Cooking Helpers Roundup
We analyzed 509 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 4)

Original all purpose baking mix
Ingredients: / enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), palm oil, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), dextrose, salt.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Betty Crocker Super Moist Rainbow Chip Cake Mix
Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, corn syrup, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), contains 2% or less of: modified corn starch, corn starch, palm oil, propylene glycol mono and diesters of fatty acids, salt, distilled monoglycerides, dicalcium phosphate, corn cereal, sodium stearoyl lactylate, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, natural and artificial flavor, color (yellows 5 , 6, red 40, blue 1),
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Flapjack Power Cup Buttermilk & Maple
Ingredients: 100% whole grain wheat flour, 100% whole grain oat flour, maple syrup palm oil, brown sugar, wheat protein isolate, whey protein Concentrate, milk protein concentrate, leavening (monocalcium phosphate, baking Soda), natural flavor, buttermilk sea salt. Contains milk and wheat. Also Contains trace amounts of egg, soy, and tree nuts due to processing on shared equipment.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Tree Nuts
- ● High Sugar Content

Buttermilk Heart Healthy Pancake Mix
Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, malted barley flour), sugar, whole wheat flour, leavening (baking soda, calcium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), defatted soy flour, dextrose, modified wheat starch, soybean oil, salt, buttermilk, lactic acid, guar gum.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Blue Raspberry Flavored Fruit Spread
Ingredients: SUGAR, APPLE JUICE, WATER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: FRUIT PECTIN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR (PROPYLENE GLYCOL, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), MALIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE, CITRIC ACID, EDIBLE GLITTER (HYDROXYPROPYL METHYLCELLULOSE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, MICA BASED PIGMENT, RED 40, BLUE 1, YELLOW 6, YELLOW 5), BLUE 1.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Cherry pie filling
Ingredients: red tart pitted cherries, water, sugar, corn starch, citric acid, tart cherry concentrate, mechanically pitted, may contain an occasional pit or pit fragment
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

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

Baking stick butter flavor allvegetable shortening
Ingredients: SOYBEAN OIL, FULLY HYDROGENATED PALM OIL, PALM OIL, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES. TBHQ AND CITRIC ACID (ANTIOXIDANTS), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, BETA-CAROTENE (PRO VITAMIN A) ADDED FOR COLOR.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

Chocolate Chip Keto Pancake & Waffle Mix
Ingredients: almond flour, no added sugar dark chocolate chips (unsweetened chocolate, erythritol, cocoa butter, stevia extract, sunflower lecithin), eggs, tigernut flour, organic coconut flour, cassava starch, buttermilk, leavening (monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate), salt, spice.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

EXTRA CREAMY
Ingredients: | imgre sm milk, hydrogenated vegetable oil (coconut y raue" | and palm kernel oils), high fructose corn syrup, water, corn syrup, light cream, contains less than 2% of sodium caseinate 1% (from milk), natural and artificial flavor, xanthan and | guar gums, polysorbate 60, sorbitan monostearate, sodium 0% polyphosphate, beta carotene (color), kraft heinz foods company, chicago, il 60601 1-800-431-1001 contains og lactose per serving • to thaw: place unopened tub in refrigerator for 4 hours, do not stir, contains: milk, gars 3% • storage: keeps fresh in refrigerator 2 weeks, may be refrozen for longer storage, ビリ ssium ong 0% • for best results: do not thaw cool whip on countertop or in microwave, excessive stirring or heat will cause product to soften and become watery, 1-800-431-1001 d contributes to scan here or call for more food • package yield: about 3 cups package not intended for microwave use information, freshness date on bottom of container o kraft foods kraftheinzs
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Molten lava cakes baking mix
Ingredients: Semi-Sweet Chocolate (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, dextrose), Sugar, Semi-Sweet Chocolate (unsweetened chocolate processed with alkali, sugar, soy lecithin, milkfat), Enriched Flour Bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Canola Oil, Salt.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Gluten Free Pancake & Baking Mix
Ingredients: White rice flour, potato starch, sugar, baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda, corn starch), salt, xanthan gum.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

