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 1,197 foods
| # | Food | Category | Per 100 g | % DV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egg, yolk, dried | Dairy and Egg Products | 2307.00 mg | 769% |
| 2 | Egg, whole, dried, stabilized, glucose reduced | Dairy and Egg Products | 2017.00 mg | 672% |
| 3 | Egg, whole, dried | Dairy and Egg Products | 1630.00 mg | 543% |
| 4 | Egg, yolk, raw, fresh | Dairy and Egg Products | 1085.00 mg | 362% |
| 5 | Egg, yolk, raw, frozen, pasteurized | Dairy and Egg Products | 991.00 mg | 330% |
| 6 | Egg, turkey, whole, fresh, raw | Dairy and Egg Products | 933.00 mg | 311% |
| 7 | Egg, yolk, raw, frozen, sugared, pasteurized | Dairy and Egg Products | 917.00 mg | 306% |
| 8 | Egg, yolk, raw, frozen, salted, pasteurized | Dairy and Egg Products | 912.00 mg | 304% |
| 9 | Egg, duck, whole, fresh, raw | Dairy and Egg Products | 884.00 mg | 295% |
| 10 | Egg, goose, whole, fresh, raw | Dairy and Egg Products | 852.00 mg | 284% |
| 11 | Egg, quail, whole, fresh, raw | Dairy and Egg Products | 844.00 mg | 281% |
| 12 | Egg substitute, powder | Dairy and Egg Products | 572.00 mg | 191% |
| 13 | Fast foods, egg, scrambled | Fast Foods | 426.00 mg | 142% |
| 14 | Egg, whole, cooked, fried | Dairy and Egg Products | 401.00 mg | 134% |
| 15 | Sea lion, Steller, kidney (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 390.00 mg | 130% |
| 16 | Moose, liver, braised (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 389.00 mg | 130% |
| 17 | Egg, whole, raw, frozen, salted, pasteurized | Dairy and Egg Products | 387.00 mg | 129% |
| 18 | Egg, whole, cooked, hard-boiled | Dairy and Egg Products | 373.00 mg | 124% |
| 19 | Egg, whole, raw, fresh | Dairy and Egg Products | 372.00 mg | 124% |
| 20 | Egg, whole, raw, frozen, pasteurized (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) | Dairy and Egg Products | 372.00 mg | 124% |
| 21 | Egg, whole, cooked, poached | Dairy and Egg Products | 370.00 mg | 123% |
| 22 | Sea lion, Steller, liver (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 359.00 mg | 120% |
| 23 | Egg, whole, cooked, omelet | Dairy and Egg Products | 313.00 mg | 104% |
| 24 | Butter, Clarified butter (ghee) | Dairy and Egg Products | 300.00 mg | 100% |
| 25 | Eggs, scrambled, frozen mixture | Dairy and Egg Products | 277.00 mg | 92% |
| 26 | Egg, whole, cooked, scrambled | Dairy and Egg Products | 277.00 mg | 92% |
| 27 | Egg custards, dry mix | Sweets | 258.00 mg | 86% |
| 28 | Butter oil, anhydrous | Dairy and Egg Products | 256.00 mg | 85% |
| 29 | Smelt, dried (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 249.00 mg | 83% |
| 30 | Butter, whipped, with salt | Dairy and Egg Products | 225.00 mg | 75% |
| 31 | Cookies, ladyfingers, with lemon juice and rind | Baked Products | 221.00 mg | 74% |
| 32 | Cookies, ladyfingers, without lemon juice and rind | Baked Products | 221.00 mg | 74% |
| 33 | Butter, salted | Dairy and Egg Products | 215.00 mg | 72% |
| 34 | Butter, without salt | Dairy and Egg Products | 215.00 mg | 72% |
| 35 | Beverages, ABBOTT, EAS whey protein powder | Beverages | 205.00 mg | 68% |
| 36 | McDONALD'S, BIG BREAKFAST | Fast Foods | 173.00 mg | 58% |
| 37 | Cream puff shell, prepared from recipe | Baked Products | 171.00 mg | 57% |
| 38 | Cake, sponge, prepared from recipe | Baked Products | 170.00 mg | 57% |
| 39 | McDONALD'S, Egg McMUFFIN | Fast Foods | 165.00 mg | 55% |
| 40 | Whale, bowhead, subcutaneous fat (blubber) (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 150.00 mg | 50% |
| 41 | Desserts, mousse, chocolate, prepared-from-recipe | Sweets | 140.00 mg | 47% |
| 42 | BURGER KING, CROISSAN'WICH with Egg and Cheese | Fast Foods | 139.00 mg | 46% |
| 43 | Fast foods, bagel, with breakfast steak, egg, cheese, and condiments | Fast Foods | 130.00 mg | 43% |
| 44 | Cheese, port de salut | Dairy and Egg Products | 123.00 mg | 41% |
| 45 | Oil, walrus (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 120.00 mg | 40% |
| 46 | Spinach souffle | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 118.00 mg | 39% |
| 47 | Cookies, butter, commercially prepared, enriched | Baked Products | 117.00 mg | 39% |
| 48 | Cookies, butter, commercially prepared, unenriched | Baked Products | 117.00 mg | 39% |
| 49 | French toast, prepared from recipe, made with low fat (2%) milk | Baked Products | 116.00 mg | 39% |
| 50 | Cheese, fontina | Dairy and Egg Products | 116.00 mg | 39% |
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