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Cooking Helpers Roundup

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

Detailed Reviews (Page 7)

Calories
404
Sugar
52g
Betty Crocker

Mug treats rainbow chip cake

Ingredients: Frosting (sugar, high fructose corn syrup, palm oil, corn starch, water, corn syrup, nonfat milk, palm kernel oil, hydrogenated palm oil, coconut oil, salt, distilled monoglycerides, polysorbate 60, color [yellow lakes 5 & 6, red lake 40, blue lakes 1 & 2, yellows 5 & 6 and other color added], modified cellulose, sodium stearoyl lactylate, potassium sorbate [preservative], sodium acid pyrophosphate, soy lecithin, natural and artificial flavor, citric acid), sugar, enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid). contains 2% or less of: cellulose powder, corn starch, palm oil, modified corn starch, canola oil, leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate), whey protein isolate, egg white, distilled monoglycerides, salt, corn syrup, soy lecithin, corn cereal, whey, sodium caseinate, xanthan gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate, cellulose gum, 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
400
Sugar
17g
Unknown

Honey Sweet Cornbread Mix

Ingredients: Enriched yellow corn meal (yellow corn meal, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, palm oil, sodium bicarbonate, contains less than 2%: dextrose, salt, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, honey.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
391
Protein
11g
Betty Crocker

Inch pizza crust mix

Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), palm oil, leavening (dry yeast, sodium aluminum phosphate, baking soda), dextrose, salt, freshness preserved by bha,

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Contains BHA (Butylated Hydroxyanisole)
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Calories
419
Sugar
48g
Betty Crocker

Delights supreme brownie mix

Ingredients: Sugar, Enriched Flour Bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Peanut Butter (peanuts, dextrose, hydrogenated canola and cottonseed oil, salt), Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Corn Syrup, Palm Oil, Salt, Corn Starch, Leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), Molasses Powder, Carob Powder, Artificial Flavor, Nonfat Milk.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
448
Sugar
48g
Quaker, Quaker Oats

Hershey'S, Premium Cookie Mix, Cookies'N'Creme

Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, white confectionary chips (sugar, nonfat milk, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (palm kernel and soybean oil), palm kernel oil, cornstarch, artificial flavor, salt, hydrogenated palm oil, soy lecithin), palm oil, crushed chocolate cookies (enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], sugar, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (soybean and/or cottonseed), cocoa processed with alkali, high fructose corn syrup, corn flour, salt, dextrose, baking soda, soy lecithin), leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), corn starch, salt, natural and artificial flavor,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Unknown

Double acting baking powder

Ingredients: Cornstarch, sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
94
Sugar
18g
Great Value

Strawberry Pie Filling or Topping

Ingredients: strawberries, water, sugar, food starch-modified (corn), natural flavor, citric acid, red 40 color added,

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
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Calories
357
Protein
11g
4C

Plain Panko Bread Crumbs

Ingredients: PANKU JAPANESE STYLE BREAD CRUMBS (ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (ENRICHED WITH NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), DEXTROSE, SUGAR. YEAST, SALT), SOYBEAN FLOUR, NON-FAT DRY MILK.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
333
Sugar
6g
Martha White

Hush puppy mix with onion flavor

Ingredients: enriched degerminated white corn meal, enriched bleached flour (degerminated white corn meal, wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), nonfat milk, baking powder (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), sugar, salt, onion powder, dried onion, eggs (sodium silicoaluminate), garlic powder, spice, monosodium glutamate, cornstarch.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
355
Sugar
1g
Quaker

Quaker de maiz corn tortilla mix ounce paper bag

Ingredients: Ground corn treated with lime.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
391
Sugar
44g
Betty Crocker

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookie mix imp

Ingredients: Chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavor), enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), rolled oats, brown sugar, sugar, corn syrup, palm oil, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), salt.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
417
Sugar
35g
Martha White

BANANA NUT MUFFIN MIX

Ingredients: ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON. THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, WALNUTS WITH BHT ADDED TO PROTECT FLAVOR, DEXTROSE, CANOLA OIL, DRIED BANANA, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE). MODIFIED CORN STARCH, DEFATTED WHEAT GERM, SALT, PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, CALCIUM CARBONATE, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, CORN STARCH, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, CALCIUM SULFATE, NIACIN, IRON, BHT AND CITRIC ACID (ANTIOXIDANTS), VITAMIN B6 HYDROCHLORIDE, RIBOFLAVIN, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, VITAMIN B12. CONTAINS ALMOND, BRAZIL NUT, CASHEW, HAZELNUT, MACADAMIA NUT, PECAN, PINE NUT, PISTACHIO NUT, WALNUT AND WHEAT INGREDIENTS. MAY CONTAIN EGG, MILK, PEANUT AND SOYBEAN INGREDIENTS. DISTRIBUTED

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
362
Protein
17g
Kodiak

Kodiak cakes blueberry protein packed muffin mix

Ingredients: 100% whole grain wheat flour, organic cane sugar, wheat protein isolate, 100% whole grain oat flour, blueberries, light molasses (refinery syrup, cane molasses), cream of tartar, sea salt, baking soda, natural blueberry flavor.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
444
Sugar
4g
Unknown

Refrigerated pie crusts ready to bake

Ingredients: Unbleached, unbromated wheat flour, palm fruit and canola oils, wheat starch, water, cane sugar, rice flour, salt, cultured wheat starch, cultured whey, dextrose, wheat gluten, natural flavor, xanthan gum, citric acid.

