Cooking Helpers Roundup
We analyzed 509 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 11)

Bread Crumbs
Ingredients: Enriched flour (flour, malted barley, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (soybean and/or cottonseed and/or corn and/or canola oils), water, salt, contains 2% or less of: yeast, brown sugar, honey, molasses, sugar, wheat gluten, whey, soy flour, whole wheat flour, rye flour, corn flour, oat bran, corn meal, rice flour, potato flour, butter, dough conditioners (mono - and diglycerides, sodium and/or calcium stearoyl lactylate, soy lecithin, calcium carbonate), yeast nutrients (ammonium sulfate, calcium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate), distilled vinegar, skim milk, buttermilk, lactic acid, calcium propionate (preservative), potassium sorbate (preservative), may contain sesame seeds and/or poppy seeds.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Plain panko bread crumbs
Ingredients: Enriched wheat flour (niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), dextrose, yeast, sugar, salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Gluten Free Cookie Mix
Ingredients: cane sugar, rice flour, modified tapioca starch, cocoa processed with alkali, potato starch, emulsifier (rice starch, polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, mono - and diglycerides), baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, cornstarch, monocalcium phosphate), salt, xanthan gum,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Japanese Panko Seasoned
Ingredients: Panko japanese style bread crumbs [enriched wheat flour (enriched with niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), dextrose, sugar, yeast, salt], grated pecorino romano cheese [pasteurized sheep's milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes (rennet)], salt, dehydrated parsley flakes, spices, onion powder, garlic powder, natural flavor, vinegar powder and soybean flour.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

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

Organic Lite Coconut Milk 5-7%
Ingredients: Water, organic coconut & organic guar gum.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Kodiak Cakes plant-based flapjack & waffle mix
Ingredients: 100% whole grain wheat flour, 100% whole grain oat flour, cane sugar, pea protein concentrate, brown rice protein concentrate, wheat protein isolate, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), natural flavor, sea salt. Contains wheat. Due to processing on shared equipment, contains trace amounts of egg, milk, soy, and tree nuts. CREATED &
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Tree Nuts

POWER CAKES FLAPJACK & WAFFLE MIX BUTTERMILK
Ingredients: 100% whole grain wheat flour, 100% whole grain oat flour, protein blend (wheat protein isolate, whey protein concentrate, milk protein concentrate), non-fat sweet cream buttermilk powder, brown sugar, baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate), sea salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Pancake mix
Ingredients: BLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, SOYBEAN OIL, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, MONO CALCIUM PHOSPHATE), EGGS, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Classic Yellow Cake Mix
Ingredients: ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, CANOLA OIL, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: DEXTROSE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, SALT, MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, CORN STARCH, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CELLULOSE, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, XANTHAN GUM, CELLULOSE GUM, BHT (ANTIOXIDANT), CITRIC ACID (ANTIOXIDANT)
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

UBE MOCHI PANCAKE & WAFFLE MIX
Ingredients: SWEET RICE FLOUR, SUGAR, TAPIOCA STARCH, UBE PUREE (PURPLE YAM PUREE), BAKING POWDER (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORNSTARCH, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, VEGETABLE JUICE FOR COLOR.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix
Ingredients: ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), DEXTROSE, BUTTERMILK, SOYBEAN OIL SALT, CALCIUM CARBONATE.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Annie& organic flaky biscuits
Ingredients: Organic wheat flour, water, organic palm oil, organic cane sugar, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda), sea salt, organic expeller-pressed canola and sunflower oils, xanthan gum, organic wheat starch, natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Italian Style Bread Crumbs
Ingredients: toasted bread crumbs, enriched flour, wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, high fructose corn syrup, yeast, salt, vegetable oil, soybean oil, cottonseed oil, canola oil, white corn flour, yellow corn flour, corn meal, white corn meal, yellow corn meal, citric acid, grain vinegar, potato flour, soy flour, wheat bran, oat bran, rye flour, nonfat dry milk, calcium propionate, sesame seeds, caraway seeds, egg, salt, grated pecorino romano cheese, milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, dehydrated parsley flakes, garlic powder, spices, onion powder, oregano
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Bread Crumbs
Ingredients: Toasted bread crumbs made from enriched bread [enriched flour (contains wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), corn syrup, vegetable oil (soybean and/or cottonseed oil), salt, yeast, whey, soy flour, malted barley flour, wheat gluten, whole wheat flour, rye flour, corn flour, oat bran, corn meal, rice flour, potato flour, nonfat dry milk, soy lecithin, calcium propionate (preservative), sesame seeds, caraway seeds].
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Betty Crocker Hershey's Milk Chocolate Frosting
Ingredients: sugar, water, palm oil, high maltose corn syrup, hershey's cocoa, cocoa processed with alkali, corn starch, contains 2% or less of: salt, distilled monoglycerides, polysorbate 60, sodium stearoyl lactylate, citric acid, sodium acid pyrophosphate, natural and artificial flavor, freshness preserved by potassium sorbate,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

