Cooking Helpers Roundup
We analyzed 509 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 9)

Organic Cinnamon Rolls with Icing
Ingredients: Organic wheat flour, organic cane sugar, water, organic palm oil, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda), organic expeller-pressed sunflower oil, organic invert syrup, organic cinnamon, sea salt, xanthan gum, organic wheat starch, organic tapioca starch, organic vanilla extract, organic rice extract, locust bean gum, guar gum.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Complete pancake & waffle mix
Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), dextrose, soybean oil, contains 2% or less of: salt, egg yolk, natural and artificial flavor, calcium carbonate, cornstarch, egg white, xanthan gum.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Baking Powder
Ingredients: Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Cornstarch, Monocalcium Phosphate.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Betty Crocker Gingerbread Cake and Cookie Mix
Ingredients: Enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, palm oil, dried molasses, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate), wheat starch, dextrose, corn starch, salt, natural flavor, hydroxylated soy lecithin.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Unsweetened Coconut Milk
Ingredients: Organic coconut extract, water, organic guar gum.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Double acting baking powder
Ingredients: Corn starch, sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Bisquick Shake 'N Pour Buttermilk Pancake Mix
Ingredients: Enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, defatted soy flour, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), palm oil, dextrose, buttermilk, salt, egg yolk with sodium silicoaluminate, egg white, datem.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Delights brownie mix
Ingredients: Sugar, sea salt caramel filling (sweetened condensed skim milk [skim milk, sugar, corn syrup], corn syrup, sugar, water, butter [cream, salt], modified corn starch, sea salt, gellan gum, mono and diglycerides, baking soda, xanthan gum), enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cocoa processed with alkali, corn syrup. contains 2% or less of: palm oil, corn starch, salt, carob powder, artificial flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

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

Limited Edition Lucky Charm Sugar Cookie Dough
Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, marshmallow bits (dextrose, sugar, enriched flour bleached [wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], palm oil, natural flavor, color [yellow lake 5, red lake 40, blue lakes 1 , 2, and other color added]), palm oil, water, canola oil, contains 2% or less of: egg, baking powder (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), salt, natural and artificial flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Supreme original delights brownie mix
Ingredients: Sugar, Enriched Flour Bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Chocolate Flavored Syrup (high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, water, cocoa processed with alkali, corn starch, palm oil, ethoxylated mono and diglycerides, citric acid, salt, potassium sorbate [preservative], artificial flavor), Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Corn Syrup. Contains 2% or less of: Palm Oil, Corn Starch, Salt, Carob Powder, Artificial Flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

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

Angel cake mix
Ingredients: Sugar, enriched bleached wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), wheat starch, powdered egg whites (egg albumen, sodium lauryl sulfate [whipping aid]), leavening (monocalcium phosphate monohydrate, sodium bicarbonate, cream of tartar). contains 2% or less of: corn starch, natural and artificial flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Pizza crust mix, pizza
Ingredients: Wheat flour, animal shortening (lard, hydrogenated lard, tocopherols preservative, bht preservative), dried yeast, contains less than 2% of each of the following: whey, salt, dextrose, sodium aluminum phosphate, baking soda, sorbitan monostearate, wheat starch, niacin, reduced iron, tricalcium phosphate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, silicon dioxide.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Buttermilk Biscuit Mix
Ingredients: Bleached wheat flour, lard, (hydrogenated lard, bht and citric acid preservatives), dextrose, contains less than 2% of: sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, baking soda, tricalcium phosphate, salt, buttermilk, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, wheat starch.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Italian style seasoned bread crumbs with imported romano cheese
Ingredients: Toasted bread crumbs [enriched flour, (wheat flour, malted barley, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), folic acid), high fructose corn syrup, vegetable oil, (soybean and/or cottonseed and/or corn and/or canola oils) contains 2 percent or less of yeast, salt, brown sugar, honey, molasses, sugar, wheat gluten, whey, soy flour, rye flour, corn flour, oat bran, corn meal, rice flour, potato flour, butter, distilled vinegar, skim milk, lactic acid, calcium propionate (preservative), sesame seeds], salt, pecorino romano cheese (sheep's milk, salt, rennet), spices, garlic, onion and parsley.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Real Gourmet Cream of Coconut
Ingredients: Coconut juice (pressed coconut meat, milk, oil and water (butylated hydroxyanisole)) (200 %), sugar, humectant: glycerol, salt, acid: citric acid, emulsifiers: mono and diglycerides, sorbitan monostearate, thickeners: sodium alginate, xanthan gum, preservatives: potassium sorbate, natural rosemary extract.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides
- ● High Sugar Content

