Expert taste test: ready-made fresh custard

We've tried the supermarkets ready-made custards and found the best

THE WINNER
*****Waitrose Fresh Vanilla Custard £1.85 for 500g
Flecks of vanilla give this custard a home-made look. It’s a good pouring custard – the consistency of double cream – and has a pleasant vanilla flavour without being overly sweet.    

RUNNERS UP
****Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Fresh Custard £1.69 for 500g
Pale and flecked, the custard is sweet with a hint of vanilla. It’s let down by being slightly on the thin side, though.

***Marks & Spencer Extra Thick Fresh Custard £1.69 for 500ml
If you like your custard thick, this is the one for you – it doesn’t so much pour out of the jug as glug. A nice balance of rich fl avours, but our testers found it slightly cloying.   

***Tesco Finest Fresh Custard £1.38 for 500g
Good, velvety-smooth consistency, but the intense sweetness overpowers the vanilla flavour.

*Morrison’s Fresh Custard 99p for 500g
Pleasant, thick texture, but the bright yellow colour, artifi cial sweetness and powdery consistency disappointed our testers. ‘It reminds me of school puddings,’ commented one.

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