Cooking Helpers Roundup
We analyzed 509 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 7)

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
