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 51–100 of 1,197 foods
| # | Food | Category | Per 100 g | % DV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Cheese, gouda | Dairy and Egg Products | 114.00 mg | 38% |
| 52 | Danish pastry, fruit, enriched (includes apple, cinnamon, raisin, lemon, raspberry, strawberry) | Baked Products | 114.00 mg | 38% |
| 53 | Cream, fluid, heavy whipping | Dairy and Egg Products | 113.00 mg | 38% |
| 54 | Cream, fluid, light whipping | Dairy and Egg Products | 111.00 mg | 37% |
| 55 | Cheese, gruyere | Dairy and Egg Products | 110.00 mg | 37% |
| 56 | Mutton, cooked, roasted (Navajo) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 109.00 mg | 36% |
| 57 | McDONALD'S, Deluxe Breakfast, with syrup and margarine | Fast Foods | 109.00 mg | 36% |
| 58 | Butter, light, stick, without salt | Fats and Oils | 106.00 mg | 35% |
| 59 | Butter, light, stick, with salt | Fats and Oils | 106.00 mg | 35% |
| 60 | Cheese, goat, hard type | Dairy and Egg Products | 105.00 mg | 35% |
| 61 | Cheese, mexican, queso anejo | Dairy and Egg Products | 105.00 mg | 35% |
| 62 | Cheese, mexican, queso asadero | Dairy and Egg Products | 105.00 mg | 35% |
| 63 | Cheese, mexican, queso chihuahua | Dairy and Egg Products | 105.00 mg | 35% |
| 64 | Cheese, romano | Dairy and Egg Products | 104.00 mg | 35% |
| 65 | Candies, toffee, prepared-from-recipe | Sweets | 104.00 mg | 35% |
| 66 | Cheese, cheshire | Dairy and Egg Products | 103.00 mg | 34% |
| 67 | Cheese, tilsit | Dairy and Egg Products | 102.00 mg | 34% |
| 68 | Cake, sponge, commercially prepared | Baked Products | 102.00 mg | 34% |
| 69 | Cheese, cream | Dairy and Egg Products | 101.00 mg | 34% |
| 70 | Cheese, pasteurized process, American, without added vitamin D | Dairy and Egg Products | 100.00 mg | 33% |
| 71 | Cheese, brie | Dairy and Egg Products | 100.00 mg | 33% |
| 72 | Cheese, low-sodium, cheddar or colby | Dairy and Egg Products | 100.00 mg | 33% |
| 73 | Cheese, pasteurized process, American, fortified with vitamin D | Dairy and Egg Products | 100.00 mg | 33% |
| 74 | Cheese, mexican, queso cotija | Dairy and Egg Products | 100.00 mg | 33% |
| 75 | Cheese, cheddar, sharp, sliced | Dairy and Egg Products | 99.00 mg | 33% |
| 76 | Cheese, cheddar (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) | Dairy and Egg Products | 99.00 mg | 33% |
| 77 | Cheese food, pasteurized process, American, without added vitamin D | Dairy and Egg Products | 98.00 mg | 33% |
| 78 | Cheese food, pasteurized process, American, vitamin D fortified | Dairy and Egg Products | 98.00 mg | 33% |
| 79 | Milk, dry, whole, with added vitamin D | Dairy and Egg Products | 97.00 mg | 32% |
| 80 | Milk, dry, whole, without added vitamin D | Dairy and Egg Products | 97.00 mg | 32% |
| 81 | Cheese, muenster | Dairy and Egg Products | 96.00 mg | 32% |
| 82 | Cheese, Mexican blend | Dairy and Egg Products | 95.00 mg | 32% |
| 83 | T.G.I. FRIDAY'S, classic sirloin steak (10 oz) | Restaurant Foods | 95.00 mg | 32% |
| 84 | Potato pancakes | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 95.00 mg | 32% |
| 85 | Cheese, colby | Dairy and Egg Products | 95.00 mg | 32% |
| 86 | Sea lion, Steller, fat (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 95.00 mg | 32% |
| 87 | Noodles, egg, spinach, enriched, dry | Cereal Grains and Pasta | 95.00 mg | 32% |
| 88 | Cheese, gjetost | Dairy and Egg Products | 94.00 mg | 31% |
| 89 | Cheese, pasteurized process, pimento | Dairy and Egg Products | 94.00 mg | 31% |
| 90 | Cheese, pasteurized process, cheddar or American, low sodium | Dairy and Egg Products | 94.00 mg | 31% |
| 91 | Cheese, brick | Dairy and Egg Products | 94.00 mg | 31% |
| 92 | Cheese, swiss | Dairy and Egg Products | 93.00 mg | 31% |
| 93 | Cheese, caraway | Dairy and Egg Products | 93.00 mg | 31% |
| 94 | Cake, snack cakes, creme-filled, chocolate with frosting, low-fat, with added fiber | Baked Products | 93.00 mg | 31% |
| 95 | Cake, snack cakes, not chocolate, with icing or filling, low-fat, with added fiber | Baked Products | 93.00 mg | 31% |
| 96 | Ice creams, vanilla, rich | Sweets | 92.00 mg | 31% |
| 97 | Cheese, swiss, low sodium | Dairy and Egg Products | 92.00 mg | 31% |
| 98 | Ice creams, french vanilla, soft-serve | Sweets | 91.00 mg | 30% |
| 99 | Ice cream, soft serve, chocolate | Dairy and Egg Products | 91.00 mg | 30% |
| 100 | Cheese, limburger | Dairy and Egg Products | 90.00 mg | 30% |
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