Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Least Processed Custards And Pastry Creams

1 of the top 10 custards and pastry creams products sit in NOVA group 3 — the least processed end of the scale. The custards and pastry creams with the lowest NOVA processing group — fewer industrial ingredients and additives. We checked 63 custards and pastry creams with complete data.

1

Fresh vanilla custard

· 500 g

d NOVA 3 191 kcal 11 g sugar 2.5 g protein 13 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
2

Original Custard powder

Birds · 350 g

b NOVA 4 83 kcal 9.5 g sugar 3.1 g protein 1.5 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · Vegetarian
3

Custard

· 385 g

b NOVA 4 73 kcal 10.9 g sugar 2.7 g protein 0.7 g fat
4

Ambrosia Light Custard

Ambrosia · 1kg

b NOVA 4 78 kcal 7.4 g sugar 2.9 g protein 2 g fat
5

Light Devon Custard

Ambrosia · 4 x 120 g

b NOVA 4 78 kcal 7.4 g sugar 2.9 g protein 2 g fat
6

Custard powder

b NOVA 4 79 kcal 6.2 g sugar 3.7 g protein 1.7 g fat

Also: Palm oil free
7

Instant Custard

Birds · 3 x 75g

b NOVA 4 75 kcal 9.2 g sugar 0.6 g protein 1.8 g fat
8

Custard

Tesco · 385 g

b NOVA 4 68 kcal 7.9 g sugar 2.6 g protein 0.9 g fat
9

Devon custard light

Ambrosia · 500g

b NOVA 4 78 kcal 7.4 g sugar 2.9 g protein 2 g fat
10

Custard

Asda · 385g

b NOVA 4 71 kcal 8.1 g sugar 2.4 g protein 0.6 g fat

Also: Vegetarian

How we built this list

We ranked all published custards and pastry creams on Foodmetria that have a photo and the required nutrition data, using values per 100 g from the product label. Ties are broken by Nutri-Score and by how often shoppers scan the product. Rankings update automatically as label data changes. Read our methodology.

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