Foods high in Cholesterol (USDA Foundation)

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 107 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
51 Pork, belly, with skin, raw Pork Products 66.62 mg 22%
52 Fish, catfish, farm raised, raw Finfish and Shellfish Products 65.96 mg 22%
53 Beef, ground, 90% lean meat / 10% fat, raw Beef Products 65.90 mg 22%
54 Cheese, oaxaca, solid Dairy and Egg Products 65.53 mg 22%
55 Cheese, mozzarella, low moisture, part-skim Dairy and Egg Products 65.00 mg 22%
56 Bison, ground, raw Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 64.52 mg 22%
57 Beef, tenderloin steak, raw Beef Products 64.41 mg 21%
58 Beef, round, top round roast, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, select, raw Beef Products 63.00 mg 21%
59 Beef, round, top round roast, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, select, raw Beef Products 63.00 mg 21%
60 Beef, ribeye, steak, boneless, choice, raw Beef Products 62.66 mg 21%
61 Fish, salmon, Atlantic, farm raised, raw Finfish and Shellfish Products 62.11 mg 21%
62 Beef, round, eye of round roast, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, select, raw Beef Products 62.00 mg 21%
63 Beef, round, eye of round roast, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, select, raw Beef Products 62.00 mg 21%
64 Sausage, breakfast sausage, beef, pre-cooked, unprepared Sausages and Luncheon Meats 61.00 mg 20%
65 Sausage, breakfast sausage, beef, pre-cooked, unprepared Sausages and Luncheon Meats 61.00 mg 20%
66 Beef, top sirloin steak, raw Beef Products 60.13 mg 20%
67 Pork, loin, tenderloin, boneless, raw Pork Products 59.58 mg 20%
68 Fish, salmon, sockeye, wild caught, raw Finfish and Shellfish Products 59.30 mg 20%
69 Beef, round, top round, boneless, choice, raw Beef Products 59.26 mg 20%
70 Beef, loin, top loin steak, boneless, lip-on, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, raw Beef Products 58.00 mg 19%
71 Beef, loin, top loin steak, boneless, lip-on, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, raw Beef Products 58.00 mg 19%
72 Beef, flank, steak, boneless, choice, raw Beef Products 57.70 mg 19%
73 Beef, short loin (NY strip steak), raw Beef Products 57.60 mg 19%
74 Cheese, feta, whole milk, crumbled Dairy and Egg Products 57.52 mg 19%
75 Pork, chop, center cut, raw Pork Products 57.30 mg 19%
76 Beef, short loin, porterhouse steak, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, select, raw Beef Products 57.00 mg 19%
77 Beef, short loin, porterhouse steak, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, select, raw Beef Products 57.00 mg 19%
78 Pork, loin, boneless, raw Pork Products 55.93 mg 19%
79 Fish, haddock, raw Finfish and Shellfish Products 54.00 mg 18%
80 Cream, sour, full fat Dairy and Egg Products 52.69 mg 18%
81 Cheese, ricotta, whole milk Dairy and Egg Products 48.00 mg 16%
82 Cheese, ricotta, whole milk Dairy and Egg Products 48.00 mg 16%
83 Fish, tilapia, farm raised, raw Finfish and Shellfish Products 47.60 mg 16%
84 Fish, cod, Atlantic, wild caught, raw Finfish and Shellfish Products 47.44 mg 16%
85 Fish, pollock, raw Finfish and Shellfish Products 46.00 mg 15%
86 Fish, tuna, light, canned in water, drained solids Finfish and Shellfish Products 36.00 mg 12%
87 Restaurant, Chinese, sweet and sour pork Restaurant Foods 24.00 mg 8%
88 Restaurant, Chinese, sweet and sour pork Restaurant Foods 24.00 mg 8%
89 Restaurant, Latino, tamale, pork Restaurant Foods 20.00 mg 7%
90 Cottage cheese, full fat, large or small curd Dairy and Egg Products 18.00 mg 6%
91 Egg, white, dried Dairy and Egg Products 17.00 mg 6%
92 Yogurt, Greek, plain, whole milk Dairy and Egg Products 16.84 mg 6%
93 Yogurt, plain, whole milk Dairy and Egg Products 14.17 mg 5%
94 Milk, whole, 3.25% milkfat, with added vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 12.00 mg 4%
95 Cheese, cottage, lowfat, 2% milkfat Dairy and Egg Products 12.00 mg 4%
96 Milk, whole, 3.25% milkfat, with added vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 12.00 mg 4%
97 Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 8.00 mg 3%
98 Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 8.00 mg 3%
99 Milk, lowfat, fluid, 1% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 5.00 mg 2%
100 Yogurt, Greek, plain, nonfat Dairy and Egg Products 5.00 mg 2%

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