Vegetarian foods high in Cholesterol

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 101–150 of 2,238 foods

#	Food	Category	Per 100 g	% DV	Source
101	Cheese, fontina	Dairy and Egg Products	116.00 mg	39%	CNF
102	French toast, homemade, with 2% milk and margarine	Baked Products	116.00 mg	39%	CNF
103	Cheese, fontina	Dairy and Egg Products	116.00 mg	39%	USDA_SR
104	French toast, prepared from recipe, made with low fat (2%) milk	Baked Products	116.00 mg	39%	USDA_SR
105	Cream, whipping, 32% M.F.	Dairy and Egg Products	116.00 mg	39%	CNF
106	Cheese, gouda	Dairy and Egg Products	114.00 mg	38%	USDA_SR
107	Danish pastry, fruit, enriched (includes apple, cinnamon, raisin, lemon, raspberry, strawberry)	Baked Products	114.00 mg	38%	USDA_SR
108	Danish pastry, fruit (apple, raisin, lemon, raspberry)	Baked Products	114.00 mg	38%	CNF
109	Cheese, gouda	Dairy and Egg Products	114.00 mg	38%	CNF
110	Cream, fluid, heavy whipping	Dairy and Egg Products	113.00 mg	38%	USDA_SR
111	Cream, fluid, light whipping	Dairy and Egg Products	111.00 mg	37%	USDA_SR
112	Cheese, gruyere	Dairy and Egg Products	110.00 mg	37%	USDA_SR
113	Cheese, cream	Dairy and Egg Products	110.00 mg	37%	CNF
114	Cheese, gruyere	Dairy and Egg Products	110.00 mg	37%	CNF
115	Mutton, cooked, roasted (Navajo)	American Indian/Alaska Native Foods	109.00 mg	36%	USDA_SR
116	McDONALD'S, Deluxe Breakfast, with syrup and margarine	Fast Foods	109.00 mg	36%	USDA_SR
117	Butter, light, salted	Dairy and Egg Products	106.00 mg	35%	CNF
118	Butter, light, unsalted	Dairy and Egg Products	106.00 mg	35%	CNF
119	Butter, light, stick, with salt	Fats and Oils	106.00 mg	35%	USDA_SR
120	Cake, pound, homemade	Baked Products	106.00 mg	35%	CNF
121	Butter, light, stick, without salt	Fats and Oils	106.00 mg	35%	USDA_SR
122	Cheese, mexican, queso chihuahua	Dairy and Egg Products	105.00 mg	35%	USDA_SR
123	Cheese, mexican, queso asadero	Dairy and Egg Products	105.00 mg	35%	USDA_SR
124	Cheese, goat, hard, (less than 35% water, 36% M.F.)	Dairy and Egg Products	105.00 mg	35%	CNF
125	Cheese, Mexican, queso anejo	Dairy and Egg Products	105.00 mg	35%	CNF
126	Cheese, Mexican, queso asadero	Dairy and Egg Products	105.00 mg	35%	CNF
127	Cheese, Mexican, queso chihuahua	Dairy and Egg Products	105.00 mg	35%	CNF
128	Cheese, goat, hard type	Dairy and Egg Products	105.00 mg	35%	USDA_SR
129	Cheese, mexican, queso anejo	Dairy and Egg Products	105.00 mg	35%	USDA_SR
130	Cheese, romano	Dairy and Egg Products	104.00 mg	35%	USDA_SR
131	Cheese, romano	Dairy and Egg Products	104.00 mg	35%	CNF
132	Candies, toffee, homemade	Sweets	104.00 mg	35%	CNF
133	Candies, toffee, prepared-from-recipe	Sweets	104.00 mg	35%	USDA_SR
134	Cream, heavy	Dairy and Egg Products	103.10 mg	34%	USDA_FF
135	Cheese, cheshire	Dairy and Egg Products	103.00 mg	34%	CNF
136	Cheese, cheshire	Dairy and Egg Products	103.00 mg	34%	USDA_SR
137	Cheese, tilsit	Dairy and Egg Products	102.00 mg	34%	USDA_SR
138	Cheese, tilsit, with whole milk	Dairy and Egg Products	102.00 mg	34%	CNF
139	Cheese, cheddar	Dairy and Egg Products	102.00 mg	34%	CNF
140	Cake, sponge, commercial	Baked Products	102.00 mg	34%	CNF
141	Cake, sponge, commercially prepared	Baked Products	102.00 mg	34%	USDA_SR
142	Cream cheese, full fat, block	Dairy and Egg Products	101.00 mg	34%	USDA_FF
143	Cheese, cream	Dairy and Egg Products	101.00 mg	34%	USDA_SR
144	Cheese, low-sodium, cheddar or colby	Dairy and Egg Products	100.00 mg	33%	USDA_SR
145	Cheese, mexican, queso cotija	Dairy and Egg Products	100.00 mg	33%	USDA_SR
146	Cheese, pasteurized process, American, without added vitamin D	Dairy and Egg Products	100.00 mg	33%	USDA_SR
147	Cheese, brie	Dairy and Egg Products	100.00 mg	33%	CNF
148	Cheese, cheddar or colby type, low sodium	Dairy and Egg Products	100.00 mg	33%	CNF
149	Cheese, brie	Dairy and Egg Products	100.00 mg	33%	USDA_SR
150	Cheese, pasteurized process, American, fortified with vitamin D	Dairy and Egg Products	100.00 mg	33%	USDA_SR

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