Cooking Helpers Roundup
We analyzed 509 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 12)

Complete Extra Light & Fluffy Pancake & Waffle Mix
Ingredients: enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), yellow corn flour, sugar, dextrose, leavening (baking soda, calcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), contains 2% or less of: salt, canola oil, potassium bicarbonate, calcium carbonate, corn starch, mono and diglycerides, sodium caseinate, iron, niacin, vitamin b6, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid, vitamin b12. contains milk and wheat ingredients. may contain egg and soybean iingredients. contains a bioengineered food ingredient o/® hometown food company, 500w. madison, chicago, il 60661 usa 90583001
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Puff Pastry Sheets
Ingredients: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, VEGETABLE OILS (PALM, SOYBEAN, HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SALT, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, TURMERIC EXTRACT, ANNATTO EXTRACT.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

General mills frosting buttercreme whip
Ingredients: sugar, palm oil, water, high maltose corn syrup, corn starch, contains 2% or less of: hydrogenated palm oil, monoglycerides, color (yellows 5 , 6 and other color added), cellulose gel, salt, 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

Golden sponge cake with creamy filling
Ingredients: bleached enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate (iron), thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], sugar, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, animal and vegetable shortening (tallow, hydrogenated tallow, cottonseed oil, mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 60, soy lecithin), eggs, water, dextrose, contains 2% or less: calcium carbonate, calcium sulfate, agar, disodium phosphate, locust bean gum, modified corn starch, corn syrup solids, soy lecithin, sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate, whey, glycerin, salt, cellulose gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate, sorbic acid and potassium sorbate (to retain freshness), xanthan gum, barley malt extract, corn grits, natural and artificial flavors, enzymes, yellow 5, red 40,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Pizza Dough Almond Flour Mix
Ingredients: Almond flour, arrowroot, flax meal, cauliflower, baking soda, organic oregano, cream of tartar, organic garlic
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Gluten Free Pancake & Waffle Mix imp
Ingredients: WHITE RICE FLOUR, BROWN RICE FLOUR, POTATO STARCH, OAT FLOUR, CANE SUGAR, TAPIOCA STARCH, DRIED BUTTERMILK, LEAVENING (CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, GUAR GUM, NATURAL FLAVOR.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Simple Mornings Blueberry Streusel Premium Muffin Mix
Ingredients: flour (whole wheat flour, wheat flour), sugar, palm oil, dextrin (wheat fiber), corn starch, baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda), natural flavor, salt, xanthan and guar gum*, blueberries packed in water,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Organic Bread Crumbs
Ingredients: Organic wheat flour, water, organic evaporated cane juice, sea salt, yeast.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Muffin mix
Ingredients: wheat flour, sugar, animal shortening (lard, hydrogenated lard, tocopherols preservative, bht preservative, citric acid preservative), dextrose, contains less than 2% of each of the following: salt, baking soda, palm oil, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, fructose, food starch-modified, natural and artificial flavors, tricalcium phosphate, citric acid, blue 2 lake, red 40 lake, wheat starch, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, silicon dioxide,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Blueberry complete pancake mix
Ingredients: enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, malted barley flour), imitation blueberry pieces (dextrose, palm oil, wheat flour, natural and artificial flavor, citric acid, cellulose gum, blue 2, red 40, blue 1), sugar, dextrose, less than 2% of: baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, soybean oil, salt, natural and artificial flavors,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Signature perfectly moist lemon supreme cake mix
Ingredients: sugar, enriched bleached wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), emulsified palm shortening (palm oil, propylene glycol mono - and diesters of fats and fatty acids, mono - and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate), leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate monohydrate), wheat starch, salt, natural and artificial flavor, cellulose gum, xanthan gum, citric acid, yellow 5 lake,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

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

Chewy fudge
Ingredients: erythritol, almond flour, allulose", coconut flour, cocoa powder processed with alkali, chicory root fiber (inulin)**, unsweetened chocolate, less than 2% of: inulin**, resistant dextrin, modified tapioca starch, leavening (cream of tartar, sodium bicarbonate), salt, cocoa powder, cocoa butter, xanthan gum, natural flavor, nonfat dry milk, stevia sweetener (steviol glycosides), soy lecithin, steviol glycosides, whole milk powder, vanilla extract, contains: soy, milk, tree nut (almond, coconut), **excessive consumption may cause a laxative effect in sensitive individuals,
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Tree Nuts

