Cooking Helpers Roundup
We analyzed 503 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 2)

Cornbread Stufffing Mix
Ingredients: ORGANIC WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC YELLOW CORNMEAL, ORGANIC EXPELLER PRESSED SUNFLOWER SEED OIL, ORGANIC EXPELLER PRESSED SAFFLOWER SEED OIL, SALT, ORGANIC SPICES, ORGANIC ONION POWDER, ORGANIC CORN MALTODEXTRIN, ORGANIC DEXTROSE, ORGANIC YEAST POWDER, YEAST, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC DEHYDRATED PARSLEY, ORGANIC GARLIC POWDER, ORGANIC RICE CONCENTRATE, ORGANIC NATURAL FLAVOR, NATURAL FLAVOR.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Funfetti Gluten Free Cake & Cupcake Mix
Ingredients: rice flour, sugar, potato starch, candy bits (sugar, vegetable oil (palm and palm kernel), modified corn starch, confectioner's glaze, soy lecithin, yellow 5, red 40, blue 1, yellow 6), leavening (baking soda, calcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), pea fiber, cellulose, tapicoa starch, contains 2% or less of: canola oil, salt, propylene glycol esters of fatty acids, mono and diglycerides, xanthan gum, corn starch, cellulose gum, natural and artificial flavor, sodium stearoyl lactylate, soy lecithin, whey, sodium caseinate, palm kernel oil, citric acid, bht.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Original Pancake & Waffle Mix by LIDL
Ingredients: ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), DEXTROSE, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: WHEY, SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, BUTTERMILK. CONTAINS: WHEAT, MILK.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Gluten Free Chocolate Cake Mix
Ingredients: sugar, gluten free flour blend (sweet white rice flour, whole grain brown rice flour, potato starch, whole grain sorghum flour, tapioca flour, xanthan gum), cocoa powder, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, cornstarch, monocalcium phosphate), baking soda, natural vanilla flavor powder (sugar, cornstarch, vanilla oleoresin), salt,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Bob’s red mill gluten free muffins
Ingredients: Gluten free flour blend (sweet white rice flour, whole grain brown rice flour, potato starch, whole grain sorghum flour, tapioca flour, xanthan gum), sugar, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, cornstarch, monocalcium phosphate), salt, natural vanilla flavor (sugar, cornstarch, vanilla oleoresin).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

BBQ chicken coating mix
Ingredients: Coating crumbs (enriched wheat flour [enriched with niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], sugar, salt, yeast), seasoning (sugar, salt, maltodextrin, spices, vinegar powder [maltodextrin, white distilled vinegar, modified corn starch], onion and garlic powder, natural hickory smoke flavor, caramel color, oleoresin paprika, spice extractive), enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, brown sugar (sugar, molasses), soy flour, dried egg yolk, whey.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Strawberry shortcake flavored mug cakes mix with
Ingredients: Frosting: sugar, invert sugar, canola oil, palm oil, water, corn syrup, less than 2% of: mono and diglycerides, salt, polysorbate 60, corn starch, food starch-modified, natural flavor, potassium sorbate (preservative), citric acid. cake mix: sugar, wheat flour, palm and palm kernel oil, wheat starch, leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), eggs, salt, natural flavor, whey, nonfat milk, soy lecithin, whole milk solids, beet juice (color).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Traditional hot cakes mix
Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), salt, propylene glycol mono and diesters of fat and fatty acids, monoglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate, natural and artificial flavor, tricalcium phosphate, yellow 5, yellow 6 lake, yellow 6.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Wild berry flavored muffin mix
Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, dextrose, vegetable shortening ([contains one or more of the following: canola and/or palm oil], tbhq [preservative]). contains 2% or less of each of the following: gelatinized yellow corn flour, palm oil, hydrogenated vegetable shortening (palm kernel oil, palm oil, canola oil), modified corn starch, sodium aluminum phosphate, baking soda, salt, lecithin, natural and artificial flavor, citric acid, red 40 lake, blue 2 lake, yellow 6 lake, blue 1 lake.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Blueberry muffin mix
Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, dextrose, vegetable shortening (contains one or more of the following: canola and/or palm oil] with tbhq [preservative]), contains 2% or less of each of the following: leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), gelatinized yellow corn flour, palm oil, vegetable shortening (hydrogenated palm kernel oil and/or palm oil and/or canola oil), modified corn starch, salt, natural and artificial flavor, soy lecithin, citric acid, red 40 lake, blue 2 lake.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Double Acting Baking Powder
Ingredients: Corn starch, sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum sulfate, monocalcium phosphate.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

complete pancake & waffle mix
Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), contains 2% or less of: soybean oil, dextrose, buttermilk, egg yolk, salt, corn starch, egg white.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Flapjack Power Cup S'mores
Ingredients: 100% whole grain graham flour, 100% whole grain wheat flour, cane sugar, wheat protein isolate, semisweet chocolate (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, dextrose, sunflower lecithin), palm oil, marshmallows (tapioca syrup, cane sugar, water, tapioca starch, carrageenan, soy protein, natural vanilla flavor), buttermilk, whey protein concentrate, leavening (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda), sea salt, natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

