Cooking Helpers Roundup
We analyzed 509 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 13)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
