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Cooking Helpers Roundup

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

Detailed Reviews (Page 5)

Calories
357
Protein
14g
Signature

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
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Calories
423
Sugar
19g
JIFFY

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
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Calories
360
Protein
26g
Kodiak

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
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Calories
395
Sugar
42g
Duncan Hines

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
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Calories
395
Sugar
44g
Duncan Hines

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
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Calories
200
Sugar
3g
Thep Padung Porn Coconut Co. Ltd.

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
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Calories
419
Sugar
44g
Duncan Hines

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
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Calories
414
Sugar
59g
Betty Crocker

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
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Calories
357
Sugar
57g
LiveGFree,Aldi

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
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Calories
372
Sugar
44g
Betty Crocker

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
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

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
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Calories
395
Sugar
42g
Duncan Hines, Pinnacle Foods Group Llc

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
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Calories
351
Protein
19g
King Arthur Baking Company

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
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Calories
461
Protein
13g
Unknown

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
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Calories
406
Protein
19g
KODIAK CAKES

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
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Calories
378
Sugar
49g
King Arthur Flour, King Arthur Baking Company

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
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Calories
700
Sugar
10g
Fiesta Tropicalé

Organic Coconut Flakes Unsweetened

Ingredients: Organic unsweetened coconut flakes

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
326
Sugar
0g
Arrowhead Mills

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
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Calories
394
Sugar
36g
Immaculate Baking

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
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Calories
349
Sugar
19g
Birch Benders

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
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Calories
400
Sugar
23g
Birch Benders

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
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Calories
367
Sugar
0g
Ht Traders

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
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Calories
310
Sugar
9g
Unknown

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)
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Calories
500
Protein
21g
King Arthur Flour

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
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Calories
333
Sugar
4g
Streit's

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
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Calories
349
Protein
24g
Kodiak

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
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
McCormick

Coconut Extract

Ingredients: ALCOHOL, WATER, NATURAL FLAVOR, EXTRACTIVES OF .

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
375
Sugar
55g
Supernatural

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
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Great Value

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
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Calories
357
Sugar
43g
Sunmark

Fiber powder, psyllium husk

Ingredients: Sucrose, Psyllium Husk, Silicon Dioxide

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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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.
Can I find low-calorie Cooking Helpers here?+
Yes! Our list highlights the nutritional details of each product. Look for the "Calories" badge on the product cards above to find low-calorie options.
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