Bisquick Gluten Free Pancake & Waffle Mix imp
Ingredients: rice flour, sugar, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), modified potato starch, salt, xanthan gum,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Butter golden cake mix, butter golden imp
Ingredients: sugar, enriched bleached wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), emulsified palm shortening (palm oil, propylene glycol mono - and diesters of fats and fatty acids, mono - and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate), leavening (baking soda, dicalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), contains 2% or less of: wheat starch, salt, dextrose, cellulose gum, xanthan gum, artificial flavor, yellow 5 lake, red 40 lake,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Classic yellow cake mix
Ingredients: sugar, enriched bleached wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), emulsified palm shortening (palm oil, propylene glycol mono - and diesters of fats and fatty acids, mono - and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate), leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate monohydrate), wheat starch, contains 2% or less of: salt, cellulose gum, xanthan gum, dextrose, artificial flavor, yellow 5, red 40,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Baking Powder
Ingredients: Cornstarch, monocalcium phosphate, baking soda (sodium bicarbonate).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Banana cream instant pudding pie filling mix
Ingredients: Sugar, dextrose (from corn), modified cornstarch, contains less than 2% of natural and artificial flavor, salt, disodium phosphate and tetrasodium pyrophosphate (for thickening), mono - and diglycerides (prevent foaming), yellow 5, yellow 6, artificial col
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Protein Pancake Mix Buttermilk
Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, malted barley flour, ascorbic acid), wheat protein isolate, sugar, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), dextrose, salt, soybean oil, buttermilk, natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

10 Grain Pancake & Waffle Mix
Ingredients: Harina integral de trigo, suero de mantequilla en polvo (leche), levadura en polvo (pirofosfato ácido de sodio, bicarbonato sódico, almidón de maíz, fosfato monocálcico), harina integral de maíz, harina integral de centeno, harina integral de triticale, harina integral de avena, harina de soja, harina integral de mijo, harina de cebada, harina integral de arroz integral, sal marina, harina de linaza, bicarbonato sódico.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Banana Bread Mix
Ingredients: Sugar, unbleached enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), banana flakes, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, cornstarch, monocalcium phosphate), wheat germ, bran, salt, natural vanilla flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Betty crocker 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

Organic Classic Recipe Pancake & Waffle Mix
Ingredients: Organic Wheat Flour, Organic Cane Leavening (Monocalcium Phosphate, Baking Soda), Salt, 2% or less of: Organic Potato Starch, Organic Cassava Starch. CONTAINS: WHEAT.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

GLUTEN FREE FLAPJACK & WAFFLE MIX
Ingredients: Gluten-free 100% whole grain oat flour, brown sugar, tapioca flour, egg whites, eggs, leavening (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda), brown rice protein, pea protein, sea salt, xanthan gum.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Southern biscuit formula l complete biscuit mix
Ingredients: Enriched bleached wheat flour (contains bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, and folic acid), palm oil, leavening (sodium aluminum phosphate, and sodium bicarbonate), buttermilk, salt, sugar, cornstarch, soy lecithi
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Frosting cream cheese imp
Ingredients: sugar, palm oil, water, corn syrup, corn starch. contains 2% or less of: salt, monoglycerides, polysorbate 60, sour cream (cream, nonfat milk, cultures), sodium stearoyl lactylate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, natural flavor, citric acid, yellows 5 & 6. freshness preserved by potassium sorbate. contains milk ingredients.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Frontier flapjack & waffle mix buttermilk & honey
Ingredients: 100% whole grain wheat flour, 100% whole grain oat flour, buttermilk powder, dried honey (honey, wheat starch), egg whites, monocalcium phosphate (leavening), wheat protein isolate, baking soda, sea salt, natural vanilla flavor.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

cheesecake
Ingredients: MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, ARTIFICIAL COLOR, XANTHAN GUM, ASPARTAME (SWEETENER), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS (CONTAINS BARLEY), CALCIUM SULFATE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM (SWEETENER), MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, LACTIC ACID, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Gluten free cheddar cheese biscuits
Ingredients: biscuit mix: white rice flour, sugar, palm shortening, baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch), potato starch, buttermilk powder (buttermilk, buttermilk solids), salt, baking soda, garlic powder, xanthan gum, lactic acid, seasoning mix: garlic powder, yeast extract, onion powder, natural butter flavor (maltodextrin, natural flavors), parsley, contains: milk,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