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

Gluten free chocolate fudge brownie mix
Ingredients: Cane sugar, powdered sugar (cane sugar, cornstarch), rice flour, cocoa powder (processed with alkali), potato starch, tapioca starch, expeller pressed canola oil, sea salt, natural flavor, xanthan gum.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Concord blueberry muffin mix boxes
Ingredients: Wheat flour (unbleached wheat flour, malted barley flour), sugar, soybean oil, fructose, natural flavors (milk), leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate), salt.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Muffin Mix Chocolate Chip
Ingredients: 100% whole grain wheat flour, organic cane sugar, 100% whole grain oat flour, wheat protein isolate, semisweet chocolate (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, dextrose, and sunflower lecithin), whey protein concentrate, light molasses (refinery syrup, cane molasses), natural vanilla, flavor, cream of tartar, sea salt, sodium bicarbonate (leavening).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Protein-packed cornbread mix homestead style
Ingredients: 100% whole grain wheat flour, 100% whole grain corn meal, cane sugar, wheat protein isolate, whey protein concentrate, milk protein concentrate, sea salt, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Crescent Rolls
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

Peanut Butter Cookie Dough
Ingredients: Sugar, enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), reese's peanut butter (peanuts, sugar, monoglycerides, peanut oil, salt, molasses, corn starch), water, palm oil, canola and/or soybean oil. contains 2% or less of: molasses, eggs, salt, baking powder (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut
- ● High Sugar Content

Big deluxe peanut butter cookies reese's mini
Ingredients: Sugar, enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, reese's pieces minis (sugar, peanut flour, hydrogenated vegetable oil [palm kernel and soybean oil], corn syrup, dextrose, palm kernel oil, yellow 5 lake, yellow 6 lake, red 40 lake, blue 1 lake, salt, soy lecithin, resinous glaze, carnauba wax, artificial flavor, milk), palm oil, peanut butter (peanuts, dextrose, hydrogenated canola and cottonseed oil, salt), canola and/or soybean oil, molasses. contains 2% or less of: eggs, baking powder (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), salt.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Gluten Free Pie Crust Mix
Ingredients: Rice flour, potato starch, cane sugar, salt, xanthan gum, vitamin and mineral blend [calcium carbonate, niacinamide (vitamin b3), reduced iron, thiamin hydrochloride (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2)].
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Betty Crocker Limited Edition Pumpkin Spice Cookie Mix
Ingredients: / enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), brown sugar, sugar, palm oil, dried pumpkin, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), salt, spice.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Chocolate Chip Muffin Mix
Ingredients: Enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, artificial flavor), corn syrup, dextrose, palm oil, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), modified corn starch, salt, corn starch, egg white, propylene glycol monoesters of fatty acids, mono and diglycerides, datem, soy lecithin, whey, sodium stearoyl lactylate, sodium caseinate, color added, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, artificial flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Betty Crocker Triple Berry Muffin Mix
Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, artificially flavored triple berry bits (dextrose, palm oil, corn flour, citric acid, artificial flavor, red lake 40, blue lakes 1 & 2), palm oil, corn syrup, dextrose, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), modified corn starch, salt, propylene glycol mono and diesters, mono and diglycerides, datem, soy lecithin, whey, sodium stearoyl lactylate, sodium caseinate, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, artificial flavor. contains wheat, soy and milk.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Angel food confetti cake mix
Ingredients: / sugar, wheat flour bleached, egg white, corn starch, baking soda, citric acid, calcium chloride, corn syrup, enzyme modified soy protein, corn cereal, salt, palm oil, cellulose gum, artificial flavor, color (yellows 5 & 6, red 40, blue 1), sodium lauryl sulfate (a whipping aid).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Panko italian style bread crumbs box
Ingredients: Wheat flour bleached, maltodextrin, salt, canola oil, dried roasted garlic, yeast, sugar, basil, spices, onion powder, paprika, caramel color, natural flavor, freshness preserved by ascorbic acid.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sweet Yellow Cornbread & Muffin Mix
Ingredients: ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR, ENRICHED DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN MEAL (WHEAT FLOUR, DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN MEAL, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, CANOLA OIL SOYBEAN OIL, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE), SALT, CORN STARCH.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

PLAIN BREAD CRUMBS
Ingredients: Brown rice flour, white rice flour, potato starch, tapioca flour, brown sugar, non-gmo canola oil, eggs, potato flour, yeast, guar gum, salt.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFIN
Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanillin [artificial flavor]), dextrose, canola oil, 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 Mono- and Diglycerides
- ● High Sugar Content
