Summary Western diets induce obesity associated with an increased risk of hypercholesterolaemia. Indeed, obesity-induced hypercholesterolaemia is correlated with increased coronary cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Male C57BL/6J mice were fed a normal diet, highfat and high-sucrose diet (HF/HS), HF/HS with green tea extract powder diet (HF/HS1GT), HF/HS with eriodictyol diet (HF/HS1Eri), or HF/HS with green tea extract powder and eriodictyol diet (HF/HS1GT1Eri) for 8 wk. Body weight was lower in the HF/HS1GT1Eri group than in the HF/HS group (28.3%, p,0.01). The HF/HS diet elicited an upregulation of total cholesterol levels (263%, p,0.001), and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels (289%, p,0.001) were significantly suppressed by the GT1Eri diet. Conversely, no change (p.0.05) was observed in the HF/HS1GT and HF/HS1Eri groups. The HF/HS diet-induced hepatic mRNA increase in 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMGCR) was ameliorated (273%) by the oral administration of green tea extract and eriodictyol. Moreover, the GT1Eri diet suppressed HF/HS diet-induced upregulation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A synthase (HMGCS) (275%, p,0.05). Furthermore, the LDL receptor (LDLR) levels were higher in the HF/HS1GT1Eri group (150%, p,0.05) than in the HF/ HS group. These results suggest that a combination of green tea and eriodictyol decreases cholesterol levels, particularly LDL levels, accompanied by the suppression of HMGCR and HMGCS levels and upregulation of LDLR levels in the liver.