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Cooking Helpers Roundup

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

Detailed Reviews (Page 8)

Calories
500
Sugar
0g
Chelsea Milling Company

Pie crust mix

Ingredients: wheat flour, lard (hydrogenated lard, bht and citric acid preservatives), contains less than 2% of: salt, tricalcium phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, wheat starch. contains: wheat

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
333
Sugar
46g
Coco Lopez

Coco Lopez

Ingredients: COCONUT, SUGAR, WATER, EMULSIFIERS (E-435, E-471 AND E-491), SALT, STABILIZERS (E-405, E-412 AND E-410) AND ACIDITY REGULATOR (E-330).

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
294
Sugar
0g
Inc., Zatarain's, Zatarain's - McCormick & Company

Seasoned fishfri

Ingredients: enriched yellow corn meal (corn meal, iron, niacin, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), salt, spices (including red pepper), natural flavor, monosodium glutamate (flavor enhancer), garlic, onion, and lemon juice concentrate,

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
357
Sugar
0g
Streit's, Aron Streit Inc.

Matzo ball mix

Ingredients: Matzo meal (passover wheat flour & water), salt, onions, monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, garlic, white pepper.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
10
Sugar
0g
Jell-O

Orange gelatin dessert mix boxes

Ingredients: GELATIN, ADIPIC ACID, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, MALTODEXTRIN, FUMARIC ACID, ASPARTAME" (SWEETENER), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ACÉSULFAME POTASSIUM (SWEETENER), SALT, YELLOW 6, RED 40, BHA (PRESERVATIVE).

The Good

  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
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Calories
397
Sugar
45g
Krusteaz

Supreme muffin mix

Ingredients: enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, palm and soybean oil, walnuts, dried bananas, food starch-modified, less than 2% of: dextrose, ground flaxseed, baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, salt, natural and artificial flavors, sodium stearoyl lactylate, soy lecithin, cellulose gum, xanthan gum, freshness preserved with bht,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
361
Sugar
15g
Essential Everyday

Pancake & Waffle Mix, Complete Buttermilk

Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), soybean oil, dextrose, buttermilk, egg yolk, salt, corn starch, egg white.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
447
Sugar
40g
Pillsbury

Cookie Dough Chocolate Chip

Ingredients: Enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), semi-sweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla), sugar, water, palm oil, canola and/or soybean oil. contains 2% or less of: molasses, eggs, baking powder (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), salt, natural flavor.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
424
Sugar
39g
Pillsbury

Pumpkin Cookie Dough

Ingredients: Sugar, enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cream cheese flavored confectionery chips (sugar, palm kernel oil, skim milk, whey powder, milkfat, soy lecithin, natural flavor), water, palm oil, canola oil. contains 2% or less of: pumpkin flakes, eggs, molasses, maltodextrin, baking powder (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), corn flour, salt, spice, cinnamon, color added, yellow 5, natural flavor, red 40.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
364
Sugar
15g
Betty Crocker

Betty Crocker Complete Buttermilk Pancake Mix imp

Ingredients: Enriched Flour Bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Sugar, Degermed Yellow Corn Meal, Defatted Soy Flour, Palm Oil, Leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), Dextrose, Buttermilk, Salt, DATEM, Calcium Carbonate.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
290
Sugar
31g
Betty Crocker

Chocolate Chip Muffin

Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavor), corn syrup, palm oil, contains 2% or less of: modified corn starch, leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), corn starch, salt, distilled monoglycerides, modified whey, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, artificial flavor,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
364
Sugar
13g
Betty Crocker

Betty Crocker Complete Original Pancake Mix

Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, rice flour, defatted soy flour, palm oil, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), dextrose, salt, datem, calcium carbonate,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
406
Sugar
59g
Betty Crocker

Betty Crocker Fudge Brownie Mix

Ingredients: sugar, enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), corn syrup, cocoa processed with alkali, palm oil, salt, corn starch, artificial flavor, nonfat milk. contains wheat, milk.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
367
Sugar
15g
Fast Shake

Blueberry pancake mix, blueberry

Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), yellow corn flour, dextrose, sugar, partially hydrogenated vegetable shortening (contains soybean and cottonseed oil with emulsifier (mono - and diglycerides), relecithinated soy flour, leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), contains 2% or less of the following: whey, salt, soy flour, nonfat milk, artificial flavor, cellulose gum, citric acid, color (blue 2 lake, red 40 lake).

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
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Calories
375
Sugar
14g
Kroger

Complete buttermilk pancake & waffle mix

Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, malted barley flour, enzymes, ascorbic acid), sugar. contains 2% or less of the following: buttermilk., baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, propylene glycol monoester, mono-diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate, monoglyceride, soybean oil, soy flour, dextrose, salt, palm oil, corn syrup solids, sodium caseinate (milk protein), dipotassium phosphate, food starch-modified.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
381
Sugar
43g
Betty Crocker

Super Moist French Vanilla Cake Mix

Ingredients: Enriched Flour Bleached, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Leavening, Corn Starch, Propylene Glycol, Water, Dextrose, Salt, Monoglycerides, Palm Oil, Potassium Phosphate, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, 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
222
Sugar
2g
Savoy

crème de coco Kokos

Ingredients: Coconut cream 99.95%, Polysorbate 60

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
351
Protein
11g
Arrowhead Mills

