About this page: Data is drawn from Nutriofia's structured database of published sources (CoFID, USDA, and published analytical literature). The coverage bar shows what percentage of our 1041 foods have been measured for Cholesterol. This is a research tool — nothing here constitutes medical advice.

About Cholesterol

A fat-like substance found in animal foods and made by the body; overall dietary pattern (especially saturated and trans fats) has a bigger impact on blood cholesterol than dietary cholesterol alone.

⚠️ Too little

No dietary deficiency; the body produces cholesterol as needed.

🚫 Too much

High intakes usually reflect diets high in animal foods and may coincide with higher saturated fat; focus on overall dietary pattern.

Sources: NHS

Foods Containing Cholesterol

789 foods with recorded data, ranked highest first. Showing 1–100 of 789. Values per 100g fresh weight.

# Food Per 100g Level
★ Omelette, plain, homemade 303 mg
★ Omelette, curried, homemade 282.7 mg
★ Omelette, cheese, homemade 232.4 mg
4 Roulade, spinach 122.6 mg
5 Omelette, Spanish, homemade 120 mg
6 Cheese, Brie, with outer rind removed 93 mg
7 Shortbread 81.9 mg
8 Aubergine, fried in butter 73 mg
9 Yorkshire pudding, made with whole milk 57.3 mg
10 Stuffing, sage and onion, homemade 50 mg
11 Pudding, Christmas, homemade 41.2 mg
12 Pudding, Christmas, retail 36 mg
13 Biscuits, cookies, chocolate chip, American style 35.5 mg
14 Pastichio 33.1 mg
15 Sauce, pasta, carbonara type 30.9 mg
16 Coffee, Irish 22.3 mg
17 Pasta, egg, white, dried, raw 20.1 mg
18 Pudding, rice, homemade, with whole milk 19.1 mg
19 Chocolate covered wafer biscuit 16.3 mg
20 Horseradish sauce 14 mg
21 Pudding, rice, homemade, with semi-skimmed milk 12.7 mg
22 Porridge, made with whole milk 12.5 mg
23 Pudding, rice, homemade, with skimmed milk 10.4 mg
24 Tomato sauce, homemade 10 mg
25 Potatoes, old, mashed with butter 9.9 mg
26 Chocolate covered caramel and biscuit fingers 9.5 mg
27 Pudding, rice, canned 9 mg
28 Doughnuts, ring, iced 8.9 mg
29 Breadsticks, plain 6.2 mg
30 Cereal bars, with fruit and/or nuts, no chocolate, unfortified 5.9 mg
31 Stuffing mix, dried 5 mg
32 Curry, vegetable, ready meal, without rice, cooked 3.6 mg
33 Porridge, made with milk and water 3.1 mg
34 Coffee, infusion, average, with single cream 3 mg
35 Coffee, cappuccino, latte 2.8 mg
36 Chocolate nut spread 2 mg
37 Coffeemate, whitener powder 2 mg
38 Tea, infusion, average, with whole milk 2 mg
39 Coffee, infusion, average, with whole milk 2 mg
40 Coffee, instant, made up with water and whole milk 2 mg
41 Muesli, Swiss style, unfortified 1.7 mg
42 Currant buns, retail 1.5 mg
43 Fig Rolls 1.3 mg
44 Coffee, instant, made up with water and semi-skimmed milk 1 mg
45 Re-fried beans 1 mg
46 Tea, infusion, average, with semi-skimmed milk 1 mg
47 Coffee, infusion, average, with semi-skimmed milk 1 mg
48 Stuffing mix, dried, assorted flavours, made up 1 mg
49 Soup, mushroom, carton, chilled 1 mg
50 Wheatgerm 0.4 mg
51 Rice, red, raw 0.3 mg
52 Flour, soya 0.3 mg
53 Rice, brown, basmati, raw 0.3 mg
54 Porridge oats, unfortified 0.3 mg
55 Rolled Oats 0.3 mg
56 Cabbage, red, cooked with apple 0.3 mg
57 Rice (Brown, Long Grain) 0.2 mg
58 Rice (Brown, Short Grain) 0.2 mg
59 Rice, brown, wholegrain, raw 0.2 mg
60 Red rice, boiled in unsalted water 0.1 mg
61 Flour, gari (cassava flour) 0.1 mg
62 Rice, brown, basmati, boiled in unsalted water 0.1 mg
63 Rice, brown, wholegrain, boiled in unsalted water 0.1 mg
64 Tortilla, wheat, soft 0.1 mg
65 Mace, ground 0 mg
66 Spinach, baby, boiled in unsalted water 0 mg
67 Kohl rabi, raw 0 mg
68 Pears, average, raw, flesh only 0 mg
69 Flour, chapati, brown 0 mg
70 Figs, dried, stewed without sugar 0 mg
71 Quinoa (Grain) 0 mg
72 Lentils, red, split, dried, raw 0 mg
73 Sev/ganthia, homemade 0 mg
74 Potatoes, old, baked, flesh and skin 0 mg
75 Oil, coconut 0 mg
76 Arrowhead, boiled in unsalted water 0 mg
77 Bananas, flesh only 0 mg
78 Rosemary, fresh 0 mg
79 Pears, raw 0 mg
80 Sweetcorn, dried 0 mg
81 Yeast, dried 0 mg
82 Squash, acorn, raw 0 mg
83 Chestnuts, kernel only, raw 0 mg
84 Beans, cluster, raw 0 mg
85 Plums, yellow, flesh and skin, raw, weighed with stones 0 mg
86 Taro leaves, raw 0 mg
87 Tahini paste 0 mg
88 Beans, pigeon peas, dahl, dried, boiled in unsalted water 0 mg
89 Redcurrants, stewed without sugar 0 mg
90 Minibreads, toasted, retail 0 mg
91 Tamarind leaves, fresh 0 mg
92 Apples, eating, raw (flesh + skin) 0 mg
93 Tofu, soya bean, steamed 0 mg
94 Lager, alcohol-free 0 mg
95 Parsnip, raw 0 mg
96 Mangoes, ripe, flesh only, raw, weighed with skin and stone 0 mg
97 Mandarin oranges, canned in juice, whole contents 0 mg
98 Brown Lentils (Dry) 0 mg
99 Sweet potato, steamed 0 mg
100 Cabbage, green, boiled in unsalted water 0 mg

* Values are per 100g fresh weight. % NRV = percentage of EU Nutrient Reference Value. Bar shows relative level compared to the highest value across all foods in the database.

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Data sources: Standard nutrients: McCance & Widdowson's Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), Public Health England. EU Nutrient Reference Values: Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 (Annex XIII). All values per 100g fresh weight unless stated. Nothing here constitutes medical advice. Nutriofia database · Argarth Collective Ltd · Company No. 16864945.