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White sauce, sweet, made with skimmed milk, homemade

Sweet white sauce made with skimmed milk is a homemade milk-based sauce. It provides carbohydrate, fat and protein, as well as calcium. In the recipe described, each 100g contains 19g of carbohydrate, including 13g of sugars, alongside 5.3g of fat and 131mg of calcium. These figures refer to the prepared sauce rather than the milk used to make it.

Calcium helps maintain bones and teeth and supports normal muscle function. Although this sauce is made with skimmed milk, the finished recipe contains fat, including saturated fat, and sugars. These are relevant when considering overall sugar, saturated fat or energy intake. Full nutrient figures are shown in the tables below.

Nutrition per 100g

Nutrient

Per 100g

Energy

134 kcal

Energy

565 kJ

Fat

5.3g

of which saturates

1.8g

Carbohydrate

19g

of which sugars

13g

Fibre

0.3g

Protein

4.1g

Salt

0.24g

Water

72g

Cholesterol

4.3mg

Vitamins and minerals per 100g

Nutrient

Per 100g

Vitamin C

Trace

Thiamin (B1)

0.04mg

Riboflavin (B2)

0.21mg

Niacin (B3)

0.2mg

Vitamin B6

0.06mg

Vitamin B12

0.8µg

Folate

5µg

Calcium

131mg

Iron

0.17mg

Magnesium

13mg

Phosphorus

103mg

Potassium

172mg

Sodium

95mg

Zinc

0.5mg

Copper

0.02mg

Selenium

1µg

Other types of white sauce

Food

Calories per 100g

Protein per 100g

Fat per 100g

Fibre per 100g

White sauce, sweet, made with semi-skimmed milk, homemade

146 kcal

4g

6.7g

0.3g

White sauce, savoury, made with semi-skimmed milk, homemade

131 kcal

4.4g

8g

0.3g

White sauce, savoury, made with skimmed milk, homemade

118 kcal

4.5g

6.5g

0.3g

White sauce, sweet, made with whole milk, homemade

163 kcal

4g

8.6g

0.3g

White sauce, savoury, made with whole milk, homemade

158 kcal

4.4g

11g

0.3g

White sauce, packet mix, made up with semi-skimmed milk

73 kcal

4.1g

2.5g

–

White sauce, packet mix, made up with skimmed milk

61 kcal

4.2g

1g

–

White sauce, packet mix, made up with whole milk

90 kcal

4.1g

4.4g

–

About these figures

Values are per 100g of the food as described (Recipe). "Trace" means only a very small amount was found. Nutrients that were not measured are not shown. Salt is calculated from sodium.

Further reading and references

  • Public Health England. McCance and Widdowson's The Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset 2021. GOV.UK.

Article history

The information on this page is written and peer reviewed by qualified clinicians.
  • 4 Nov 2026 | Latest version
  • 3 Nov 2026 | Originally published