Cooking Helpers Roundup
We analyzed 509 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 5)

Italian Style Bread Crumbs
Ingredients: Toasted bread crumbs made from enriched bread [enriched flour (contains wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), corn syrup, vegetable oil (soybean and/or cottonseed oil), salt, yeast, whey, soy flour, malted barley flour, wheat gluten, whole wheat flour, rye flour, corn flour, oat bran, corn meal, rice flour, potato flour, nonfat dry milk, soy lecithin, calcium propionate (preservative), sesame seeds, caraway seeds], salt, grated pecorino romano cheese [pasteurized sheep's milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes (rennet)], dehydrated parsley flakes, garlic powder, spices, onion powder, oregano.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

corn muffin mix
Ingredients: Wheat flour, degerminated yellow corn meal, sugar, vegetable shortening (palm oil, soybean oil), contains less than 2% of each of the following: baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate, salt, tricalcium phosphate, wheat starch, niacin, dextrose, reduced iron, corn starch, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, natural flavor, folic acid, silicon dioxide.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Flapjack and Waffle Mix Pumpkin
Ingredients: 100% whole grain wheat flour, cane sugar, 100% whole grain oat flour, pumpkin powder, wheat protein isolate, flaxseed meal, milk protein concentrate, whey protein concentrate, leavening (cream of tartar, baking soda), cinnamon, sea salt, nutmeg, ginger, ground cloves, ground allspice, b vitamin blend (vitamin b3 [niacin], vitamin b5 [pantothenic acid], vitamin b6, vitamin b2, vitamin b1, vitamin b7 [biotin], vitamin b12, and maltodextrin).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Strawberry supreme deliciously moist cake mix
Ingredients: enriched bleached wheat flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), wheat starch, canola oil, contains less than 2% of: salt, propylene glycol mono-and diesters, mono-and diglycerides, fractionated palm oil, sodium stearoyl lactylate, cellulose gum, xanthan gum, citric acid, natural flavor, ascorbic acid, red 40 lake, contains: wheat,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Classic white cake mix
Ingredients: sugar, enriched bleached wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), emulsified palm shortening (palm oil, propylene glycol mono - and diesters of fats and fatty acids, mono - and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate), leavening (baking soda, dicalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), wheat starch, contains 2% or less of: modified food starch, dextrose, salt, palm oil, soy lecithin, natural and artificial flavor, guar gum, xanthan gum,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Coconut cream of cans milliliter each
Ingredients: Coconut extract, water, citric acid (as antioxidant), sodium metabisulfite (as preservative).
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Metabisulfite

Signature perfectly moist pineapple supreme naturally
Ingredients: Sugar, enriched bleached wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), emulsified palm shortening (palm oil, propylene glycol mono - and diesters of fats and fatty acids, mono - and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate), leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), wheat starch, salt, cellulose gum, natural and artificial flavor, xanthan gum, yellow 5 lake, citric acid, red 40 lake.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Fudge Brownie Mix
Ingredients: Sugar, Enriched Flour Bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Palm Oil, Corn Syrup, 2% Corn Starch, Carob Powder, Salt, Canola oil, Artificial Flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Brownie Mix
Ingredients: sugar, cocoa powder, tapioca starch, white rice flour, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), natural vanilla flavor, salt,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Super Moist Yellow 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, Salt, Monoglycerides, Dicalcium Phosphate, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Xanthan Gum, Cellulose Gum, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Yellows 5 & 6.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Creamy Yogurt Starter Culture
Ingredients: Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus, Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis, Lactose.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Perfectly moist dark chocolate fudge cake mix
Ingredients: Sugar, enriched bleached wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), emulsified palm shortening (palm oil, propylene glycol mono - and diesters of fats and fatty acids, mono - and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate), cocoa powder processed with alkali, dextrose, leavening (baking soda, dicalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), contains 2% or less of: wheat starch, salt, cellulose gum, xanthan gum.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Gluten Free Protein Pancake Mix
Ingredients: whole grain brown rice flour, tapioca starch, pea protein, baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda, corn starch), cellulose & psyllium fiber blend, natural flavor, salt, steviol glycosides
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mousse light instant dessert mix milk chocolate
Ingredients: COCOA, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, FRUCTOSE, GLUCOSE SYRUP, MODIFIED PALM OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, CARRAGEENAN, MODIFIED MILK INGREDIENTS, GLUCOSE SOLIDS, SALT, SUCRALOSE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOUR
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Protein Pancake
Ingredients: 100% whole grain wheat flour, 100% whole grain oat flour, maple syrup, cinnamon flakes (sugar, vegetable oil [palm, palm kernel], cinnamon, sunflower lecithin), palm oil, brown sugar, non-fat dry milk, honey powder (honey, wheat starch), natural flavor, leavening (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda), wheat protein isolate, sea, salt, whey protein concentrate.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Gluten Free Yellow Cake Mix
Ingredients: Cane sugar, modified tapioca starch, rice flour, potato starch, cornstarch, emulsifier (rice starch, polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, mono - and diglycerides), baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, cornstarch, monocalcium phosphate), natural vanilla flavor, salt, xanthan gum.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

