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Cooking Helpers Roundup

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

Detailed Reviews (Page 13)

Calories
350
Sugar
0g
Aldi

Cornstarch

Ingredients: corn starch, contains a bioengineered food ingredient,

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
424
Sugar
64g
Creamy Supreme,Pillsbury

Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients: SUGAR, PALM OIL, WATER, CORN SYRUP, CORN STARCH, CANOLA OIL, 2% SALT, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (YELLOW 5, RED 40), POLYSORBATE 60, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, POTASSIUM SORBATE, SOY LECITHIN, XANTHAN GUM, LACTIC ACID, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ANTIOXIDANTS (ASCORBYL PALMITATE, MIXED TOCOPHEROLS, CHAMOMILE, ROSEMARY EXTRACTS), ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
480
Protein
12g
Simple Mills

Artisan Bread Almond Flour Mix

Ingredients: almond flour, arrowroot, flax meal, tapioca starch, sea salt, baking soda

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
413
Sugar
2g
Chelsea Milling Company

All purpose baking mix

Ingredients: Bleached wheat flour, vegetable shortening (palm oil, soybean oil, mono - and diglycerides, soy lecithin), contains less than 2% of each of the following: dextrose, salt, monocalcium phosphate, baking soda, milk replacer blend (whey, soy protein concentrate, calcium caseinate, dicalcium phosphate), tricalcium phosphate, wheat starch, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, silicon dioxide.

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
367
Protein
13g
365 Everyday Value

Bread Crumbs

Ingredients: Unbleached wheat flour, organic cane sugar**, sea salt, yeast.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
465
Sugar
42g
Pillsbury

White premium cake mix

Ingredients: Enriched Bleached Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Leavening (Baking Soda, Calcium Phosphate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate), Contains 2% Or Less Of: Canola Oil, Dextrose, Salt, Cellulose, Propylene Glycol Esters Of Fatty Acids, Corn Starch, Monoglycerides, Xanthan Gum, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Cellulose Gum, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Soy Lecithin, Whey, Sodium Caseinate, Palm Kernel Oil, Citric Acid And Bht (Antioxidants).

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
400
Protein
20g
Volupta

Organic Fair Trade Cacao Powder

Ingredients: Organic cacao powder: fairtrade certified and sourced from fairtrade producers. total 100%.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
391
Sugar
48g
Betty Crocker

Betty Crocker Sugar cookie mix imp

Ingredients: / enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), 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
300
Sugar
0g
Unknown

Heavy coconut cream

Ingredients: Organic heavy coconut cream (organic coconut, filtered water).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
20
Sugar
1g
Kellogg's

Kellogg s

Ingredients: Milled com, sugar, malt flavor, 2% or less of salt, bht for freshness, vitamins and minerals: iron, vitamin c (sodium ascorbate, ascorbic acid), niacinamide, vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin a palmitate, vitamin b2 (riboflavin), vitamin b1 (thiamin hydrochloride), folic acid, vitamin d3, vitamin b12,

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
375
Sugar
5g
Bisquick

Pancake & 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

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
880
Sugar
0g
Great Value

Vegetable Oil Cooking Spray

Ingredients: Soybean oil*, soy lecithin, dimethyl silicone (for anti-foaming), propellant.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
667
Sugar
7g
Bob's Red Mill

Unsweetened Coconut Flakes imp

Ingredients: Unsulfured coconut.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
356
Sugar
14g
Member's Mark

BUTTERMILK PANCAKE MIX

Ingredients: enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, dextrose, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), soybean oil, salt, defatted soy flour, buttermilk, eggs, natural and artificial flavors.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
341
Sugar
5g
Betty Crocker

ORIGINAL Bisquick Pancake & Baking Mix

Ingredients: Enriched Flour Bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Corn Starch, Leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), Dextrose, Vegetable Oil (palm, sunflower, canola, and/or high oleic soybean oil), Sugar, Salt, Monoglycerides.

