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🍚Macronutrients
Cholesterol
Daily requirement: 300 mg✓ EU: ≤ 20 mg/100 g = low
Dietary cholesterol barely raises LDL levels in most people – the liver regulates its own production (compensation). The DGE dropped the 300 mg limit in 2015. Only with familial hypercholesterolemia (~1 in 500 people) is strict restriction necessary. 2–3 eggs daily are considered safe for healthy adults according to current evidence. Saturated fats and trans fats affect LDL much more strongly than dietary cholesterol.
🏆 Best sources in the database
🥇🟡Raw egg yolk
1085 mg362 % DV
🥈🍽️Quail egg
844 mg281 % DV
🥉🍳Fried egg
411 mg137 % DV
4.🥚Hard-boiled egg
373 mg124 % DV
5.🥚Egg
372 mg124 % DV
6.🥚Soft-boiled egg
372 mg124 % DV
7.🍳Scrambled eggs
370 mg123 % DV
8.🥩Beef liver
275 mg92 % DV
9.🧈Ghee
256 mg85 % DV
10.🦑Squid
233 mg78 % DV
11.🧈Hollandaise sauce
230 mg77 % DV
12.🧈Butter
215 mg72 % DV
13.🍳Breakfast muffin with bacon & egg
165 mg55 % DV
14.🥩Liver sausage
158 mg53 % DV
15.🦐Shrimp
152 mg51 % DV
Highest concentration
Top 50 by daily-value percent if 2000 kcal were covered solely by this food.
🥇🍽️Quail egg
3561 % DVat 2000 kcal
🥈🟡Raw egg yolk
2246 % DVat 2000 kcal
🥉🥚Egg
1734 % DVat 2000 kcal
4.🥚Soft-boiled egg
1734 % DVat 2000 kcal
5.🦑Squid
1688 % DVat 2000 kcal
6.🍳Scrambled eggs
1655 % DVat 2000 kcal
7.🥚Hard-boiled egg
1604 % DVat 2000 kcal
8.🍳Fried egg
1398 % DVat 2000 kcal
9.🥩Beef liver
1358 % DVat 2000 kcal
10.🦐Shrimp
1192 % DVat 2000 kcal
11.🦞Lobster
951 % DVat 2000 kcal
12.🐟Saithe
500 % DVat 2000 kcal
13.🐟Pike-perch
476 % DVat 2000 kcal
14.🥩Venison
473 % DVat 2000 kcal
15.🥩Veal
457 % DVat 2000 kcal
16.🐟Sardines
455 % DVat 2000 kcal
17.🐟Pike
455 % DVat 2000 kcal
18.🦪Oysters
412 % DVat 2000 kcal
19.🦃Turkey breast
410 % DVat 2000 kcal
20.🦀Crab meat
370 % DVat 2000 kcal
21.🍳Breakfast muffin with bacon & egg
355 % DVat 2000 kcal
22.🐟Cod
349 % DVat 2000 kcal
23.🍗Chicken breast
343 % DVat 2000 kcal
24.🧈Hollandaise sauce
336 % DVat 2000 kcal
25.🦐Fried shrimp
325 % DVat 2000 kcal
26.🥩Liver sausage
323 % DVat 2000 kcal
27.🥩Pork tenderloin
317 % DVat 2000 kcal
28.🦃Ground turkey
314 % DVat 2000 kcal
29.🐟Sea bream
305 % DVat 2000 kcal
30.🍗Chicken breast fillet (cured, sliced)
296 % DVat 2000 kcal
31.🦃Turkey cold cuts
288 % DVat 2000 kcal
32.🍗Chicken thighs
287 % DVat 2000 kcal
33.🐟Smoked eel
286 % DVat 2000 kcal
34.🥓Cured pork loin
283 % DVat 2000 kcal
35.🦆Duck breast
279 % DVat 2000 kcal
36.🐟Trout
278 % DVat 2000 kcal
37.🦃Turkey breast fillet
271 % DVat 2000 kcal
38.🍲Königsberg meatballs (canned)
270 % DVat 2000 kcal
39.🐟Anchovies
270 % DVat 2000 kcal
40.🥩Beef steak
267 % DVat 2000 kcal
41.🥘Goulash (canned)
261 % DVat 2000 kcal
42.🍗Poultry fricassee (jar)
250 % DVat 2000 kcal
43.🦪Scallops
250 % DVat 2000 kcal
44.🍖Cooked ham
244 % DVat 2000 kcal
45.🥫Tuna (canned)
241 % DVat 2000 kcal
46.🥛Cream
241 % DVat 2000 kcal
47.🍽️Creme fraiche
240 % DVat 2000 kcal
48.🐟Herring
237 % DVat 2000 kcal
49.🥩Pork chop (cooked)
231 % DVat 2000 kcal
50.🐑Lamb chop
229 % DVat 2000 kcal