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Fat Sources: saturated and total fat content in cheese, milk, egg, and cream.
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| Fat food sources | Saturated fat (grams/100 grams food) | Total fat (lipid) (grams/100 grams food) |
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Cheese
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| Cheese, cream | 21.97 | 34.90 |
| Cheese, cheddar | 21.09 | 33.16 |
| Cheese, pasteurized process, american, with di sodium phosphate | 19.69 | 31.25 |
| Cheese, muenster | 19.11 | 30.05 |
| Cheese, blue | 18.67 | 28.75 |
| Cheese, parmesan, grated | 17.30 | 28.60 |
| Cheese, swiss | 17.78 | 27.80 |
| Cheese, provolone | 17.08 | 26.63 |
| Cheese, pasteurized process, swiss, with di sodium phosphate | 16.05 | 25.01 |
| Cheese, camembert | 15.26 | 24.26 |
| Cheese, neufchatel | 14.80 | 23.42 |
| Cheesecake commercially prepared | 9.92 | 22.50 |
| Cheese, mozzarella, whole milk | 13.15 | 22.36 |
| Cheese, feta | 14.95 | 21.27 |
| Cheese spread, pasteurized process, american, without di sodium phosphate | 13.33 | 21.23 |
| Cheese, mozzarella, part skim milk, low moisture | 12.67 | 20.04 |
| Cheese sauce, prepared from recipe | 8.03 | 14.92 |
| Cheese, ricotta, whole milk | 8.30 | 12.98 |
| Cheese, ricotta, part skim milk | 4.93 | 7.91 |
| Cheese, low fat, cheddar or colby | 4.34 | 6.98 |
| Cheese, cottage, creamed, large or small curd | 2.85 | 4.51 |
| Cheese, cottage, creamed, with fruit | 2.31 | 3.85 |
| Cheese, cottage, lowfat, 2% milkfat | 1.22 | 1.93 |
| Cheese, cream, fat free | 0.90 | 1.35 |
| Cheese, cottage, lowfat, 1% milkfat | 0.65 | 1.02 |
| Cheese, cottage, nonfat, uncreamed, dry, large or small curd | 0.27 | 0.42 |
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Egg
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| Egg, yolk, raw, fresh | 9.55 | 26.57 |
| Egg, whole, cooked, fried | 4.29 | 15.30 |
| Egg, whole, cooked, scrambled | 3.68 | 12.21 |
| Egg, whole, cooked, hard-boiled | 3.27 | 10.62 |
| Egg, whole, raw, fresh | 2.67 | 9.95 |
| Egg, whole, raw, fresh | 2.73 | 9.94 |
| Egg, whole, raw, fresh | 4.08 | 9.93 |
| Egg, whole, cooked, poached | 3.09 | 9.90 |
| Eggnog | 4.44 | 7.48 |
| Egg substitute, liquid | 0.66 | 3.31 |
| Egg, white, raw, fresh | 0.00 | 0.18 |
More list of saturated fat food sources: Meat and Meat products (beef, pork, chicken)
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More food stuffs high/low in cholesterol
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Foods low in cholesterol content - USDA
Plant food that help lower cholesterol
List of food totally free of cholesterol
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Cookbooks for low cholesterol diet
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References
Denke MA. 2006. Dietary fats, fatty acids, and their effects on lipoproteins. Curr Atheroscler Rep. 8(6):466-71.
Grundy S.M. 1989. Monounsaturated fatty acids and cholesterol metabolism: implications for dietary recommendations. Journal of Nutrition. 1989 Apr;119(4):529-33.
Hodson, L., Skeaff, C.M., Chisholm, W.A.2001. The effect of replacing dietary saturated fat with polyunsaturated or monounsaturated fat on plasma lipids in free-living young adults. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 55: 908-915.
Data adapted from USDA National Nutrient Database Reference, Release 18