Cholesterol content of foods

	Amount of cholesterol in
			Edible por-	Refuse
			tion of 450	from
		100 gm	gm (1 lb) as	item as
		edible portion	purchased	purchased
	Item	(mg)	(mg)	(%)

Beef, raw
	with bone2	70	270	15
	without bone2	70	320	0
Brains, raw	>2000	>9000	0
Butter	250	1135	0
Caviar or fish roe	>300	>1300	0
Cheese
	cheddar	100	455	0
	cottage, creamed	15	70	0
	cream	120	545	0
	other (25% to 30% fat)	85	385	0
Cheese spread	65	295	0
Chicken, flesh only,	60		0
	raw
Crab
	in shell2	125	270	52
	meat only2	125	565	0
Egg, whole	550	2200	12
Egg white	0	0	0
Egg yolk
	fresh	1500	6800	0
	frozen	1280	5800	0
	dried	2950	13,380	0
Fish
	steak2	70	265	16
	fillet2	70	320	0
Heart, raw	150	680	0
Ice cream	45	205	0
Kidney, raw	375	1700	0
Lamb, raw
	with bone2	70	265	15
	without bone2	70	320	0
	lard and other animal	95	430	0
		 fat
Liver, raw	300	1360	0
Lobster
	whole2	200	235	74
	meat only2	200	900	0
Margarine
	all vegetable fat	0	0	0
	two-thirds animal	65	295	0
		fat, one-third
		vegetable fat
Milk
	fluid, whole	11	50	0
	dried, whole	85	385	0
	fluid, skim	3	15	0
Mutton
	with bone2	65	250	16
	without bone2	65	295	0
Oysters
	in shell2	>200	>90	90
	meat only2	>200	>900	0
Pork
	with bone2	70	260	18
	without bone2	70	320	0
Shrimp
	in shell2	125	390	31
	flesh only2	125	565	0
Sweetbreads (thymus)	250	1135	0
Veal
	with bone2	90	320	21
	without bone2	90	410	0

1Data apply to 100 gm of edible portion of the item, although it may be purchased with the refuse 	indicated and described or implied in the final column.
2Designate items that have the same chemical composition for the edible portion but differ in the amount 	of refuse.