Nutritional Facts: Basic Creamy Cheese Sauce

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  1 tablespoon (14g)
butter
2 tablespoons (16g)
flour
1 cup (244g)
milk
1/2 cup (57g)
cheese
1/4 cup (25g)
parmesan cheese
1 to taste (0g)
salt
1 to taste (0g)
pepper
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 n/a n/a 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Arginine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.4 n/a n/a 1 0
Ash (g) 0.3 0.1 1.8 2.5 2.0 n/a n/a 7 0
Aspartic acid (g) 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.7 0.7 n/a n/a 2 0
Beta-sitosterol (mg) 0.6 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 3.4 2.3 290.4 280.8 277.3 n/a n/a 854 27
Calories 101.8 56.9 156.2 187.0 107.8 n/a n/a 610 19
Calories (kj) 425.9 238.0 653.9 783.1 451.3 n/a n/a 2,552 80
Campesterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 0.0 11.9 11.3 4.7 1.0 n/a n/a 29 1
Cholesterol (mg) 30.5 0.0 34.2 36.2 22.0 n/a n/a 123 4
Copper (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0 0
Cystine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Folate (mcg) 0.4 28.6 12.2 2.8 2.5 n/a n/a 47 1
Folate, DFE (mcg) 0.4 45.5 12.2 2.8 2.5 n/a n/a 63 2
Folate, food (mcg) 0.4 4.5 12.2 2.8 2.5 n/a n/a 22 1
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 24.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 24 1
Fructose n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 0.0 0.5 1.7 2.3 2.2 n/a n/a 7 0
Glycine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 n/a n/a 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.3 n/a n/a 1 0
Iron (mg) 0.0 0.7 0.1 0.5 0.2 n/a n/a 2 0
Isoleucine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 n/a n/a 2 0
Lactose n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.8 1.0 0.9 n/a n/a 3 0
Lysine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.1 0.7 n/a n/a 3 0
Magnesium (mg) 0.3 3.4 31.7 17.0 9.5 n/a n/a 62 2
Maltose n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Methionine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.3 n/a n/a 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 3.0 0.0 2.6 4.0 2.1 n/a n/a 12 0
Niacin (mg) 0.0 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.6 0.1 n/a n/a 1 0
Phenylalanine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.5 n/a n/a 2 0
Phosphorus (mg) 3.4 16.9 226.9 226.0 182.3 n/a n/a 655 20
Phytosterols n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.3 n/a n/a 2 0
Potassium (mg) 3.4 16.7 368.4 205.1 31.3 n/a n/a 625 20
Proline (g) 0.0 0.2 0.8 1.1 1.2 n/a n/a 3 0
Protein (g) 0.1 1.6 8.0 11.1 9.6 n/a n/a 30 1
Retinol (mcg) 95.3 0.0 75.6 83.6 55.8 n/a n/a 310 10
Riboflavin (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.1 n/a n/a 1 0
Saturated Fat (g) 7.3 0.0 5.6 8.7 4.3 n/a n/a 26 1
Selenium (mcg) 0.1 5.3 4.9 9.2 4.4 n/a n/a 24 1
Serine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.6 n/a n/a 2 0
Sodium (mg) 101.4 0.3 119.6 545.8 382.3 n/a n/a 1,149 36
Stigmasterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Sugar (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.2 n/a n/a 0 0
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Threonine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.4 n/a n/a 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.3 0.0 n/a n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Total Fat (g) 11.5 0.2 8.9 13.8 7.2 n/a n/a 42 1
Trans-monoenoic Fat (g) 0.4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
TransFatty acids (g) 0.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 n/a n/a 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 0.6 n/a n/a 2 0
Valine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.7 0.6 n/a n/a 2 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 354.9 0.0 336.7 398.3 216.3 n/a n/a 1,306 41
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 97.1 0.0 80.5 89.8 57.3 n/a n/a 325 10
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.7 0.6 n/a n/a 2 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 3.7 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 4 0
Vitamin D (IU) 8.5 0.0 n/a n/a 5.3 n/a n/a 14 0
Water (g) 2.3 1.9 214.0 24.4 5.2 n/a n/a 248 8
Zinc (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.9 1.7 1.0 n/a n/a 4 0

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