BLUEBERRY 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 flavors, blue 2 lake, red 40 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, mono and diglycerides, salt, corn starch, sodium stearoyl lactylate, calcium sulfate, niacin, iron, vitamin b6 hydrochloride, bht and citric acid (antioxidants), riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate, vitamin b12,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Traditional bread crumbs
Ingredients: rice flour, xanthan gum, cane sugar, yeast, sea salt, ascorbic acid (as a dough conditioner),
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Panko plain crispy bread crumbs
Ingredients: wheat flour bleached, canola oil, yeast, dextrose, sugar, salt, natural flavor, freshness preserved by ascorbic acid,
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Leche de coco condensada
Ingredients: pure cane sugar, filtered water, coconut cream, xanthan gum,
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Rich & Creamy frosting Vanilla
Ingredients: sugar, palm oil, water, corn syrup, corn starch. contains 2 % or less of: salt, monoglycerides, polysorbate 60, sodium stearoyl lactylate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, natural and artificial flavor, yellows 5 & 6, citric acid. freshness preserved by potassium sorbate. may contain milk ingredients.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Milk chocolate brownie mix, milk chocolate imp
Ingredients: sugar, enriched bleached wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable shortening (palm oil), cocoa powder processed with alkali, contains 2% or less of: dextrose, salt, natural and artificial flavor, acacia and xanthan gums, baking soda,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Maple grove farms of vermont, pancake & waffle mix, buttermilk & honey
Ingredients: Unbleached Wheat Flour, Whole Wheat Flour, Whey, Leavening (Monocalcium Phosphate, Baking Soda), Salt, Honey, Buttermilk, Wheat Starch
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Honey butter cornbread mix
Ingredients: Enriched bleached wheat flour (wheat & malt barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, yellow corn meal, soybean oil, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch,monocalcium phosphate), salt, honey & xanthan gum.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

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

4c, bread crumbs, seasoned
Ingredients: Toasted bread crumbs made from enriched bread [enriched flour (contains wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), corn syrup, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil shortening (soybean and/or cottonseed oil), salt, yeast, whey, soy flour, malted barley flour, wheat gluten, whole wheat flour, rye flour, corn flour, oatbran, corn meal, rice flour, potato flour, nonfat dry milk, soy lecithin, calcium propionate (preservative, sesame seeds [caraway seeds], grated pecorino romano cheese [pasteurized sheep's milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes (rennet)], salt, dehydrated parsley flakes, spices, onion powder, garlic powder.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Supreme Walnut Brownie Mix
Ingredients: Sugar, enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), walnut pieces, cocoa processed with alkali, corn syrup. contains 2% or less of: palm oil, corn starch, salt, carob powder, artificial flavor, bht.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

pillsbury yellow cake mix
Ingredients: enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, leavening (baking soda, calčium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), contains 2% or less of: canola oil, dextrose, salt, corn starch, propylene glycol esters of fatty acids, natural & artificial flavor, mono - and diglycerides, cellulose gum, cellulose, xanthan gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate, red 40, yellow 5, citric acid and bht (antioxidants). contains wheat ingredients. may contain egg, milk, and soybean ingredients.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
