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**UPDATE, based on factual inaccuracy in the original answer this has been edited.

There is some confusion online about the sources of cholesterol, which can come in dietary form through animal or dairy products, or can be made internally by one's own body, for example when processing trans fats:

livekindly.co:

Trans fat is added to processed foods through an industrial process where hydrogen is added to vegetable oil, which allows the oil to be solid at room temperature. On ingredients labels, it’s called “partially hydrogenated vegetable oil,” and it is used to give many packaged foods a longer shelf life.

Therefore, fully vegan food will never have cholesterol. Therefore, 1mg sounds like an error or a strange choice to round up from zero.

There is some confusion online about the sources of cholesterol, which can come in dietary form through animal or dairy products, or can be made internally by one's own body, for example when processing trans fats:

livekindly.co:

Trans fat is added to processed foods through an industrial process where hydrogen is added to vegetable oil, which allows the oil to be solid at room temperature. On ingredients labels, it’s called “partially hydrogenated vegetable oil,” and it is used to give many packaged foods a longer shelf life.

Therefore, fully vegan food will never have cholesterol. Therefore, 1mg sounds like an error or a strange choice to round up from zero.

The sources I see online are contradictory. Some claim that the only source of cholesterol is from animal or dairy products. However, others suggest that cholesterol can also come from trans fatty acids, e.g. from this page on livekindly.co:

According to Dr. Michael Greger, founder of NutritionFacts.org, LDL cholesterol is found in trans fats, which is found in processed foods and naturally in meat and dairy. The Mayo Clinic notes that this trans fats are “double trouble” for heart health due to the fact that it raises LDL levels while lowering “good” HDL levels.

Trans fat is added to processed foods through an industrial process where hydrogen is added to vegetable oil, which allows the oil to be solid at room temperature. On ingredients labels, it’s called “partially hydrogenated vegetable oil,” and it is used to give many packaged foods a longer shelf life.

Perhaps the only 'natural' source of cholesterol in unprocessed food is animal and dairy, but it can be created through heavy processing, like in trans fats.

All that said, 1mg sounds like it could be an error or rounding choice.

**UPDATE, based on factual inaccuracy in the original answer this has been edited.

There is some confusion online about the sources of cholesterol, which can come in dietary form through animal or dairy products, or can be made internally by one's own body, for example when processing trans fats:

livekindly.co:

Trans fat is added to processed foods through an industrial process where hydrogen is added to vegetable oil, which allows the oil to be solid at room temperature. On ingredients labels, it’s called “partially hydrogenated vegetable oil,” and it is used to give many packaged foods a longer shelf life.

Therefore, fully vegan food will never have cholesterol. Therefore, 1mg sounds like an error or a strange choice to round up from zero.

The sources I see online are contradictory. Some claim that the only source of cholesterol is from animal or dairy products. However, others suggest that cholesterol can also come from trans fatty acids, e.g. from this page on livekindly.co:

LDL cholesterol is found in trans fats, which is found in processed foods and naturally in meat and dairy. The Mayo Clinic notes that this trans fats are “double trouble” for heart health due to the fact that it raises LDL levels while lowering “good” HDL levels.

Trans fat is added to processed foods through an industrial process where hydrogen is added to vegetable oil, which allows the oil to be solid at room temperature. On ingredients labels, it’s called “partially hydrogenated vegetable oil,” and it is used to give many packaged foods a longer shelf life.

Perhaps the only 'natural' source of cholesterol in unprocessed food is animal and dairy, but it can be created through heavy processing, like in trans fats.

All that said, 1mg sounds like it could be an error or rounding choice.

The sources I see online are contradictory. Some claim that the only source of cholesterol is from animal or dairy products. However, others suggest that cholesterol can also come from trans fatty acids, e.g. from this page on livekindly.co:

According to Dr. Michael Greger, founder of NutritionFacts.org, LDL cholesterol is found in trans fats, which is found in processed foods and naturally in meat and dairy. The Mayo Clinic notes that this trans fats are “double trouble” for heart health due to the fact that it raises LDL levels while lowering “good” HDL levels.

Trans fat is added to processed foods through an industrial process where hydrogen is added to vegetable oil, which allows the oil to be solid at room temperature. On ingredients labels, it’s called “partially hydrogenated vegetable oil,” and it is used to give many packaged foods a longer shelf life.

Perhaps the only 'natural' source of cholesterol in unprocessed food is animal and dairy, but it can be created through heavy processing, like in trans fats.

All that said, 1mg sounds like it could be an error or rounding choice.