | 21% |
| 47 | Muffins, corn, dry mix, prepared | Baked Products | 62.00 mg | 21% |
| 48 | Pancakes, whole-wheat, dry mix, incomplete, prepared | Baked Products | 61.00 mg | 20% |
| 49 | Restaurant, Latino, tripe soup | Restaurant Foods | 59.00 mg | 20% |
| 50 | Salad dressing, mayonnaise, soybean and safflower oil, with salt | Fats and Oils | 59.00 mg | 20% |
Need this on a label? Turn these foods into a print-ready Nutrition Facts label.
Make a labelBuild a recipe from any of these ingredients and export a print-ready FDA or Canada Nutrition Facts label. Free.