Cooking Helpers Roundup
We analyzed 509 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 8)

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
