Custard Nutrition Facts

Calories, fat, protein, and carbohydrate values for Custard.

Calories

There are 172 calories in Custard.

172

Nutrition Facts
Custard
Serving Size:

0.5

cup (141 grams)

Amount Per Serving
Calories from Fat 51
Calories 172

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 5.6 grams

Saturated Fat 2.9 grams

Polyunsaturated Fat 0.4 grams
Monounsaturated Fat 1.6 grams

Cholesterol 72 milligrams

Sodium 118 milligrams

Potassium 292 milligrams

Total Carbohydrates 25 grams

Dietary Fiber 0 grams

Sugars 6.8 grams
Protein 5.6 grams
5.1%

Vitamin A

0.2%

Vitamin C

15%

Calcium

2.7%

Iron

Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Category
Food / Beverages > Grocery > Confectionery / Desserts / Sweeteners > Puddings > Custards

How long would it take to burn off 170 KCal?
Walking (3mph) 46 minutes
Running (6mph) 17 minutes
Bicycling (10mph) 24 minutes
Values estimated based on person weighing 140 lbs.

How is custard different than ice cream?

Custard and ice cream are basically created from the same three ingredients: milk, cream, and sugar. The major difference between the two is that custard must also contain 1.4% pasteurized egg yolk (per the Food and Drug Administration). The addition of eggs gives it a smooth and creamy texture.

How do you explain custard?

Custard is a thick, rich, creamy sweet or savory dessert, made mixtures of eggs or egg yolks, milk or cream, flavorings (vanilla, nutmeg, etc.) and optionally, sweeteners (sugar, honey). Basic custards are thickened and set by eggs alone.

What are the 3 types of custard?

Types of custard



Generally based on milk solids and starch, there are three main varieties of refrigerated custard: premium, regular and low-fat. Rich and creamy, premium custard has a fat content of approximately 6%, regular custard is 1–3% fat and low-fat custard has a fat content of 0–1%.

What is real custard made of?

Custard is generally referred to as a dessert or sweet sauce made with milk, eggs, and sugar. Custard is a variety of culinary preparations, based on cooked mixture of milk (cream) and egg yolk. Some other pastry cream variations I’ve shared with you are: Bavarian Cream and Lightened Up Pastry Cream.

Is Dairy Queen ice cream or custard?

“To be categorized as ice cream, the minimum butterfat content must be 10 percent, and our soft-serve has only 5 percent butterfat,” DQ writes. It’s not ice cream, but it is delicious.

Is custard healthier than ice cream?



But in general, you’ll find custard to have slightly fewer calories and grams of fat and more protein than ice cream.

What’s another name for custard?

In this page you can discover 13 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for custard, like: toffee, pudding, meringue, gravy, pancake, mash, bun, soup, jelly, caramel and treacle.

Why is custard called custard?

Custards baked in pastry (custard tarts) were very popular in the Middle Ages, and are the origin of the English word ‘custard’: the French term ‘croustade’ originally referred to the crust of a tart, and is derived from the Italian word crostata, and ultimately the Latin crustāre.