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

Organic Pancake & Waffle Mix Gluten Free
Ingredients: Organic white rice flour, organic potato starch, organic tapioca starch, leavening(monocalcium phosphate, baking soda), organic whole grain yellow corn flour, organic vanilla flavor, sea salt, organic cinnamon.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Gluten Free Double Chocolate Cookie Dough
Ingredients: Palm fruit and canola oil, semisweet chocolate pieces (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla), powdered sugar (cane sugar, corn starch), potato starch, cane sugar, tapioca starch, rice flour, eggs, molasses, cocoa processed with alkali, water, vanilla extract, xanthan gum, sea salt, guar gum, baking soda.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Organic Confetti Pancake & Waffle Mix
Ingredients: Organic wheat flour, organic cane sugar, organic sprinkles (organic sugar, organic rice flour, organic potato starch, organic sunflower oil, organic color blend [organic turmeric, organic annatto, organic fruit juice, organic vegetable juice, citric acid, sodium bicarbonate]), leavening (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda), contains 2% or less of: salt, organic potato starch, organic tapioca starch.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Chocolate Chip Pancake & Waffle Mix
Ingredients: Organic wheat flour, organic chocolate chips (organic dried cane syrup, organic chocolate liquor, organic cocoa butter, organic dextrose, organic vanilla), organic evaporated cane juice, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate, non-gmo corn starch), salt, organic potato starch, organic cassava starch.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Japanese style panko bread crumbs
Ingredients: Bleached wheat flour, sugar, salt, yeast, freshness preserved by ascorbic acid.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pillsbury Grands! Honey Butter Flaky Layers Biscuits 8 Count
Ingredients: / enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, soybean and palm oil, sugar, hydrogenated palm oil, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate). contains 2% or less of: dextrose, fractionated palm oil, salt, potassium chloride, mono and diglycerides, xanthan gum, natural and artificial flavor, sucralose, butter, preservatives (tbhq and citric acid), annatto extract and beta carotene (for color).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains TBHQ (Tertiary Butylhydroquinone)

Better Cheddar Cheese Powder
Ingredients: PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURES, ENZYMES, WHEY, BUTTERMILK, SALT, SILICON DIOXIDE (ANTI - CAKING AGENT), DISODIUM PHOSPHATE (PROCESSING AID).
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Streit's, potato pancake latkes mix
Ingredients: DEHYDRATED POTATOES, POTATO STARCH, DEHYDRATED ONIONS, SALT, OLIVE OIL.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Power Cakes Flapjack Quick Mix Buttermilk
Ingredients: 100% WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT FLOUR, 100% WHOLE GRAIN OAT FLOUR, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE BROWN SUGAR, WHEAT PROTEIN ISOLATE, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA), BUTTERMILK, SEA SALT
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Rainbow Crunchies
Ingredients: CANE SUGAR, TAPIOCA STARCH, TAPIOCA MALTODEXTRIN, PALM OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, CARNAUBA WAX, COLORING (VEGETABLE JUICES, PAPRIKA, SPIRULINA, ANNATTO, TURMERIC).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Decorating Sprinkles Chocolate
Ingredients: sugar, cornstarch, palm oil, palm kernel oil, cocoa, cocoa processed with alkali, sunflower lecithin, dextrin, confectioner's glaze (shellac), natural & artificial flavor carnauba wax. contains bioengineered ingredients
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content