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Ingredients: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), NESTLE TOLL HOUSE MORSELS SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE [SUGAR, CHOCOLATE, COCOA BUTTER, MILKFAT, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL FLAVORS), SUGAR, SHORTENING (PALM OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, BETA CAROTENE (COLORI, WHEY), WATER, 2% OR LESS OF EGGS, MOLASSES, SALT, BAR SODA (CONTAINS SOY LECITHIN), VANILLA EXTRACT, VANILLIN-AN ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR CONTAINS: HILL, EGG, SOY, WHEAT INGREDIENTS. MAY CONTAIN PEANUTS AND TREE NUTS.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut
- ● High Sugar Content

Featherweight baking powder
Ingredients: Monocalcium phosphate, potato starch, potassium bicarbonate.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Unsweetened Coconut Cream
Ingredients: Organic coconut cream (organic coconut, filtered water, organic guar gum).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Gluten free classic yellow cake mix
Ingredients: rice flour, sugar, potato starch, leavening (baking soda, calcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), pea fiber, cellulose, tapioca starch, contains 2% or less of: canola oil, corn starch, natural and artificial flavors, salt, propylene glycol esters of fatty acids, mono and diglycerides, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate, soy lecithin, whey, sodium caseinate, palm kernel oil, yellow 5, red 40, citric acid and bht (antioxidants). contains milk and soybean ingredients. may contain egg ingredients.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Graham Cracker Crumbs
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin B1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin B2 (riboflavin], folic acid), high fructose corn syrup, graham flour, canola oil, salt, baking soda, honey, soy lecithin.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Complete pancake mix
Ingredients: Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Enriched Degermed Yellow Com Flour (Degermed Yellow Com Flour, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate, Suium Acid Pyrophosphate, Monocaleium Phosphate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate), Dextrose, Soybean Oil, Soy Flour, Dairy Whey, Salt, Eggs, Hontai Milk, Natural and Artificial Flavor. CONTAINS: EGG, MILK, SOY, WHEAT
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Strawberry premium cake mix
Ingredients: enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, leavening (baking soda, calcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), contains 2% or less of: canola oil, salt, corn starch, propylene glycol esters of fatty acids, monoglycerides, natural and artificial flavors (barley), cellulose, celluloše gum, dextrose, sodium stearoyl lactylate, xanthan gum, red 40, citric acid and bht (antioxidants). contains wheat ingredients. may contain egg, milk and soybean ingredients.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Organic bread crumbs plain
Ingredients: Organic wheat flour, water, organic sugar, yeast, salt, organic vegetable oil (sunflower).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Classic cake mix imp
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, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate monohydrate), contains 2% or less of: modified food starch, salt, cellulose gum, xanthan gum, artificial flavor,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Dark Chocolate Fudge Brownie Mix
Ingredients: Sugar, Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Cocoa Powder Processed With Alkali, Palm Oil, 2% Dextrose, Salt, Sodium Bicarbonate, Artificial Flavor, Wheat Starch.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Chiquita, Banana Bread Mix
Ingredients: Wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour), sugar, soybean oil, banana flakes, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, starch [corn, tapioca], monocalcium phosphate), natural flavors, salt, milk.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Buttermilk Biscuits
Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, soybean oil, baking powder (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate), hydrogenated soybean oil, contains 2% or less of: sugar, whey, salt, datem, wheat protein isolate, modified corn starch, sodium caseinate, cream, propylene glycol alginate, natural and artificial flavor, xanthan gum,
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
