Nutritional Facts: White Sauce Base

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  3 tablespoons (43g)
butter
2 tablespoons (16g)
flour
1 teaspoon (6g)
salt
2 cups (488g)
milk
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.6 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.6 1 0
Ash (g) 0.9 0.1 6.0 3.5 10 3
Aspartic acid (g) 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.2 1 0
Beta-sitosterol (mg) 1.7 n/a n/a n/a 2 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 10.2 2.3 1.4 580.7 595 149
Calories 305.4 56.9 0.0 312.3 675 169
Calories (kj) 1,277.6 238.0 0.0 1,307.8 2,823 706
Campesterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 0.0 11.9 0.0 22.7 35 9
Cholesterol (mg) 91.6 0.0 0.0 68.3 160 40
Copper (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Cystine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0 0
Folate (mcg) 1.3 28.6 0.0 24.4 54 14
Folate, DFE (mcg) 1.3 45.5 0.0 24.4 71 18
Folate, food (mcg) 1.3 4.5 0.0 24.4 30 8
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 24.1 0.0 0.0 24 6
Glutamic acid (g) 0.1 0.5 0.0 3.4 4 1
Glycine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 0 0
Histidine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0 0
Iron (mg) 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.2 1 0
Isoleucine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.0 1 0
Leucine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.6 2 0
Lysine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 0.9 3.4 0.1 63.4 68 17
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0 0
Methionine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 9.0 0.0 0.0 5.2 14 4
Niacin (mg) 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.4 1 0
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.5 2 0
Phenylalanine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.8 1 0
Phosphorus (mg) 10.2 16.9 0.0 453.8 481 120
Phytosterols n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.3 0.1 0.0 0.7 2 1
Potassium (mg) 10.2 16.7 0.5 736.9 764 191
Proline (g) 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.6 2 0
Protein (g) 0.4 1.6 0.0 16.0 18 4
Retinol (mcg) 285.8 0.0 0.0 151.3 437 109
Riboflavin (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.8 1 0
Saturated Fat (g) 21.9 0.0 0.0 11.1 33 8
Selenium (mcg) 0.4 5.3 0.0 9.8 15 4
Serine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.9 1 0
Sodium (mg) 304.2 0.3 2,325.5 239.1 2,869 717
Stigmasterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sugar (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0 0
Threonine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 1.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0 0
Total Fat (g) 34.6 0.2 0.0 17.9 53 13
Trans-monoenoic Fat (g) 1.3 n/a n/a n/a 1 0
TransFatty acids (g) 1.4 n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 1 0
Valine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.1 1 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 1,064.6 0.0 0.0 673.4 1,738 435
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 291.4 0.0 0.0 161.0 452 113
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.8 2 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.3 7 2
Vitamin D (IU) 25.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 26 6
Water (g) 6.8 1.9 0.0 427.9 437 109
Zinc (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.9 2 1

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