Organic Oat Flour Pancake & Waffle Mix

Ingredients: ORGANIC OAT FLOUR, ORGANIC TAPIOCA FLOUR, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA, CORN STARCH, SALT, ORGANIC NATURAL FLAVORS.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
406
Sugar
38g
Martha White

Birthday cake muffin mix

Ingredients: bleached flour niacin, iron, starch, oil [palm dextrin, the % daily (dv) tells how much a in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for advice. 2 combine 350mg %550 4% 1g 28g 50% 25g %0% total carbohydrate dietary fiber total sugars incl. added sugars 25g muffin mixa milk in small mixing bow %% about 2/3 full. 3 bake at 400°f for 14 minutes or until golden toothpick inserted in cem out clean. cool 2 to 3 mi protein %0 bowo %0 vitamin d calcium 25% 357mg 20% 4mg 0% | 92mg mini-muffins: lightly spray 18 mi %%0% with no-stick cooking spray or line v 2% paper baking cups. prepare batter: in basic recipe. fill mini-muffin cun 0.3mg 25% 0.3mg %25% 400°f for 10 to 12 minutes or potassium thiamin %09 u8'o| %0g riboflavin niacin 30% 5mg recipes and 30% 0.5mg 80% | 2.1mcg %0 helpful hints at vitamin be vitamin b12 the % daily value (dv) tells you how much a nutrient %06 marthawhite.com a serving of food ingredients: enriched bleached flour (wheat confectioner's glaze, red 40 lake, yellow 5 lake, natural and artificial flavor. blue 1 lake, carnauba wax, yellow 6 lake, red 3), canola oil, contains % or less of: leavening (baing soda, sodium áluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), mod fied corn starch, propylene glycol esters of fatty acids, calcium carecnate, corn starch, mono-and diglycerides, salt natural and artificial flavor, soy lecithin, sodium stearoyl lactylate, caloum sulfate, wheat starch, niacin, reduced iron, vita b6 horochloride, citric acid and bht (antioxidants), ribofla, thamin mokonitrate, vitamin b12. contains soybean and wheat ingredients. may contain egg and milk ingredients.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
439
Sugar
44g
Aldi

Double Chocolate Premium Brownie Mix

Ingredients: sugar, enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folicacid), semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin [emulsifier], vanilla extract), cocoa, soybean oil, cocoa (processed with alkali), salt, baking soda, natural flavor, contains: wheat, soy, may contain milk, eggs and tree nuts,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Tree Nuts
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
395
Sugar
40g
Baker's Corner,Aldi

Devil's Food Cake Mix

Ingredients: enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, canola oil, cocoa processed with alkali, leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), contains 2% or less of: salt, cellulosé, propylene glycol esters of fatty acids, corn starch, mono and diglycerides, cellulose gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate, xanthan gum, modified corn starch, natural and artificial flavor, bht (antioxidant) , citric acid (antioxidant), contains: wheat, may contain milk, egg and soy,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Mono- and Diglycerides
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
393
Sugar
61g
Baker's Corner

Chewy Fudge Brownie Mix

Ingredients: sugar, enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cocoa processed with alkali, canola oil, corn starch, salt, natural and artificial flavors, baking soda,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
350
Sugar
8g
Aldi

Gluten Free Pancake and Baking Mix

Ingredients: rice flour, sugar, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), potato starch, xanthan gum, salt,

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
400
Protein
53g
Foods Alive

Nutritional yeast flakes

Ingredients: Dried yeast may be (saccharomyces cerevisiae)

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
393
Sugar
50g
Krusteaz

Gluten free chocolate chip cookie mix

Ingredients: Sugar, whole grain sorghum flour, semi-sweet chocolate chips (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin [emulsifier], vanilla extract), rice flour, brown sugar, food starch-modified, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monoca

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
350
Protein
15g
Bob's Red Mill

Made With Organic Flour Buckwheat Pancake & Waffle Mix

Ingredients: Organic whole grain buckwheat flour, organic whole wheat flour, vital wheat gluten, cane sugar, baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, cornstarch, sodium bicarbonate), salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
419
Sugar
52g
Betty Crocker Delights

COOKIE BROWNIE BARS MIX

Ingredients: Sugar, Enriched Flour Bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Chocolate Chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavor), Corn Syrup, Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Palm Oil. Contains 2 % or less of: Corn Starch, Salt, Leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), Molasses Powder, Carob Powder, Artificial Flavor.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
475
Protein
18g
Bob's Red Mill

Grain free paleo pancake & waffle mix

Ingredients: Almond flour, arrowroot starch, organic coconut flour, organic coconut sugar, sea salt, cream of tartar, baking soda.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
10
Sugar
0g
Food Club

Unsweetened Baking Cocoa

Ingredients: Cocoa.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
523
Protein
12g
Immaculate

Flaky Biscuits

Ingredients: Organic wheat flour, water, organic palm oil, organic cane sugar, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda), sea salt, organic expeller-pressed canola and sunflower oils, xanthan gum, organic wheat starch, natural flavor.

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.
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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