Food | Cholesterol [mg / 100g] |
| Bresaola | 67 |
| Cup | 96 |
| sausage | 98 |
| Mortadella | 70 |
| Flat bacon | 80 |
| Liver pate | 169 |
| Baked ham | 62 |
| Parma ham | 72 |
| San Daniele raw ham | 69 |
| Hunter salami | 99 |
| Fabriano Salami | 88 |
| Feline salami | 95 |
| Milan salami | 90 |
| Hungarian Salami | 94 |
| Liver sausage | 184 |
| Speck | 90 |
| Frankfurters | 62 |
| trotter | 95 |
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Cholesterol in cured meats
Along with dairy products, egg yolk and some offal, cured meats are the foods with the highest cholesterol content.
All cured meats contain cholesterol and saturated fats; these are foods to be chosen scrupulously and with a moderate frequency of consumption in the diet, especially in the diet of those who already manifest hypercholesterolemia and / or familiarity for vascular diseases of an atherogenic nature (atherosclerotic plaques and increased risk of coronary heart disease and cerebral stroke). The cured meats can be classified as salted and stuffed :
- Salted: they are intact, NOT ground or mechanically separated (see mechanical separation of the meat) and consist of "muscle with relative fat" preserved. Common examples are: prosciutto crudo, speck, loin, capocollo, rolled pancetta, and bresaola. Externally they can be salted, spiced or coated with suet (inedible fat) and / or smoked to favor their maturation and preservation; others undergo pressing (crackling). Being foods NOT integrated with other fats, they have a cholesterol content that can be traced back to the starting raw material and therefore variable according to the state of dehydration. NB . Roast beef, fries and roasts are not to be considered real "salted meats" although they can be eaten in thin slices and available at the salami counter.
- Sausages: they can be raw (salami, sausages, dried sausages, finocchiona, cotechino, zampone, pot salami, etc.) or cooked (mortadella, wurstel, coppa and cooked cracklings, etc.). They are minced meat and added with animal fat, pork rind, salt, spices, wine etc. and generally stuffed into an animal or synthetic gut; they can undergo seasoning and / or smoking. On average, their cholesterol content, like that of saturated fat, is greater than salted meats. NB . The cooked ham and especially the shoulder have processing characteristics more similar to a sausage but with nutritional values similar to salted meats.
Some sausages must be cooked at home; in this case it is possible to reduce the level of fat and cholesterol by making the cooking liquid drain (both when cooking in water or when grilling or grilling).
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