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 995 foods
| # | Food | Category | Per 100 g | % DV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egg, chicken, yolk, dried | Dairy and Egg Products | 2307.00 mg | 769% |
| 2 | Egg, chicken, dried, whole, stabilized | Dairy and Egg Products | 2017.00 mg | 672% |
| 3 | Egg, chicken, dried, whole | Dairy and Egg Products | 1630.00 mg | 543% |
| 4 | Egg, chicken, yolk, cooked | Dairy and Egg Products | 1194.00 mg | 398% |
| 5 | Egg, chicken, yolk, fresh or frozen, raw | Dairy and Egg Products | 1194.00 mg | 398% |
| 6 | Egg, turkey, whole, fresh, raw | Dairy and Egg Products | 933.00 mg | 311% |
| 7 | Egg, duck, whole, fresh, raw | Dairy and Egg Products | 884.00 mg | 295% |
| 8 | Egg, goose, whole, fresh, raw | Dairy and Egg Products | 852.00 mg | 284% |
| 9 | Egg, quail, whole, fresh, raw | Dairy and Egg Products | 844.00 mg | 281% |
| 10 | Egg substitute, powder | Dairy and Egg Products | 572.00 mg | 191% |
| 11 | Fast foods, egg, scrambled | Fast Foods | 426.00 mg | 142% |
| 12 | Sauce, Hollandaise (butter sauce) | Soups, Sauces and Gravies | 414.00 mg | 138% |
| 13 | Egg, chicken, whole, cooked, fried | Dairy and Egg Products | 399.00 mg | 133% |
| 14 | Egg, chicken, whole, cooked, poached | Dairy and Egg Products | 366.00 mg | 122% |
| 15 | Egg, chicken, whole, cooked, boiled in shell, hard-cooked | Dairy and Egg Products | 366.00 mg | 122% |
| 16 | Egg, chicken, whole, fresh or frozen, raw | Dairy and Egg Products | 366.00 mg | 122% |
| 17 | Egg, chicken, whole, cooked, scrambled or omelet | Dairy and Egg Products | 293.00 mg | 98% |
| 18 | Egg, chicken, scrambled, frozen mixture | Dairy and Egg Products | 277.00 mg | 92% |
| 19 | Dessert, egg custard, dry mix, unprepared | Sweets | 258.00 mg | 86% |
| 20 | Butter oil, anhydrous | Dairy and Egg Products | 256.00 mg | 85% |
| 21 | Egg, chicken, omelet, with cheese | Dairy and Egg Products | 251.00 mg | 84% |
| 22 | Cookie, ladyfinger (without lemon juice or peel) | Baked Products | 221.00 mg | 74% |
| 23 | Cookie, ladyfinger (with lemon juice and rind) | Baked Products | 221.00 mg | 74% |
| 24 | Egg, chicken, Western omelet, with peppers, onion and ham | Dairy and Egg Products | 219.00 mg | 73% |
| 25 | Butter, whipped | Dairy and Egg Products | 219.00 mg | 73% |
| 26 | Butter, regular | Dairy and Egg Products | 215.00 mg | 72% |
| 27 | Butter, unsalted | Dairy and Egg Products | 215.00 mg | 72% |
| 28 | Sandwich, egg salad, homemade | Mixed Dishes | 213.00 mg | 71% |
| 29 | Fast foods, sandwiches and burgers, egg and cheese sandwich | Fast Foods | 199.00 mg | 66% |
| 30 | Cream puff, homemade, shell only, includes eclair | Baked Products | 196.00 mg | 65% |
| 31 | Fast foods, breakfast, biscuit with egg and steak | Fast Foods | 184.00 mg | 61% |
| 32 | Fast foods, breakfast, biscuit with egg | Fast Foods | 180.00 mg | 60% |
| 33 | Fast foods, breakfast, croissant with egg and cheese | Fast Foods | 170.00 mg | 57% |
| 34 | Cake, sponge, homemade | Baked Products | 170.00 mg | 57% |
| 35 | Egg Benedict | Dairy and Egg Products | 148.00 mg | 49% |
| 36 | Dessert, mousse, chocolate, homemade | Sweets | 140.00 mg | 47% |
| 37 | Fast foods, breakfast, bagel, with breakfast steak, egg, cheese, and condiments | Fast Foods | 130.00 mg | 43% |
| 38 | Cheese souffle | Mixed Dishes | 129.00 mg | 43% |
| 39 | Cream, whipping, 35% M.F. | Dairy and Egg Products | 128.00 mg | 43% |
| 40 | Cheese, port-salut | Dairy and Egg Products | 123.00 mg | 41% |
| 41 | Egg, chicken, Spanish omelet, with onion, peppers, tomatoes and mushrooms | Dairy and Egg Products | 122.00 mg | 41% |
| 42 | Cream, whipping, 35% M.F., sweetened, whipped | Dairy and Egg Products | 121.00 mg | 40% |
| 43 | Animal fat, native, walrus, oil | Fats and Oils | 120.00 mg | 40% |
| 44 | Spinach souffle, homemade | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 118.00 mg | 39% |
| 45 | Cookie, butter, commercial | Baked Products | 117.00 mg | 39% |
| 46 | French toast, homemade, with 2% milk and margarine | Baked Products | 116.00 mg | 39% |
| 47 | Cream, whipping, 32% M.F. | Dairy and Egg Products | 116.00 mg | 39% |
| 48 | Cheese, fontina | Dairy and Egg Products | 116.00 mg | 39% |
| 49 | Danish pastry, fruit (apple, raisin, lemon, raspberry) | Baked Products | 114.00 mg | 38% |
| 50 | Cheese, gouda | Dairy and Egg Products | 114.00 mg | 38% |
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