Recipes · French · Beverages

Café au Lait

One serving has 94 kcal and 4 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of riboflavin (26%) and cobalamin (23%). Ready in 10 minutes.

Café au Lait
Photo: Tim Boyd from Brooklyn, CC BY 2.0 · source
  • Preparation: 5 min
  • Cooking: 5 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (245 g)
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Diets: Vegetarian, Gluten-free, Low carb
  • Contains: dairy

Ingredients

  • 120 g Coffee, brewed
  • 120 g Milk, whole
  • 5 g Sugar

Method

  1. Brew strong coffee, roughly double the usual strength.
  2. Heat the milk in a pan until steaming but not boiling, whisking briefly to froth it slightly.
  3. Pour the coffee and hot milk into a cup at the same time, in roughly equal parts.
  4. Sweeten to taste and serve immediately, while hot.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy93.8 kcal4%
Carbohydrates10.8 g
Water225 mL
Fiber0 g0%
Protein3.9 g8%
Tryptophan0.05 g
Threonine0.16 g
Isoleucine0.2 g
Leucine0.36 g
Lysine0.32 g
Methionine0.1 g
Cystine0.03 g
Phenylalanine0.2 g
Tyrosine0.19 g
Valine0.25 g
Histidine0.12 g
Fat3.9 g
Monounsaturated0.99 g
Polyunsaturated0.24 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-60.15 g
Saturated2.2 g
Trans-Fats0 g
Cholesterol12 mg
Calcium138 mg14%
Copper0.03 mg3%
Iron0.05 mg0%
Magnesium15.6 mg5%
Manganese0.03 mg2%
Phosphorus104 mg15%
Potassium217 mg5%
Selenium4.5 µg8%
Sodium54 mg
Zinc0.47 mg6%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.07 mg6%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.29 mg26%
Niacin (vitamin B3)0.34 mg2%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.75 mg15%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.04 mg3%
Folate (vitamin B9)8.4 µg2%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)0.54 µg23%
Choline20.3 mg5%
Vitamin A55.2 µg8%
Vitamin C0 mg0%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)61.2 IU10%
Vitamin E0.1 mg1%
Vitamin K0.48 µg1%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.3 kg CO2e a serving: about average for breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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