Chocolate milk vs. Béchamel sauce — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between chocolate milk and béchamel sauce?

Chocolate milk is higher in copper, yet béchamel sauce is higher in monounsaturated fat and polyunsaturated fat.
Béchamel sauce's daily need coverage for sodium is 12% more.
Chocolate milk has 8 times more fiber than béchamel sauce. While chocolate milk has 0.8g of fiber, béchamel sauce has only 0.1g.
The amount of sugar in béchamel sauce is lower.

We used Milk, chocolate, fluid, commercial, whole, with added vitamin A and vitamin D and Sauce, homemade, white, thin types in this article.

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Mineral Comparison

Mineral comparison score is based on the number of minerals by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Chocolate milk

Béchamel sauce

Contains more IronIron	+14.3%
Contains more CopperCopper	+400%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-81.7%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+220.8%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+15.4%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+12.5%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+73.7%

~equal in Potassium ~163mg

~equal in Zinc ~0.42mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~101mg

Vitamin Comparison

Vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Chocolate milk

Béchamel sauce

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+12.5%
Contains more CholineCholine	+20.6%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+170.4%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+142.9%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+48.6%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+13.6%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+108.8%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+14.9%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+100%
Contains more FolateFolate	+80%

~equal in Vitamin D ~1.2µg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.041mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0.3µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Sodium	60mg	328mg	12%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.124g	1.586g	10%
Copper	0.065mg	0.013mg	6%
Vitamin A	27µg	73µg	5%
Fats	3.39g	6.73g	5%
Monounsaturated fat	0.99g	2.67g	4%
Fiber	0.8g	0.1g	3%
Selenium	1.9µg	3.3µg	3%
Vitamin B2	0.162mg	0.184mg	2%
Vitamin B1	0.037mg	0.055mg	2%
Manganese	0.077mg	0.024mg	2%
Vitamin B5	0.295mg	0.339mg	1%
Vitamin B12	0.33µg	0.3µg	1%
Protein	3.17g	3.77g	1%
Folate	5µg	9µg	1%
Choline	17mg	14.1mg	1%
Vitamin D	1.3µg	1.2µg	1%
Vitamin B3	0.125mg	0.261mg	1%
Calories	83kcal	105kcal	1%
Calcium	112mg	126mg	1%
Vitamin E	0.07mg	0.17mg	1%
Cholesterol	12mg	8mg	1%
Carbs	10.34g	7.4g	1%
Vitamin C	0.9mg	0.8mg	0%
Net carbs	9.54g	7.3g	N/A
Vitamin D	51IU	49IU	0%
Magnesium	13mg	15mg	0%
Potassium	167mg	163mg	0%
Iron	0.24mg	0.21mg	0%
Sugar	9.54g	4.78g	N/A
Zinc	0.41mg	0.42mg	0%
Phosphorus	101mg	101mg	0%
Vitamin B6	0.04mg	0.041mg	0%
Vitamin K	0.3µg	0.6µg	0%
Saturated fat	2.104g	2.152g	0%
Tryptophan	0.041mg	0.046mg	0%
Threonine	0.135mg	0.147mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.164mg	0.198mg	0%
Leucine	0.3mg	0.32mg	0%
Lysine	0.265mg	0.259mg	0%
Methionine	0.083mg	0.082mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.164mg	0.157mg	0%
Valine	0.208mg	0.219mg	0%
Histidine	0.096mg	0.089mg	0%
Caffeine	1mg	0mg	0%