CHOLESTEROL CONTENT OF SOME MALAYSIAN READY -TO - EAT MEALS


Type of Fat:

Saturated fats tends to raise the level of serum cholesterol and polyunsaturated fats, typically of vegetable origin have the opposite effect. Modify method of cooking from deep fat frying to steaming, broiling, baking and stewing.
 

Fat high in Cholesterol / Saturated Fat

 Fat low in Saturated Fat
Butter  (Mentega )
Lard  (Lemak Babi )
Ghee  (Minyak Sapi )
Hard Margarine  (Marjerin )
Tallow/Mutton/Chicken Fat  (Lemak Daging      Lembu, Ayam dan Kambing)
Cream  (Kerim )
Coconut oil  (Minyak Kelapa )
Coconut milk  (Santan )
Egg yolk  (Kuning Telor )		 Corn oil  (Minyak Jagung )
Soya bean oil  (Minyak Kacang Soya)
Sunflower oil  (Minyak Bunga Matahari)
Peanut oil  (Minyak Kacang)
Olive oil  (Minyak Zaitun )
Palm oil  (Minyak Kelapa Sawit )
Polyunsaturated margarine  (Majerin 'Polyunasaturated')
Salad cream/mayonnaise made from  vegetable oil  (Kerim Salad/Mayonaise  daripada minyak sayuran)

Name of Food

Cholestrol mg/100 gm of
edible portion
Liver Rendang 215.0 mg
Fried Mee - Mamak Style 159.4
Dosai + Egg 84.8
Prawn Sambal 79.0
Fried Kueh Teow With Cockles 64.8
Lup Cheong 55.8
Satay 54.8
Fried Rices - Chinese Style 47.7
Mutton Curry 46.8
Dumpling - Big 46.3
Dumpling - Sang Yoke 17.3
Fried Kuae Teow  - Hokkien Style 16.9
Fried Kuae Teow  - Kantonis Style 16.3
Chicken Rice - Chinese Style 13.7
Dumpling - 'Char Siew' 13.0
Nasi Beriani 11.0
Barbeque Pork Rice - 'Char Siew' 10.9
Lor Mai Kai 10.5
Nasi Lemak 7.0
Curry Laksa 6.8
   
Brain - Pig 800
Egg - Duck  (whole) 650
Egg - Hen  (whole) 415
Egg - Quail  (whole) 415
Anchovies - Whole Dried Ikan Bilis 383
Prawn - Dried 353
Liver - Pig 180
Prawn - Fresh 130
Cuttlefish 120
Butter 120
Crab Meat 100
Chicken Meat 85
Anchovies - Minus Head and Entrails (Cleaned) 58
Mutton 55
Beef 45
Cockles 45
Fish - Kembong 35
Fish - Kurau 4
Fish - Tenggiri 3

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Note: Cholestrol is present only in animal foods
Sources : Medical Journal Malaysia Vol. XXXIII No. 4 June, 1979
Dipetik dari Risalah Institut Jantung Negara.
No. 145 Jalan Tun Razak,
50400 K.Lumpur
Malaysia