Cardiovascular diseases represent 31% of deaths worldwide (World Health Organization, WHO, 2017). Among the controllable risk factors (such as diet, physical inactivity, and smoking), a high cholesterol intake from animal fats has been associated with the development of coronary artery disease and hypertension (Oggioni et al., 2015). In bovine milk, cholesterol (3-hydroxy-5,6-cholestene; the major sterol in whole milk) is a nonpolar compound present in concentrations of 10 to 30 mg/dl (Jensen, 2002). Lipids of milk are secreted in the form of fat globules, which are enveloped by a biological membrane (milk fat globule membrane; MFGM). Cholesterol is transported in milk fat globules and associates easily with phospholipids of the MFGM (MacGibbon & Taylor, 2006). Milk fat globules contain components that have beneficial properties for health such vitamins, conjugated linoleic acid, phos