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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.

Editor's Quick Picks

Detailed Reviews

Calories
319
Sugar
15g
Aunt Jemima

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
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Calories
324
Protein
12g
Aunt Jemima

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
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Calories
106
Sugar
20g
Lucky Leaf

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
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Calories
400
Sugar
3g
Southeastern Mills

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
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Calories
476
Sugar
29g
Signature Select,Safeway Inc.

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
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Calories
447
Sugar
40g
Pillsbury

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
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Calories
429
Sugar
39g
Pillsbury

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
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Calories
349
Sugar
9g
Pillsbury

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)
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Calories
203
Sugar
1g
Thai Agri Foods Public Company Limited

Aroy-D, Coconut Cream

Ingredients: Coconut extract 70%, water

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
382
Sugar
53g
Betty Crocker

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
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Calories
372
Sugar
42g
Betty Crocker

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
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Calories
458
Sugar
54g
Betty Crocker

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
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Calories
393
Sugar
50g
General Mills

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
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Calories
393
Sugar
64g
Betty Crocker

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
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Calories
500
Sugar
36g
Unknown

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
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Calories
357
Protein
21g
Dynasty, Jfc International Inc.

Shiitake Dried Black Mushrooms

Ingredients: Dried mushrooms, sulfites

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
344
Sugar
25g
Miracle Maize

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
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Calories
129
Sugar
18g
Kroger

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)
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Calories
140
Sugar
2g
Project Preserve

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
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Calories
438
Protein
38g
BetterBody Foods and Nutrition LLC

Chocolate PBfit Peanut Butter Powder

Ingredients: Peanuts, cane sugar, cocoa and salt

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Contains Peanut
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
349
Protein
24g
Kodiak Cakes

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
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Calories
357
Sugar
0g
HealthPlus

Psyllium Husk

Ingredients: Psyllium Husk

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Betty Crocker

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
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Happy Belly, Amazon

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
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Calories
385
Sugar
62g
Martha White

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
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
McCormick, McCormick Gourmet

Cream of Tartar

Ingredients: cream of tartar.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Zang

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
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Calories
372
Sugar
47g
Pillsbury

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
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Bonvit

Psyllium husks

Ingredients: Psyllium Husk Dry

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
366
Sugar
39g
Pillsbury

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
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Frequently Asked Questions

Are products in the Cooking Helpers category always vegan?+
Not necessarily. We analyzed over 490 products in the Cooking Helpers category on CakeID. While some are plant-based, many contain hidden animal ingredients like milk powder, whey, or gelatin. Always check the "Is Vegan" status on our product pages.
How does CakeID rank the best Cooking Helpers?+
We rank Cooking Helpers based on their nutritional value, ingredient cleanliness (fewer additives), and vegan compatibility. Products with lower sugar and simpler ingredients rank higher.
Can I find low-calorie Cooking Helpers here?+
Yes! Our list highlights the nutritional details of each product. Look for the "Calories" badge on the product cards above to find low-calorie options.
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