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Fruit custard with less sugar - keep the sweet, cut the calories

Fruit custard with less sugar - keep the sweet, cut the calories

A regular home katori of fruit custard hides about 280 kcal, and most of it comes from the sugar and the full-cream milk, not the fruit. Cut the sugar, pour skim or double-toned milk, and load extra fruit, and the same sweet bowl drops to roughly 200 kcal.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Fruit custard feels like a safe sweet. It has fruit, so it must be light, right? Not always. A regular home katori can carry close to 280 kcal, and the fruit is the smallest part. The real calorie stack hides in the sugar and the full-cream milk. Let's open the bowl and see where the numbers sit.

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