How many calories does a tablespoon of flour add to a sauce?
A tablespoon of flour is between 5 and 8 grams and adds about 19-28 calories to a sauce; the butter added with the same spoon is 75 calories.
The white wheat flour record of the American food database gives 364 calories for 100 grams and counts one cup as 125 grams. From this, a 15 milliliter tablespoon comes to about 7.8 grams of flour and about 28 calories; if the spoon drops to 10 milliliters the figure falls to 19.
Sources
- USDA FoodData Central 168894 100 g (Wheat flour, white, all-purpose, enriched, bleached); 1 kupa = 125 g accessed: 2026-08-22
- TÜBER 2022 — Türkiye Beslenme Rehberi s. 228 Türkiye'de yemek kaşığı hacmi standart değil; 15 mL'den 10-12 mL'ye kadar küçülmüştür (ölçü tanımı) accessed: 2026-08-22
- TÜBER 2022 — Türkiye Beslenme Rehberi Ek 2.1.1, s. 262 1 kupa = 240 mL (ölçü tanımı) accessed: 2026-08-22
- TÜBER 2022 — Türkiye Beslenme Rehberi Ek 2.1.11, s. 272 1 yemek kaşığı silme tereyağı = 8-9 g = 1 standart miktar (75 kkal) (porsiyon tanımı) accessed: 2026-08-22
- TÜBER 2022 — Türkiye Beslenme Rehberi Ek 2.3.2, s. 285 tereyağı/margarin %83 yağlı: 10 g = 74 kkal (ölçülen enerji içeriği) accessed: 2026-08-22
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