Cholesterol

Which products contain cholesterol? Which you should add to your daily menu?

We list 678 foods with cholesterol data per 100 g. The highest is Egg yolk with 1,085 mg, and the median food has 1,085 mg.

Dietary cholesterol comes only from animal foods. The FDA Daily Value is 300 mg.

Products with biggest amount of
cholesterol

#Foodper 100 g% DV*
1Egg yolk1,085 mg362%
2Caviar588 mg196%
3Goose liver515 mg172%
4Calamari464 mg155%
5Fried egg401 mg134%
6Egg over easy401 mg134%
7Fried chicken liver392 mg131%
8Boiled egg (hard or soft)373 mg124%
9Egg372 mg124%
10Jumbo egg372 mg124%
11Poached egg369 mg123%
12Egg salad360 mg120%
13Poultry offal357 mg119%
14Chicken liver345 mg115%
15Deviled eggs343 mg114%
16Cheese omelet296 mg99%
17Ghee256 mg85%
18Egg benedict243 mg81%
19Calamari rings242 mg81%
20Fried calamari242 mg81%
21Squid233 mg78%
22Egg foo yung217 mg72%
23Stick of butter215 mg72%
24Butter215 mg72%
25Jumbo shrimp196 mg65%
26Fried egg sandwich181 mg60%
27Egg salad sandwich179 mg60%
28Cream puff171 mg57%
29Sponge cake170 mg57%
30Creme Brulee168 mg56%
31Fried shrimp167 mg56%
32Egg McMuffin McDonalds165 mg55%

*Share of the FDA Daily Value for adults (2,000 kcal diet) provided by 100 g of the food.

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