CINNAMON SWIRL CRUMB CAKE & MUFFIN MIX
Ingredients: cake mix: sugar, whole grain sorghum flour, whole grain millet flour, food starch-modified, soybean oil, arabic gum, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), salt, tapioca starch, guar gum, xanthan gum, natural flavor. topping: sugar, palm and soybean oil, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, silicon dioxide (anticaking agent), natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Flapjack & waffle mix almond poppy seed
Ingredients: 100% whole grain wheat flour, organic cane sugar, 100% whole grain oat flour, wheat protein isolate, whey protein concentrate, blanched almond flour, milk protein concentrate, buttermilk powder, leavening (monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate), poppy seeds, sea salt, natural almond flavor.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Grands! southern style frozen biscuits
Ingredients: Enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, soybean oil, baking powder (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate), hydrogenated soybean oil. contains 2% or less of: sugar, whey, salt, datem, wheat protein isolate, modified corn starch, sodium caseinate, natural flavor, propylene glycol alginate.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Betty Crocker Whipped Fluffy White Frosting imp
Ingredients: sugar, palm oil, water, high maltose corn syrup, corn starch, contains 2% or less of: hydrogenated palm oil, monoglycerides, color added, cellulose gel, salt, polysorbate 80, sodium acid pyrophosphate, cellulose gum, artificial flavor, citric acid, freshness preserved by potassium sorbate,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Yellow cake mix
Ingredients: Sugar, rice flour, potato starch, canola oil, corn starch, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum sulfate, monocalcium phosphate), salt, xanthan gum.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Betty Crocker Cinnamon Streusel Muffin and Quick Bread Mix
Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, vegetable oil (palm, palm kernel), brown sugar, corn syrup, modified corn starch, leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), cinnamon, salt, corn starch, distilled monoglycerides, dextrose, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, soy lecithin, color added,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

General mills triple chocolate cake mix
Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, cocoa processed with alkali (red dutched and dark dutched), corn syrup, chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, artificial flavor [vanillin]), leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), contains 2% or less of: corn starch, modified corn starch, palm oil, carob powder, propylene glycol mono and diesters of fatty acids, distilled monoglycerides, salt, dicalcium phosphate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, artificial flavor,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Muffin mix, just add milk!
Ingredients: enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, artificial strawberry bits (dextrose, palm oil, pregelatinized yellow corn flour, citric acid, artificial flavor, red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake, blue 1 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, distilled monoglycerides, salt, eggs with sodium silicoaluminate added as anticaking agent, corn starch, sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate, 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

Betty Crocker Rich & Creamy Chocolate Frosting imp
Ingredients: sugar, water, palm oil, corn syrup, corn starch, cocoa processed with alkali. contains 2% or less of: salt, monoglycerides, polysorbate 60, sodium stearoyl lactylate, citric acid, sodium acid pyrophosphate, artificial flavor. freshness preserved by potassium sorbate.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Pizza Crust Mix
Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), soybean oil, dextrose, leavening (sodium aluminum phosphate, baking soda), active dry yeast with sorbitan monostearate, salt, calcium carbonate.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Rich & Creamy Milk Chocolate Frosting
Ingredients: Sugar, water, palm oil, high maltose corn syrup, corn starch, cocoa processed with alkali. contains 2% or less of: salt, distilled monoglycerides, polysorbate 60, sodium stearoyl lactylate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, citric acid, natural and artificial flavor. freshness preserved by potassium sorbate.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Betty Crocker Whipped Chocolate Frosting imp
Ingredients: sugar, palm oil, water, high fructose corn syrup, cocoa processed with alkali, contains 2% or less of: corn starch, hydrogenated palm oil, monoglycerides, cellulose gel, salt, citric acid, polysorbate 80, sodium acid pyrophosphate, cellulose gum, carrageenan, natural and artificial flavor, color added, freshness preserved by potassium sorbate,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Betty Crocker Super Moist Lemon Cake Mix
Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, corn syrup, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), contains 2% or less of: modified corn starch, corn starch, palm oil, propylene glycol mono and diesters of fatty acids, salt, distilled monoglycerides, dicalcium phosphate, maltodextrin, sodium stearoyl lactylate, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, wheat starch, artificial flavor, citric acid, yellow 5 and other color added, freshness preserved by alpha tocopherol,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Super moist cake mix butter recipe yellow box
Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, corn syrup, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), contains 2% or less of: modified corn starch, corn starch, palm oil, propylene glycol mono and diesters of fatty acids, salt, distilled monoglycerides, dicalcium phosphate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, natural and artificial flavor, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, yellows 5 , 6, nonfat milk, soy lecithin,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Super moist cake mix white pudding in the mix by betty crocker
Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, corn syrup, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), contains 2% or less of: palm oil, corn starch, modified corn starch, salt, propylene glycol mono and diesters of fatty acids, dextrose, distilled monoglycerides, nonfat milk, dicalcium phosphate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, soy lecithin, whey powder, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, sodium caseinate, natural and artificial flavor,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Vanilla cake and baking mix
Ingredients: Sugar, unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, may contain malted barley flour, enzymes, ascorbic acid [vitamin c {dough conditioner}]), leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate), salt, soybean oil, vanilla bean specks, madagascar bourbon vanilla flavor, xanthan gum.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Matzo ball soup mix
Ingredients: Matzo meal (unbleached, unbromated passover wheat flour and water), sugar, salt, monosodium glutamate, onion, palm oil, garlic, monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, pepper, dill, celery seed, parsley, and annatto color.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

BUTTERMILK BAKING & PANCAKE MIX
Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, malted barley flour, enzymes, ascorbic acid), palm and soybean oil, sugar, dextrose. less than 2% of: baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, salt, buttermilk, sodium stearoyl lactylate, lactic acid, ascorbic acid.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
