Foods Highest in Cholesterol

Top 50 whole foods per 100g, from USDA Standard Reference and Foundation databases

# Food Amount % DV
1 Beef, variety meats and by-products, brain, cooked, simmered 3100 MG 1033%
2 Veal, variety meats and by-products, brain, cooked, braised 3100 MG 1033%
3 Beef, variety meats and by-products, brain, raw 3010 MG 1003%
4 Lamb, New Zealand, imported, brains, cooked, soaked and fried 2559 MG 853%
5 Pork, fresh, variety meats and by-products, brain, cooked, braised 2552 MG 851%
6 Lamb, variety meats and by-products, brain, cooked, pan-fried 2504 MG 835%
7 Egg, yolk, dried 2340 MG 780%
8 Egg, yolk, dried 2307 MG 769%
9 Pork, fresh, variety meats and by-products, brain, raw 2195 MG 732%
10 Veal, variety meats and by-products, brain, cooked, pan-fried 2120 MG 707%
11 Lamb, New Zealand, imported, brains, raw 2100 MG 700%
12 Lamb, variety meats and by-products, brain, cooked, braised 2043 MG 681%
13 Egg, whole, dried, stabilized, glucose reduced 2017 MG 672%
14 Beef, variety meats and by-products, brain, cooked, pan-fried 1995 MG 665%
15 Egg, whole, dried 1700 MG 567%
16 Egg, whole, dried 1630 MG 543%
17 Veal, variety meats and by-products, brain, raw 1590 MG 530%
18 Lamb, variety meats and by-products, brain, raw 1352 MG 451%
19 Egg, yolk, raw, fresh 1085 MG 362%
20 Beef, New Zealand, imported, variety meats and by-products, kidney, cooked, boiled 1002 MG 334%
21 Egg, yolk, raw, frozen, pasteurized 1000 MG 333%
22 Egg, yolk, raw, frozen, pasteurized 991 MG 330%
23 Egg, turkey, whole, fresh, raw 933 MG 311%
24 Egg, yolk, raw, frozen, sugared, pasteurized 917 MG 306%
25 Egg, yolk, raw, frozen, salted, pasteurized 912 MG 304%
26 Egg, duck, whole, fresh, raw 884 MG 295%
27 Egg, goose, whole, fresh, raw 852 MG 284%
28 Egg, quail, whole, fresh, raw 844 MG 281%
29 Veal, variety meats and by-products, kidneys, cooked, braised 791 MG 264%
30 Fish oil, herring 766 MG 255%
31 Beef, variety meats and by-products, kidneys, cooked, simmered 716 MG 239%
32 Fish oil, sardine 710 MG 237%
33 Turkey, all classes, liver, cooked, simmered 648 MG 216%
34 Fish, caviar, black and red, granular 588 MG 196%
35 Egg substitute, powder 572 MG 191%
36 Fish oil, cod liver 570 MG 190%
37 Lamb, New Zealand, imported, liver, cooked, soaked and fried 566 MG 189%
38 Lamb, variety meats and by-products, kidneys, cooked, braised 565 MG 188%
39 Chicken, liver, all classes, cooked, pan-fried 564 MG 188%
40 Chicken, liver, all classes, cooked, simmered 563 MG 188%
41 Lamb, New Zealand, imported, testes, cooked, soaked and fried 523 MG 174%
42 Turkey, whole, giblets, cooked, simmered 521 MG 174%
43 Fish oil, menhaden 521 MG 174%
44 Goose, liver, raw 515 MG 172%
45 Duck, domesticated, liver, raw 515 MG 172%
46 Veal, variety meats and by-products, liver, cooked, braised 511 MG 170%
47 Lamb, New Zealand, imported, kidney, cooked, soaked and fried 508 MG 169%
48 Pork, fresh, variety meats and by-products, spleen, cooked, braised 504 MG 168%
49 Lamb, variety meats and by-products, liver, cooked, braised 501 MG 167%
50 Fish oil, menhaden, fully hydrogenated 500 MG 167%