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Ingredient dictionary

Bechamel sauce on a food label: it contains milk

Bechamel sauce is a kind of sauce. It contains milk, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 401 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 105 kcal and 2.6 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20268 sourcesHow we check

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Does bechamel sauce contain an allergen?

Yes. Bechamel sauce contains milk: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it. It is made to a recipe, so any other allergen in it must be named on the label too.

Allergen	US	UK and Europe	Gulf
Milk	Required	RequiredLactose included	RequiredLactose included

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Is bechamel sauce vegan?

No. Bechamel sauce is not vegan: it is made from milk. Whether it is vegetarian depends on the make too.

VeganNot for youNot vegan: it is made from milk.

VegetarianHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product vegetarians avoid, and a label rarely says which.

Milk allergyNot for youIt contains milk.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does bechamel sauce have on a label?

In English bechamel sauce can also read “bechamel”. On European labels it is “sauce béchamel” in French, “Béchamelsauce” in German and “Bechamel” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

In Englishbechamel

French: sauce béchamel, béchamel
German: Béchamelsauce
Spanish: Bechamel
Italian: besciamella
Dutch: Bechamelsaus, bechamel
Portuguese: molho béchamel
Polish: Beszamel, sos beszamelowy
Swedish: Béchamelsås, béchamel
Danish: Hvid sovs
Norwegian: hvit saus
Finnish: Valkokastike
Czech: bešamelová omáčka
Hungarian: Besamel
Croatian: bešamel umak
Turkish: Beşamel sos

Which foods contain bechamel sauce?

Open Food Facts lists bechamel sauce in the ingredients of 401 products, most often ready meals, sandwiches and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in France, Italy and Spain.

Ready meals242
Sandwiches17
Pizzas, pies and quiches13
Pasta, rice and flour11
Savoury snacks11
Vegetables5

Products with it, by country of sale: France 225 · Italy 41 · Spain 34 · United States 26.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where bechamel sauce turns up, not how much of the market it is.

How many calories are in bechamel sauce?

Bechamel sauce has about 105 kcal per 100 g, with 2.6 g protein, 6.2 g carbohydrate and 7.4 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Bechamel sauce, prepacked” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

105kcal per 100 g

2.6g protein

6.2g carbohydrate

7.4g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 3.1 g, saturated fat 4.6 g, fibre 1.3 g, salt 0.69 g, energy 435 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11101. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is bechamel sauce?

Bechamel sauce is a kind of sauce.

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