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Ambrosia Banana Custard
by geodougal
I love custard! I'm a huge kid when it comes to custard and I'm very happy to eat it on its own, poured over a pudding, hot or cold! When I was younger I remember having these all of the time as a dessert so when I saw them in Tesco's and remembered how I used to love them so much I had to pop a few pots into my trolley! This particular ... custard pot is made by the ambrosia food company which is famous for its naturally low-fat products made in the heart of Devonshire. The ambrosia creamery started off in 1930 producing tinned rice pudding and since then has continued to provide us with the creamy tasting ambrosia desserts we have grown to love!
~ Product and availability ~
Ambrosia custard pots are available in most major supermarkets such as Tesco's, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrison's. You can buy these little individual pots in a range of flavours including Banana (the one im reviewing), chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, original and toffee for around 45p. You can nearly always find them on offer at any 6 pots for £2.00 which is a saving of around 70p. Ambrosia also sell other varieties of desserts including tins of regular custard and rice pudding, flavoured rice pudding snack pots, jelly puds, crumble puds, fruit flakes and sponge puddings.
~ Packaging ~
Ambrosia custard pots come in a plastic 150g tub. The pots design has been updated since Dooyoo posted this product and is now a fieldy farm scene with the grass being the colour of the flavour of custard, so yellow for banana, pink for strawberry, brown for chocolate and so on...this makes the custards flavour easy to identify. Printed on the coloured grass is the flavour of the custard in case you hadn't guessed it already. Poking out of the grass there is a wooden sign with Ambrosia clearly printed in bold blue writing and in smaller font underneath it says full of dairy goodness. The background of the pot is blue to represent the sky - all of this is based on a plain white basic tub. Around the sides and back of the pot you are told the nutritional information, contact details, heating instructions and storage instructions. The pot is topped off with a foil lid with a repeat of the design around the plastic pot itself. I actually think the pot is very nice looking; quite sweet and very child-friendly which I think are the main targeted audience for this product.
~ Inside the pot & taste ~
Peeling back the foil lid you are greeted with a lovely non-artificial looking custard. You can tell its banana by the pale creamy colour but it's by no means a 'fake' looking colour which is quite appealing. The smell is also very natural and not too-overpowering, just a hint of sweet, ripe banana. The taste of this product is very smooth and creamy - just how custard should be! You can definitely taste the banana but it's not too strong that it overtakes the taste of the custard itself. It's very delicately flavoured in my opinion which is nice; some people may find the taste isn't strong enough though. I like eating this both hot and cold depending on how I feel, if it's cold outside I like a nice warming pot of steaming custard if it's hot outside I prefer a nice refreshing, cool custard. I do think this particular flavour tastes better hot though. The consistency of this custard is just right, it's not too thick that it's stodgy and it's not thin that it runs away when you try and eat it. If it's been sitting a while it might need a stir though to get it to the right thickness again as it can settle - but doesn't everything when It's been sitting for a long time? I tend to keep mine in the fridge and then just heat it up if I want to, but they can be kept anywhere as long as it's cool and dry. I think this is definitely the best brand of custard out there; it balances the sweetness and the creaminess just right for me. The size is also great for popping in lunchboxes or in the back of your cupboard!
~ Other information ~
There are 153 calories in a pot of ambrosia banana custard, 4g of fat and 19g of sugar. I have to admit the sugar content is pretty high which explains the sweetness of the custard, but the fat content makes up for this I guess and for a dessert the calories aren't that high.
Ambrosia banana custard is a source of calcium providing 20 % of your RDA, it contains no preservatives, no artificial colours, it contains 100 % natural flavours and is classed as a low fat food.
It contains 73 % milk content which is quite good, the rest of the ingredients are mainly sugar and flavourings but strangely there is no mention of banana....?
Ambrosia banana custard is not suitable for anybody with a dairy allergy; there is no mention of it being suitable for vegetarians so you may want to look into that.
~ Overall verdict ~
I would certainly recommend ambrosia banana custard to anybody who is a fan of the original and I would urge anybody to try it that hasn't yet. I think it's very convenient in its little pot and makes a very tasty, creamy treat. It's also very versatile in the fact that it comes in many flavours so you could have it with a sponge pudding, jelly or fruit to make a change. This would also appeal to anybody watching their fat intake, after all it's not every day you can call a low fat dessert creamy, but with this one you can! I think most children would also enjoy this, but perhaps not on a regular basis because of the sugar content.
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Ambrosia Milk Chocolate Flavour Custard
by ms_123
As a family we've never been big on deserts, usually opting for some fruit after a meal or a small piece of chocolate. However there are occasions when we do feel like a treat and for times like this we tend to keep some quick dessert fixes, one of which is Ambrosia custard. Usually I opt for the normal yellow custard but on a recent ... visit I spotted a range of flavoured custards. One of these was chocolate Ambrosia custard. Now as much as I like chocolate (I am a bit of a chocoholic) I do find all chocolate desserts such as chocolate mousses or fudge cake quite rich and am only able to take these in small amounts. For this reason I was in two minds whether I would like this but was curious enough to give it a go.
The custard comes in a 150g plastic pot, rather like a yoghurt pot, and can be found in the aisle alongside jelly, tinned fruit and powdered custard. It is priced at a very reasonable 38p a pot. The front of the pot has a picture of a wooden signpost in a field with the Ambrosia logo on it. In the background you can see grassy hills but at the front the grass has been coloured brown to signify that this is chocolate flavoured custard. The contents are protected by foil lid at the top.
Removing this lid reveals a brown coloured custard which is not too deep in colour. This I thought was good as it was likely to have more milk in it and so wouldn't be so rich. The custard itself smells of cocoa and sugar and quite delicious! Taking a spoon I dipped in and sampled a mouthful. The custard has a thick creamy texture that was also very smooth and silky. It tasted sweet but not overly so and the chocolate flavour was just right, not too rich but not weak either. It was quite moreish and I quickly scoffed the pot. My initial concerns about this being too rich were allayed and by the end of the pot I felt I'd had my dessert fix but didn't feel sick due to too much chocolate.
I've since had the custard on many occasions. It's quite versatile and I've enjoyed it on fruit, on cake and on cereal! It's really nice cold but pop it in the microwave for 40 seconds and it's even yummier!
Now onto the nutrition - well it's a dessert and so is not going to be great for you. Each pot will set you back 171 calories and contain 4.5g of protein and 4.4g of fat. Ambrosia state that this is carefully made with fresh skimmed milk and cooked to seal in the goodness. This means that it's probably not suitable for those with a lactose intolerance. It also contains buttermilk which I guess gives it that silky, smooth texture. The custard is a good source of calcium, providing 19% of an adults recommended daily amount. The product is also suitable for vegetarians.
Overall I'm really impressed with this custard. It's creamy, chocolatey and extremely tasty and it has become a regular item on my shopping list. Recommended!
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