Cooking Helpers Roundup
We analyzed 490 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Finding the perfect Cooking Helpers shouldn't feel like a guessing game. At CakeID, we take food transparency seriously. We have analyzed over 490 products in this category, breaking down every ingredient list to uncover hidden additives, excessive sugar levels, and potential allergens.
Whether you are searching for strictly Vegan options, Gluten-Free snacks, or simply want to avoid high-processed foods, our algorithm ranks products based on a comprehensive Health Score. Below is our definitive ranking of the safest and healthiest Cooking Helpers you can buy in 2026, sorted by their ingredient purity.
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Detailed Reviews

The original pancake & waffle mix pound box
Ingredients: Enriched Bleached Flour (Bleached Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Salt, Calcium Carbonate. CONTAINS WHEAT INGREDIENTS. MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF MILK, EGG AND SOY.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Aunt Jemima Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix 32 Ounce Box
Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), salt, dried buttermilk, calcium carbonate.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Premium fruit filling & topping 2yrs y
Ingredients: Blackberries, water, sugar, food starch-modified (corn) and citric acid.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Breading fish case
Ingredients: Enriched bleached wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), shortening (palm oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, bht), salt, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), dried whey, garlic powder, sugar, buttermilk solids, monosodium glutamate, potato flour, onion powder, dehydrated garlic, spices, dextrose, natural flavors, corn starch, extractives of paprika, hydrolyzed soy protein.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Graham Cracker Pie Crust
Ingredients: GRAHAM CRUMBS (ENRICHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], SUGAR, PALM OIL, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, CORN SYRUP, MOLASSES, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, SODIUM BICARBONATE, MALT EXTRACT, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE), HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE SHORTENING (PALM KERNEL OIL, PALM OIL, CANOLA OIL), SUGAR, CORN STARCH, SALT.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Ready to bake chocolate chunk and chip cookies
Ingredients: Enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, semisweet chocolate chunks (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural vanilla extract), water, palm oil, chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavor), canola and/or soybean oil. contains 2% or less of: molasses, eggs, baking powder (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), salt, natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Pillsbury Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Value Size
Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavor), palm oil, water, canola oil, contains 2% or less of: molasses, eggs, baking powder (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), salt, natural flavor,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Pillsbury Grands! Big & Buttery Crescent Rolls 8 Count
Ingredients: Enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, vegetable shortening (soybean and palm oil, hydrogenated palm oil, fractionated palm oil, water, mono and diglycerides, tbhq and citric acid [preservatives], beta carotene [for color]), sugar, soybean oil, baking powder (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate). contains 2% or less of: vital wheat gluten, salt, dextrose, potassium chloride, monoglycerides, xanthan gum, artificial flavor, alpha tocopherol (preservative), annatto extract (for color).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Betty Crocker Delights Supreme Frosted Brownie Mix
Ingredients: Sugar, enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), chocolate flavored frosting (sugar, water, palm oil, high maltose corn syrup, corn starch, cocoa processed with alkali, salt, distilled monoglycerides, polysorbate 60, potassium sorbate [preservative], natural and artificial flavor, sodium stearoyl lactylate, citric acid, sodium acid pyrophosphate, color added, nonfat milk), cocoa processed with alkali, corn syrup. contains 2% or less of: palm oil, corn starch, salt, carob powder, artificial flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Super moist cake mix german chocolate box
Ingredients: Enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, corn syrup, leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), cocoa processed with alkali. contains 2% or less of: corn starch, modified corn starch, palm oil, propylene glycol mono and diesters of fatty acids, distilled monoglycerides, salt, dicalcium phosphate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, artificial flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Betty Crocker Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients: Sugar, palm oil, water, high maltose corn syrup, corn starch. contains 2% or less of: hydrogenated palm oil, monoglycerides, salt, color (yellows 5 & 6 and other color added), cellulose gel, polysorbate 80, sodium acid pyrophosphate, cellulose gum, natural and artificial flavor, citric acid. freshness preserved by potassium sorbate.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Betty Crocker Rainbow Chocolate Candy Cookie Mix
Ingredients: Enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), brown sugar, candy coated chocolate pieces (semisweet chocolate [sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, milk fat, soy lecithin, artificial flavor], sugar, color [yellow lakes 5 & 6, red lake 40, blue lakes 1 & 2, blue 1, yellows 5 & 6 and other color added], corn syrup, confectioners glaze [carnauba wax, beeswax, shellac], gum arabic, corn starch), sugar, corn syrup, palm oil, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), salt.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Betty Crocker Gluten Free Chocolate Brownie Mix
Ingredients: Sugar, chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, milk fat, soy lecithin, artificial flavor), rice flour, cocoa processed with alkali, potato starch, corn starch, canola oil, salt, xanthan gum.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Bake & share dough chocolate chunk cookies
Ingredients: Organic wheat flour, organic chocolate chips (organic sugar, organic chocolate, organic cocoa butter, organic vanilla extract), organic palm shortening, organic brown sugar, water, organic cane sugar, organic eggs, natural flavor, baking soda, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sweet corn bread & muffin mix
Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), enriched degermed yellow corn meal (degermed yellow corn meal, niacin, iron [ferrous sulfate], thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), salt.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Kroger, extra peach pie filling, peach
Ingredients: Sliced peaches, water, sugar, modified corn starch, salt, citric acid, yellow 5, red 40, erythorbic acid (to promote color retention).