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
372
Sugar
44g
Betty Crocker, General Mills

Super moist 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, sodium stearoyl lactylate, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, cultured cream, natural and artificial flavor.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
10
Sugar
2g
Kraft

Dream Whip

Ingredients: SUGAR, DEXTROSE, PALM KERNEL OIL, DRIED CORN SYRUP, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONOSTEARATE (EMULSIFIER), SODIUM CASEINATE (FROM MILK), ACETYLATED MONOGLYCERIDES (EMULSIFIER), WATER, SODIUM ALUMINOSILICATE (ANTICAKING AGENT), CELLULOSE GEL, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES (EMULSIFIER), CELLULOSE GUM, MODIFIED CELLULOSE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, NATURAL FLAVOR, ARTIFICIAL COLOR INCLUDING YELLOW 5 AND YELLOW 6.

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
571
Sugar
64g
Nestlé, Kroger

Nestle premier white morsel

Ingredients: Sugar, fractionated palm kernel oil, milk, nonfat milk, hydrogenated palm oil, soy lecithin, natural flavor.

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
372
Sugar
42g
Betty Crocker

Baking 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, sodium stearoyl lactylate, cultured cream, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, natural and artificial flavor.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
444
Sugar
30g
Simple Mills

Vanilla Cupcake & Cake Almond Flour Baking Mix

Ingredients: Almond flour, organic coconut sugar, arrowroot, organic coconut flour, baking soda, sea salt

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
350
Sugar
50g
Miss Jones Baking Co.

Organic vanilla cake mix

Ingredients: Organic cane sugar, organic wheat flour, organic wheat starch, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, non-gmo corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), natural vanilla flavor, sea salt.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
436
Protein
36g
Jaceycakes Llc

Mighty Muffin Chocolate Peanut Butter

Ingredients: Gluten-free oat flour, peanut butter chips (sugar, palm kernel oil, partially defatted peanut flour, nonfat dry milk, salt, and soy lecithin), whey protein isolate (whey protein isolate [milk], soy lecithin), pea protein, cocoa powder, milk chocolate (sugar, whole milk powder, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, milk fat, soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavor), xanthan gum, sea salt, monk fruit, probiotic (skim milk powder, bacillus coagulans gbi-30 6086).

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Peanut
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Calories
343
Sugar
31g
Famous Products Inc.

Corn bread mix

Ingredients: sugar, yellow corn meal, bleached wheat flour, palm oil, wheat starch, salt, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), dextrose, soy lecithin, xanthan gum, not more that 2% silicon dioxide added to prevent caking,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Meijer

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
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Calories
373
Protein
19g
KODIAK

MUFFIN MIX DOUBLE DARK CHOCOLATE

Ingredients: 100% Whole Grain Wheat Flour, Cane Sugar, Vital Wheat Gluten, Cocoa (Processed with Alkali), Semisweet Chocolate (Sugar, Unsweetened Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Dextrose, Sunflower Lecithin), 100% Whole Grain Oat Flour, Natural Flavor, Leavening (Cream of Tartar, Baking Soda), Sea Salt

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
397
Protein
19g
Kodiak

Flapjack Power Cup Blueberry & Maple

Ingredients: 100% whole grain wheat flour, 100% whole grain oat flour, maple syrup, palm oil, brown sugar, nonfat dry milk, honey powder (honey, wheat starch), natural flavor, blueberries, leavening (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda), wheat protein isolate, blueberry powder, sea salt, whey protein concentrate.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Giant

Baking soda pure

Ingredients: Sodium bicarbonate.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
357
Sugar
2g
Pamela's

Cornbread & muffin mix

Ingredients: Organic degermed corn meal, brown rice flour, white rice flour, tapioca starch, sweet rice flour, potato starch, organic degermed corn flour, grainless & aluminum-free baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, potato starch, sodium bicarbonate), sea salt, xanthan gum.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
106
Sugar
25g
Great value

Pie filling or topping

Ingredients: Apples, sugar, water, food starch - modified (corn), natural flavors, citric acid, cinnamon.

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
342
Protein
11g
Maple Grove Farms

Gluten Free Pancake & Waffle Mix

Ingredients: Long grain rice flour, soy flour, dextrose, leavening (monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate), salt, corn starch, natural flavor, xanthan gum.

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
412
Sugar
45g
Chelsea Milling Company

Golden yellow cake mix

Ingredients: Bleached wheat flour, sugar, vegetable shortening (contains one or more of the following: partially hydrogenated soybean and/or cottonseed oil, mono - & diglycerides, polysorbate 60, propylene glycol monoesters, soy lecithin), contains less than 2% of each of the following: leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, aluminum sulfate), whey, salt, dextrose, soy protein concentrate, calcium caseinate, dicalcium phosphate, natural & artificial flavor, xanthan gum, yellow 5 lake, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

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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