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 1–46 of 46 foods
| # | Food | Category | Per 100 g | % DV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egg, yolk, dried | Dairy and Egg Products | 2340.00 mg | 780% |
| 2 | Egg, whole, dried | Dairy and Egg Products | 1700.00 mg | 567% |
| 3 | Egg, yolk, raw, frozen, pasteurized | Dairy and Egg Products | 1000.00 mg | 333% |
| 4 | Egg, whole, raw, frozen, pasteurized | Dairy and Egg Products | 420.00 mg | 140% |
| 5 | Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole | Dairy and Egg Products | 411.00 mg | 137% |
| 6 | Butter, stick, salted | Dairy and Egg Products | 235.00 mg | 78% |
| 7 | Butter, stick, unsalted | Dairy and Egg Products | 234.00 mg | 78% |
| 8 | Cream, heavy | Dairy and Egg Products | 103.10 mg | 34% |
| 9 | Cream cheese, full fat, block | Dairy and Egg Products | 101.00 mg | 34% |
| 10 | Cheese, cheddar | Dairy and Egg Products | 100.00 mg | 33% |
| 11 | Cheese, monterey jack, solid | Dairy and Egg Products | 99.76 mg | 33% |
| 12 | Cheese, pasteurized process, American, vitamin D fortified | Dairy and Egg Products | 98.00 mg | 33% |
| 13 | Cheese, swiss | Dairy and Egg Products | 93.00 mg | 31% |
| 14 | Cheese, swiss | Dairy and Egg Products | 93.00 mg | 31% |
| 15 | Cheese, cotija, solid | Dairy and Egg Products | 89.26 mg | 30% |
| 16 | Cheese, parmesan, grated | Dairy and Egg Products | 87.00 mg | 29% |
| 17 | Cheese, parmesan, grated, refrigerated | Dairy and Egg Products | 86.03 mg | 29% |
| 18 | Cheese, provolone, sliced | Dairy and Egg Products | 85.43 mg | 28% |
| 19 | Cheese, dry white, queso seco | Dairy and Egg Products | 78.00 mg | 26% |
| 20 | Cheese, dry white, queso seco | Dairy and Egg Products | 78.00 mg | 26% |
| 21 | Cheese, queso fresco, solid | Dairy and Egg Products | 76.09 mg | 25% |
| 22 | Cheese, pasteurized process cheese food or product, American, singles | Dairy and Egg Products | 73.24 mg | 24% |
| 23 | Cheese, oaxaca, solid | Dairy and Egg Products | 65.53 mg | 22% |
| 24 | Cheese, mozzarella, low moisture, part-skim | Dairy and Egg Products | 65.00 mg | 22% |
| 25 | Cheese, feta, whole milk, crumbled | Dairy and Egg Products | 57.52 mg | 19% |
| 26 | Cream, sour, full fat | Dairy and Egg Products | 52.69 mg | 18% |
| 27 | Cheese, ricotta, whole milk | Dairy and Egg Products | 48.00 mg | 16% |
| 28 | Cheese, ricotta, whole milk | Dairy and Egg Products | 48.00 mg | 16% |
| 29 | Cottage cheese, full fat, large or small curd | Dairy and Egg Products | 18.00 mg | 6% |
| 30 | Egg, white, dried | Dairy and Egg Products | 17.00 mg | 6% |
| 31 | Yogurt, Greek, plain, whole milk | Dairy and Egg Products | 16.84 mg | 6% |
| 32 | Yogurt, plain, whole milk | Dairy and Egg Products | 14.17 mg | 5% |
| 33 | Cheese, cottage, lowfat, 2% milkfat | Dairy and Egg Products | 12.00 mg | 4% |
| 34 | Milk, whole, 3.25% milkfat, with added vitamin D | Dairy and Egg Products | 12.00 mg | 4% |
| 35 | Milk, whole, 3.25% milkfat, with added vitamin D | Dairy and Egg Products | 12.00 mg | 4% |
| 36 | Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D | Dairy and Egg Products | 8.00 mg | 3% |
| 37 | Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D | Dairy and Egg Products | 8.00 mg | 3% |
| 38 | Milk, lowfat, fluid, 1% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D | Dairy and Egg Products | 5.00 mg | 2% |
| 39 | Yogurt, Greek, plain, nonfat | Dairy and Egg Products | 5.00 mg | 2% |
| 40 | Milk, lowfat, fluid, 1% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D | Dairy and Egg Products | 5.00 mg | 2% |
| 41 | Buttermilk, low fat | Dairy and Egg Products | 4.79 mg | 2% |
| 42 | Yogurt, Greek, strawberry, nonfat | Dairy and Egg Products | 4.00 mg | 1% |
| 43 | Yogurt, plain, nonfat | Dairy and Egg Products | 3.38 mg | 1% |
| 44 | Milk, nonfat, fluid, with added vitamin A and vitamin D (fat free or skim) | Dairy and Egg Products | 3.00 mg | 1% |
| 45 | Egg, white, raw, frozen, pasteurized | Dairy and Egg Products | 3.00 mg | 1% |
| 46 | Milk, nonfat, fluid, with added vitamin A and vitamin D (fat free or skim) | Dairy and Egg Products | 3.00 mg | 1% |
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