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.

FDA daily value: 300 mg

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Showing 51–100 of 7,132 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
51 Veal, variety meats and by-products, kidneys, cooked, braised Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 791.00 mg 264% USDA_SR
52 Fish oil, herring Fats and Oils 766.00 mg 255% USDA_SR
53 Fish oil, herring Fats and Oils 766.00 mg 255% CNF
54 Beef, kidney, simmered Beef Products 716.00 mg 239% CNF
55 Beef, variety meats and by-products, kidneys, cooked, simmered Beef Products 716.00 mg 239% USDA_SR
56 Fish oil, sardine Fats and Oils 710.00 mg 237% CNF
57 Fish oil, sardine Fats and Oils 710.00 mg 237% USDA_SR
58 Turkey, all classes, liver, cooked, simmered Poultry Products 648.00 mg 216% USDA_SR
59 Turkey, all classes, liver, simmered Poultry Products 648.00 mg 216% CNF
60 Fish, caviar, black and red, granular Finfish and Shellfish Products 588.00 mg 196% CNF
61 Fish, caviar, black and red, granular Finfish and Shellfish Products 588.00 mg 196% USDA_SR
62 Egg substitute, powder Dairy and Egg Products 572.00 mg 191% USDA_SR
63 Egg substitute, powder Dairy and Egg Products 572.00 mg 191% CNF
64 Fish oil, cod liver Fats and Oils 570.00 mg 190% CNF
65 Fish oil, cod liver Fats and Oils 570.00 mg 190% USDA_SR
66 Lamb, New Zealand, imported, liver, cooked, soaked and fried Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 566.00 mg 189% USDA_SR
67 Lamb, variety meats and by-products, kidneys, cooked, braised Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 565.00 mg 188% USDA_SR
68 Lamb, kidney, braised Lamb, Veal and Game 565.00 mg 188% CNF
69 Chicken, liver, all classes, cooked, pan-fried Poultry Products 564.00 mg 188% CNF
70 Chicken, liver, all classes, cooked, pan-fried Poultry Products 564.00 mg 188% USDA_SR
71 Chicken, broiler, liver, simmered Poultry Products 563.00 mg 188% CNF
72 Chicken, liver, all classes, cooked, simmered Poultry Products 563.00 mg 188% USDA_SR
73 Lamb, New Zealand, imported, testes, cooked, soaked and fried Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 523.00 mg 174% USDA_SR
74 Fish oil, menhaden Fats and Oils 521.00 mg 174% USDA_SR
75 Turkey, whole, giblets, cooked, simmered Poultry Products 521.00 mg 174% USDA_SR
76 Fish oil, menhaden Fats and Oils 521.00 mg 174% CNF
77 Turkey, all classes, giblets, simmered Poultry Products 521.00 mg 174% CNF
78 Goose, wild (Canada goose), native, liver, raw Poultry Products 515.00 mg 172% CNF
79 Duck, domesticated, liver, raw Poultry Products 515.00 mg 172% CNF
80 Goose, domesticated, liver, raw Poultry Products 515.00 mg 172% CNF
81 Duck, domesticated, liver, raw Poultry Products 515.00 mg 172% USDA_SR
82 Goose, liver, raw Poultry Products 515.00 mg 172% USDA_SR
83 Veal, variety meats and by-products, liver, cooked, braised Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 511.00 mg 170% USDA_SR
84 Veal, liver, braised Lamb, Veal and Game 511.00 mg 170% CNF
85 Lamb, New Zealand, imported, kidney, cooked, soaked and fried Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 508.00 mg 169% USDA_SR
86 Pork, spleen, braised Pork Products 504.00 mg 168% CNF
87 Pork, fresh, variety meats and by-products, spleen, cooked, braised Pork Products 504.00 mg 168% USDA_SR
88 Lamb, variety meats and by-products, liver, cooked, braised Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 501.00 mg 167% USDA_SR
89 Lamb, liver, braised Lamb, Veal and Game 501.00 mg 167% CNF
90 Fish oil, menhaden, fully hydrogenated Fats and Oils 500.00 mg 167% CNF
91 Fish oil, menhaden, fully hydrogenated Fats and Oils 500.00 mg 167% USDA_SR
92 Lamb, variety meats and by-products, liver, cooked, pan-fried Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 493.00 mg 164% USDA_SR
93 Lamb, liver, pan-fried Lamb, Veal and Game 493.00 mg 164% CNF
94 Fish oil, salmon Fats and Oils 485.00 mg 162% CNF
95 Veal, liver, pan-fried Lamb, Veal and Game 485.00 mg 162% CNF
96 Veal, variety meats and by-products, liver, cooked, pan-fried Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 485.00 mg 162% USDA_SR
97 Fish oil, salmon Fats and Oils 485.00 mg 162% USDA_SR
98 Pork, fresh, variety meats and by-products, kidneys, cooked, braised Pork Products 480.00 mg 160% USDA_SR
99 Pork, kidney, braised Pork Products 480.00 mg 160% CNF
100 Fish, roe, mixed species, baked or broiled Finfish and Shellfish Products 479.00 mg 160% CNF

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