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Cooking Helpers Roundup

We analyzed 509 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.

Detailed Reviews (Page 11)

Calories
357
Protein
14g
Great Value

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
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Calories
100
Sugar
1g
Vigo

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
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Calories
378
Sugar
47g
King Arthur Flour,The King Arthur Flour Company Inc., King Arthur Baking Company

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
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Calories
357
Protein
11g
4c

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
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Calories
372
Sugar
44g
Bakers Corner

Classic White Cake Mix

Ingredients: Unknown

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Rumford

Rumford Baking Powder

Ingredients: Corn starch, sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
63
Sugar
1g
Simply Asia Foods Inc., Thai Kitchen

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
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Calories
365
Protein
22g
Kodiak Cakes

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
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Calories
349
Protein
24g
KODIAK

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
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Calories
110
Sugar
0g
Manischewitz

Matzo Meal

Ingredients: MATZO MEAL (UNBLEACHED, UNBROMATED WHEAT FLOUR &WATER)

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
373
Sugar
19g
Good And Father

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
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Calories
372
Sugar
44g
Baker's Corner

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
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Calories
349
Sugar
21g
TRADER JOE'S

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
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Calories
351
Sugar
14g
Aunt Maple's,Millville,Aldi

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
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Calories
298
Sugar
9g
Annie's

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
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Calories
357
Protein
14g
Great Value

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
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Calories
367
Protein
13g
Signature Select

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
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Calories
382
Sugar
56g
Betty Crocker

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
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Calories
424
Sugar
41g
Martha White

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
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Calories
367
Sugar
3g
Kroger

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
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Calories
357
Sugar
4g
Progresso

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
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Calories
342
Sugar
61g
Andre Prost

Leche de coco condensada

Ingredients: pure cane sugar, filtered water, coconut cream, xanthan gum,

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
424
Sugar
58g
Betty Crocker

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
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Calories
423
Sugar
58g
Duncan Hines

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
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Calories
341
Sugar
5g
Maple Grove Farms

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
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Calories
359
Sugar
33g
Zatarain's, Zatarain's Inc.

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
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Calories
667
Sugar
7g
Let's Do Organic

Unsweetened Coconut Flakes

Ingredients: Organic coconut (sliced & dehydrated).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
367
Protein
17g
4c

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
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Calories
414
Sugar
52g
Betty Crocker

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
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Pillsbury

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)
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Frequently Asked Questions

Are products in the Cooking Helpers category always vegan?+
Not necessarily. We analyzed over 509 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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