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Complete Pancake Mix
Ingredients: Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron Thiamine Mononitrate, Roboflavin, Folic Acid), Enriched Degermed Yellow Corn Flour (Degermed Yellow Corn Flour, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Leavening (Sodeium Bicarbonate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate, Soduim Aluminum Phosphate), Dextrose, Soybean Oil, Soy Flour, Dairy Whey, Salt, Eggs, Nonfat Milk, Natural and Artificial Flavor.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chocolate PBfit Peanut Butter Powder
Ingredients: Peanuts, cane sugar, cocoa and salt
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut
- ● High Sugar Content

Power Cakes Mix
Ingredients: 100% whole grain wheat flour, 100% whole grain oat flour, vital wheat gluten, whey protein concentrate, brown sugar, wheat protein isolate, milk protein concentrate, leavening (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda), buttermilk, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chocolate Flavored Sprinkles
Ingredients: SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL (PALM, PALM KERNEL), CORNSTARCH, COCOA WITH ALKALI, DEXTRIN CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CARNAUBA WAX.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chicken Gravy
Ingredients: FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, MALTODEXTRIN, CREAMER (CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, PALM OIL, SODIUM CASEINATE, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SILICON DIOXIDE, ARTIFICIAL COLOR, DATEM, MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS), SALT, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN (WITH SAFFLOWER OIL, THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE, LACTIC ACID, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE), NATURAL FLAVOR (MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, ONION POWDER, YEAST EXTRACT, SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT, SODIUM BENZOATE), NATURAL FLAVOR, MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES, CANOLA OIL, DEXTROSE), GUAR GUM, TURMERIC, CHICKEN FAT AND BROTH POWDER (CHICKEN FAT CHICKEN BROTH, ROSEMARY EXTRACT), SPICES, SOYBEAN OIL, CARAMEL COLOR, ONION.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Brownie Bites
Ingredients: sugar, enriched bleached wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cocoa, canola oil, corn starch, salt, natural flavors, artificial flavors, baking soda
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Gulaman
Ingredients: Dextrose, Carrageenan, Potassium Chloride, Konjac Gum, FD&C Colors Yellow #5 and Blue #1, and Buko Pandan Flavor
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Funfetti Yellow Cake & Cupcake Mix
Ingredients: ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, CANDY BITS (SUGAR, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, CORN SYRUP, SOY LECITHIN, RED 3, BLUE 1, CARNAUBA WAX), LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CANOLA OIL, DEXTROSE, SALT, CORN STARCH, PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, CELLULOSE GUM, CELLULOSE, XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, YELLOW 5, RED 40, BHT, CITRIC ACID.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Gluten Free Funfetti Cake Mix
Ingredients: RICE FLOUR, SUGAR, POTATO STARCH, CANDY BITS (SUGAR, CORN STARCH, VEGETABLE OIL (PALM AND PALM KERNEL), SOY LECITHIN, DEXTRIN, CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, BLUE 1 LAKE, CARNUBA WAX, YELLOW 6 LAKE, RED 3), LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE), PEA FIBER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CELLULOSE, TAPIOCA STARCH, CANOLA OIL, SALT, PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, CORN STARCH, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, XANTHAN GUM, CELLULOSE GUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CANOLA LECITHIN, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, CITRIC ACID, BHT,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content