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
365
Sugar
14g
Betty Crocker

Bisquick Shake 'n Pour Buttermilk Pancake Mix

Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, defatted soy flour, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), palm oil, dextrose, buttermilk, salt, egg yolk with sodium silicoaluminate, egg white, datem,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
175
Sugar
1g
Native Forest

Unsweetened Simple Organic Coconut Milk

Ingredients: Organic coconut milk (organic coconut, filtered water).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Trader Joe's

Organic Pure Bourbon Vanilla Extract

Ingredients: WATER, ORGANIC ETYHL ALCOHOL, ORGANIC VANILLA BEAN EXTRACTIVES

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
368
Sugar
61g
Betty Crocker

Angel Food Cake Mix

Ingredients: Sugar, Wheat Flour Bleached, Egg White, Corn Starch, Baking Soda, Citric Acid, Calcium Phosphate, Salt, Cellulose Gum, Artificial Flavor, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (a whipping aid).

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
263
Sugar
40g
Aunt Jemina, The Quaker Oats Company

Aunt Jemima Original Syrup 24 Fluid Ounce Plastic Bottle

Ingredients: corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, water, cellulose gum, caramel color, salt, natural and artificial flavor, sodium benzoate and sorbic acid (preservatives), sodium hexametaphosphate,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
359
Protein
15g
Birch Benders

Complete Pancake & Waffle Mix, Keto Carb Friendly

Ingredients: Almond Flour, Eggs, Tigernut Flour, Organic Coconut Flour, Cassava Starch, Buttermilk, Leavening (Monocalcium Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Salt, Spice.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
360
Sugar
25g
Betty Crocker

Wild Blueberry muffin & quick bread mix

Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), blueberries canned in light syrup (blueberries, water, high fructose corn syrup), sugar, corn syrup, palm oil, modified corn starch, leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), salt, corn starch, distilled monoglycerides, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, natural and artificial flavor, dried cultured cream,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Great Value

Baking Soda

Ingredients: SODIUM BICARBONATE

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
368
Sugar
5g
Trader Joe's

Buttermilk Pancake

Ingredients: Enriched unbleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, malted barley flour, may contain enzymes, ascorbic acid), soybean oil, buttermilk, dextrose, contains 2% or less of the following: sodium bicarbonate, calcium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate, salt.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
5
Sugar
0g
Bob's Red Mill

Active dry yeast imp

Ingredients: Yeast, sorbitan monostearate.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
733
Sugar
7g
Organic Great Value

Unsweetened Coconut Flakes

Ingredients: Organic coconut.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
467
Sugar
33g
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Sweetened Coconut Flakes

Ingredients: Coconut, sugar, water, propylene glycol (sustains freshness), salt, sodium metabisulfite (to retain whiteness).

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Contains Sodium Metabisulfite
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
467
Sugar
33g
Great Value

Coconut Flakes

Ingredients: Coconut, sugar, water, propylene glycol (sustains freshness), salt, sodium metabisulfite (to retain whiteness).

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Contains Sodium Metabisulfite
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
409
Sugar
35g
Martha White

BLUEBERRY CHEESECAKE 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), cream cheese bits (cream cheese [pasteurized milk, cream, cheese cultures, salt, xanthan and/or guar and/or carob bean gum], whey, natural flavor, artificial color, tocopherols and ascorbyl palmitate added to protect flavor), 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, natural and artificial flavors, butter (cream, lactic acid), calcium sulfate, citric acid and bht (antioxidants), niacin, iron, vitamin b6 hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate, vitamin b12.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
364
Protein
27g
BIRCH BENDERS

COMPLETE PANCAKE & WAFFLE MIX

Ingredients: Unbleached wheat flour, whey protein concentrate (whey protein concentrate, lecithin), evaporated cane juice, vital wheat gluten, leavening (monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, non-gmo corn starch), eggs, salt, natural flavor.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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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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