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Cooking Helpers Roundup

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

Detailed Reviews (Page 4)

Calories
375
Sugar
3g
Betty Crocker

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
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Calories
372
Sugar
44g
Betty Crocker,General Mills

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
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Calories
393
Protein
16g
Kodiak

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
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Calories
356
Sugar
10g
Krusteaz

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
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Calories
250
Sugar
60g
Great Value

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
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Calories
118
Sugar
24g
Aldi

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
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Calories
333
Sugar
0g
Kraft Foods, Kraft

Kraft Minute Tapioca

Ingredients: Precooked Tapioca, Soy Lecithin

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
917
Sugar
0g
Crisco

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)
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Calories
467
Protein
20g
Birch Benders

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
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Calories
333
Sugar
22g
Cool Whip

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
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Calories
469
Sugar
65g
Unknown

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
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Calories
350
Sugar
8g
Open Nature

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
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Calories
417
Sugar
56g
KRUSTEAZ

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
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Calories
365
Protein
24g
Kodiak Cakes

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
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Calories
305
Sugar
3g
Pillsbury

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
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Calories
417
Sugar
54g
Betty Crocker

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
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Calories
383
Sugar
43g
Betty Crocker

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
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Calories
409
Sugar
42g
Betty Crocker

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
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Calories
372
Sugar
42g
Bubbies Hawaii

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
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Calories
394
Sugar
38g
Martha White

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
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Calories
394
Sugar
52g
Betty Crocker

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
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Calories
355
Protein
13g
Great Value

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
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Calories
394
Sugar
52g
Betty Crocker

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
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Calories
417
Sugar
46g
BETTY CROCKER

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
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Calories
372
Sugar
44g
Betty Crocker

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
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Calories
372
Sugar
42g
betty crocker

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
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Calories
180
Sugar
19g
Betty Crocker

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
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Calories
620
Sugar
50g
Trader Joe's

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
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Calories
286
Sugar
14g
Manischewitz

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
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Calories
410
Sugar
8g
OLD COUNTRY STORE

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
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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.
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