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Foods Highest in Cholesterol

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

OtherUnit: mg per 100g

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Foods ranked: 1,250 mg
Highest per 100g

Number one

Egg, chicken, yolk, hard-boiled

Egg products and dishes

1,250mg per 100g

50 foods ranked, values per 100g

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

Rankings

Top Foods by Nutrient

All nutrients

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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.