Cooking Helpers Roundup
We analyzed 509 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 10)

Panko Bread Crumbs
Ingredients: Wheat flour bleached, canola oil, roasted garlic, salt, spices, natural flavors, yeast, onion powder, oregano, paprika, fennel, annatto, caramel color, freshness preserved by ascorbic acid.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Wild Berry Muffin Mix
Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, artificial blueberry bits (dextrose, palm oil, pregelatinized yellow corn flour, citric acid, artificial flavor, red 40 lake and blue 2 lake), artificial strawberry bits (dextrose, palm oil, pregelatinized yellow corn flour, citric acid, artificial flavor, red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake and blue 1 lake), dextrose, canola oil, contains 2% or less of: leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), modified corn starch, calcium carbonate, propylene glycol esters of fatty acids, distilled monoglycerides, salt, eggs with sodium silicoaluminate added as anticaking agent, corn starch, sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate, calcium sulfate, niacin, iron, citric acid and bht (antioxidants), vitamin b6 hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate, vitamin b12.
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

Pancake & Baking Mix
Ingredients: Brown Rice Flour, White Rice Flour, Cultured Buttermilk, Almond Meal, Tapioca Starch, Sweet Rice Flour, Potato Starch, Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Potato Starch, Sodium Bicarbonate), Baking Soda, Sea Salt, Xanthan Gum. CONTAINS: MILK AND ALMONDS. .
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Gelatin Dessert, Orange
Ingredients: Sugar, gelatin, adipic acid (for tartness), contains less than 2% of natural and artificial flavor, disodium phosphate and sodium citrate (control acidity), fumaric acid (for tartness), yellow 6, red 40, bha (preservative).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Aunt Jemima Original - Pancake & Waffle Mix
Ingredients: enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, niacinamide, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), salt, calcium carbonate. (539-l02-10) contains wheat ingredients. may contain traces of milk.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Peanut Butter Chips
Ingredients: PARTIALLY DEFATTED PEANUTS; SUGAR; HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL [PALM KERNEL OIL; SOYBEAN OIL]; CORN SYRUP SOLIDS; DEXTROSE; REDUCED PROTEIN WHEY (MILK); 2% PALM KERNEL OIL; SALT; VANILLIN (ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR); LECITHIN (SOY).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Gluent Free All-Purpose Biscuit and Baking Mix
Ingredients: brown rice flour, rice flour, potato starch, tapioca starch, cellulose, leavener (baking soda, calcium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), salt, xanthan gum, vitamin and mineral blend [calcium carbonate, niacinamide (vitamin b3), reduced iron, thiamin hydrochloride (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2)], calcium sulfate, enzymes,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cranberry orange flavor muffin mix
Ingredients: sliced cranberries, water, sugar, orange peel,
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Buttermilk pancake waffle mix
Ingredients: White sorghum flour, potato starch, cane sugar, tapioca flour, buttermilk powder (milk), baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate), expeller pressed canola oil, sea salt, organic vanilla flavor, natural flavors, xanthan gum.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Baking Powder
Ingredients: CORN STARCH, SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM SULFATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

buttermilk pancake and waffle mix
Ingredients: bleached wheat flour, sugar, leavening, baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, calcium phosphate, dextrose, dried buttermilk, salt, canola oil, soybean oil, corn starch, malted barley flour
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

MUFFIN POWER CUP Chocolate Chip
Ingredients: 100% whole grain wheat flour, 100% whole grain oat flour, cane sugar, semisweet chocolate (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa, butter, dextrose, sunflower lecithin), wheat protein isolate, palm oil, whey protein concentrate, light molasses (refinery syrup, cane molasses), milk protein concentrate, leavening (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda), natural flavor, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Fudge Brownie Mix Only
Ingredients: Modified Wheat Starch, Sugar, Allulose, Polydextrose, Erythritol, Powdered Cellulose, Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Enriched Flour Bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin, mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Palm Oil, Salt, Corn Starch, Artificial Flavor.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Squeezable Pancake Mix Buttermilk
Ingredients: AP FLOUR, WHOLE MILK POWDER, LOW FAT MILK POWDER,, BUTTERMILK POWDER, PURE CANE SUGAR, POTATO STARCH, MALTED MILK, POWDER, DRIED WHOLE EGG POWDER,, REAL BUTTER POWDER, BAKING, POWDER, NATURAL SEA SALT, NATURAL, VANILLAN POWDER, BAKING SODA
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

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

Milk Chocolate Brownie Mix
Ingredients: SUGAR, ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, 2% CANOLA OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, CORN STARCH, SALT, BAKING SODA, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Great Value Deluxe Moist White Cake Mix
Ingredients: bleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced ron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, leavening (baking soda, calcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), canola oil, propylene glycol mono-and diesters of fats and fatty acids, mono-and diglycerides, dextrose, wheat starch, salt, cellulose, corn starch, xanthan gum, cellulosé gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate, artificial flavor, soy lecithin, whey, sodium caseinate, palm kernel oil, citric acid (preservative), bht (preservative). contains milk, wheat and soy.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Cornbread Mix
Ingredients: Whole Grain Cornmeal, Potato Starch, Whole Grain Sorghum Flour, Cane Sugar, Whole Grain Corn Flour, Tapioca Flour, Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Baking Soda, Cornstarch, Monocalcium Phosphate), Salt, Xanthan Gum.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Organic Coconut Cream
Ingredients: Organic coconut, purified water, organic guar gum.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Herb Seasoned Cubed Stuffing
Ingredients: made from: enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), salt, sugar, yeast, contains 2% or less of: vegetable oils (canola and/or sunflower and/or palm), spices, celery, onion powder, calcium propionate to extend freshness, rosemary extract and ascorbic acid to protect flavor, malted barley flour, soy lecithin,contains: wheat, soy,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Peanut Butter Cookie Mix 496g
Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamn, mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, brown sugar, peanut butter (peanuts, dextrose, hydrogenated canola and cottonseed oil, salt), palm oil, corn syrup, baking soda, salt.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Betty Crocker Oatmeal Cookie Mix
Ingredients: Enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), rolled oats, brown sugar, sugar, corn syrup, palm oil, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), salt, cinnamon.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Protein Pancake & Waffle Mix Whole Grain
Ingredients: Whole wheat pastry flour, whey protein concentrate [whey protein concentrate (milk), sunflower lecithin], sweet cream buttermilk powder (milk), vital wheat gluten flour, pea protein isolate, psyllium husk powder, cane sugar, monocalcium phosphate (leavener), sea salt, baking soda.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Flapjack Power Cup Chocolate Chip & Maple
Ingredients: 100% whole grain wheat flour, 100% whole grain oat flour, maple syrup, semi-sweet chocolate (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, dextrose, sunflower lecithin), wheat protein isolate, palm oil, whey protein concentrate, buttermilk, cane sugar, leavening (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda), sea salt.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Bisquick Original Pancake and Baking Mix
Ingredients: Enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), corn starch, dextrose, palm oil, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), canola oil, salt, sugar, datem, distilled monoglycerides.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pumpkin Muffin & Bread Almond Flour Mix
Ingredients: almond flour, organic coconut sugar, pumpkin, arrowroot, organic spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves), organic coconut flour, baking soda, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Organic Pancake & Waffle Mix, Buttermilk
Ingredients: Organic wheat flour, organic buttermilk powder, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, cornstarch, monocalcium phosphate), organic cane sugar, sea salt, baking soda (sodium bicarbonate)..
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
