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 1–50 of 4,233 foods
| # | Food | Category | Per 100 g | % DV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veal, variety meats and by-products, brain, cooked, braised | Lamb, Veal, and Game Products | 3100.00 mg | 1033% |
| 2 | Beef, variety meats and by-products, brain, cooked, simmered | Beef Products | 3100.00 mg | 1033% |
| 3 | Beef, variety meats and by-products, brain, raw | Beef Products | 3010.00 mg | 1003% |
| 4 | Lamb, New Zealand, imported, brains, cooked, soaked and fried | Lamb, Veal, and Game Products | 2559.00 mg | 853% |
| 5 | Pork, fresh, variety meats and by-products, brain, cooked, braised | Pork Products | 2552.00 mg | 851% |
| 6 | Lamb, variety meats and by-products, brain, cooked, pan-fried | Lamb, Veal, and Game Products | 2504.00 mg | 835% |
| 7 | Egg, yolk, dried | Dairy and Egg Products | 2307.00 mg | 769% |
| 8 | Pork, fresh, variety meats and by-products, brain, raw | Pork Products | 2195.00 mg | 732% |
| 9 | Veal, variety meats and by-products, brain, cooked, pan-fried | Lamb, Veal, and Game Products | 2120.00 mg | 707% |
| 10 | Lamb, New Zealand, imported, brains, raw | Lamb, Veal, and Game Products | 2100.00 mg | 700% |
| 11 | Lamb, variety meats and by-products, brain, cooked, braised | Lamb, Veal, and Game Products | 2043.00 mg | 681% |
| 12 | Egg, whole, dried, stabilized, glucose reduced | Dairy and Egg Products | 2017.00 mg | 672% |
| 13 | Beef, variety meats and by-products, brain, cooked, pan-fried | Beef Products | 1995.00 mg | 665% |
| 14 | Egg, whole, dried | Dairy and Egg Products | 1630.00 mg | 543% |
| 15 | Veal, variety meats and by-products, brain, raw | Lamb, Veal, and Game Products | 1590.00 mg | 530% |
| 16 | Lamb, variety meats and by-products, brain, raw | Lamb, Veal, and Game Products | 1352.00 mg | 451% |
| 17 | Egg, yolk, raw, fresh | Dairy and Egg Products | 1085.00 mg | 362% |
| 18 | Beef, New Zealand, imported, variety meats and by-products, kidney, cooked, boiled | Beef Products | 1002.00 mg | 334% |
| 19 | Egg, yolk, raw, frozen, pasteurized | Dairy and Egg Products | 991.00 mg | 330% |
| 20 | Egg, turkey, whole, fresh, raw | Dairy and Egg Products | 933.00 mg | 311% |
| 21 | Egg, yolk, raw, frozen, sugared, pasteurized | Dairy and Egg Products | 917.00 mg | 306% |
| 22 | Egg, yolk, raw, frozen, salted, pasteurized | Dairy and Egg Products | 912.00 mg | 304% |
| 23 | Egg, duck, whole, fresh, raw | Dairy and Egg Products | 884.00 mg | 295% |
| 24 | Egg, goose, whole, fresh, raw | Dairy and Egg Products | 852.00 mg | 284% |
| 25 | Egg, quail, whole, fresh, raw | Dairy and Egg Products | 844.00 mg | 281% |
| 26 | Veal, variety meats and by-products, kidneys, cooked, braised | Lamb, Veal, and Game Products | 791.00 mg | 264% |
| 27 | Fish oil, herring | Fats and Oils | 766.00 mg | 255% |
| 28 | Beef, variety meats and by-products, kidneys, cooked, simmered | Beef Products | 716.00 mg | 239% |
| 29 | Fish oil, sardine | Fats and Oils | 710.00 mg | 237% |
| 30 | Turkey, all classes, liver, cooked, simmered | Poultry Products | 648.00 mg | 216% |
| 31 | Fish, caviar, black and red, granular | Finfish and Shellfish Products | 588.00 mg | 196% |
| 32 | Egg substitute, powder | Dairy and Egg Products | 572.00 mg | 191% |
| 33 | Fish oil, cod liver | Fats and Oils | 570.00 mg | 190% |
| 34 | Lamb, New Zealand, imported, liver, cooked, soaked and fried | Lamb, Veal, and Game Products | 566.00 mg | 189% |
| 35 | Lamb, variety meats and by-products, kidneys, cooked, braised | Lamb, Veal, and Game Products | 565.00 mg | 188% |
| 36 | Chicken, liver, all classes, cooked, pan-fried | Poultry Products | 564.00 mg | 188% |
| 37 | Chicken, liver, all classes, cooked, simmered | Poultry Products | 563.00 mg | 188% |
| 38 | Lamb, New Zealand, imported, testes, cooked, soaked and fried | Lamb, Veal, and Game Products | 523.00 mg | 174% |
| 39 | Fish oil, menhaden | Fats and Oils | 521.00 mg | 174% |
| 40 | Turkey, whole, giblets, cooked, simmered | Poultry Products | 521.00 mg | 174% |
| 41 | Goose, liver, raw | Poultry Products | 515.00 mg | 172% |
| 42 | Duck, domesticated, liver, raw | Poultry Products | 515.00 mg | 172% |
| 43 | Veal, variety meats and by-products, liver, cooked, braised | Lamb, Veal, and Game Products | 511.00 mg | 170% |
| 44 | Lamb, New Zealand, imported, kidney, cooked, soaked and fried | Lamb, Veal, and Game Products | 508.00 mg | 169% |
| 45 | Pork, fresh, variety meats and by-products, spleen, cooked, braised | Pork Products | 504.00 mg | 168% |
| 46 | Lamb, variety meats and by-products, liver, cooked, braised | Lamb, Veal, and Game Products | 501.00 mg | 167% |
| 47 | Fish oil, menhaden, fully hydrogenated | Fats and Oils | 500.00 mg | 167% |
| 48 | Lamb, variety meats and by-products, liver, cooked, pan-fried | Lamb, Veal, and Game Products | 493.00 mg | 164% |
| 49 | Veal, variety meats and by-products, liver, cooked, pan-fried | Lamb, Veal, and Game Products | 485.00 mg | 162% |
| 50 | Fish oil, salmon | Fats and Oils | 485.00 mg | 162% |
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