Foods Highest in Cholesterol

Top 50 Australian foods ranked by cholesterol content per 100g, sourced from the AFCD.

OtherUnit: mg per 100g

#	Food	Group	mg/100g
1	Egg, chicken, yolk, hard-boiled	Egg products and dishes	1,250
2	Egg, chicken, yolk, raw	Egg products and dishes	1,050
3	Lamb, liver, grilled, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	585
4	Egg, chicken, whole, fried, no fat added	Egg products and dishes	554
5	Egg, chicken, whole, poached	Egg products and dishes	508
6	Prawn, banana, wild, flesh, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	507
7	Egg, chicken, whole, raw	Egg products and dishes	488
8	Egg, chicken, whole, hard-boiled	Egg products and dishes	488
9	Prawn, Western king, wild, flesh, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	461
10	Prawn, brown tiger, wild, flesh, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	445
11	Chicken, liver, fried, added butter	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	420
12	Prawn, flesh, raw (green)	Fish and seafood products and dishes	406
13	Egg, chicken, whole, scrambled, with regular fat cow's milk, no fat added	Egg products and dishes	379
14	Egg, chicken, whole, omega-3 polyunsaturate enriched, boiled	Egg products and dishes	347
15	Chicken, liver, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	345
16	Egg, chicken, whole, omega-3 polyunsaturate enriched, raw	Egg products and dishes	340
17	Ghee, clarified butter	Fats and oils	290
18	Prawn, flesh, cooked from raw, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	264
19	Lobster or crayfish, flesh, purchased steamed, poached or boiled, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	262
20	Squid or calamari, fried, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	249
21	Lobster, southern rock, wild, flesh, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	236
22	Prawn, black tiger, aquacultured, purchased cooked	Fish and seafood products and dishes	218
23	Prawn, endeavour, wild, flesh, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	210
24	Prawn, school, wild, flesh, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	204
25	Prawn, banana, aquacultured, purchased cooked	Fish and seafood products and dishes	204
26	Squid or calamari, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	199
27	Cake, mud, dark chocolate, homemade, uniced	Cereal based products and dishes	183
28	Chicken, skin, composite, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	180
29	Prosciutto	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	180
30	Abalone, green lip, wild, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	174
31	Duck, lean flesh, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	173
32	Duck, breast, lean, fried, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	171
33	Chicken, skin, composite, casseroled, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	170
34	Butter, plain, salted	Fats and oils	167
35	Butter, plain, reduced salt	Fats and oils	167
36	Butter, plain, no added salt	Fats and oils	167
37	Chicken, wing, lean flesh, skin & fat, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	164
38	Paste, shrimp	Fish and seafood products and dishes	163
39	Sardine, Australian, whole, fried, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	162
40	Sprat, blue, wild caught, flesh, skin & bones, fried, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	162
41	Chicken, drumstick, lean flesh, skin & fat, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	162
42	Chicken, drumstick, lean flesh, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	160
43	Chicken, barbecued, with skin	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	160
44	Chicken, wing, lean flesh, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	160
45	Abalone, black lip, wild, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	152
46	Cake, mud, dark chocolate, homemade, chocolate ganache icing	Cereal based products and dishes	152
47	Beef, corned, canned	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	150
48	Dairy blend, butter & edible oil spread (~80% fat), reduced salt (sodium 400 mg/100 g)	Fats and oils	150
49	Dairy blend, butter & edible oil spread (~80% fat), sodium 600 mg/100 g	Fats and oils	150
50	Chicken, thigh, lean flesh, fried, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	150

Top Foods by Nutrient

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Source: Australian Food Composition Database (AFCD) Release 3, FSANZ. All values per 100g of edible portion. Rankings exclude foods where cholesterol value is zero or not measured.