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Pastry Helpers Roundup

We analyzed 223 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.

Detailed Reviews (Page 2)

Calories
372
Sugar
42g
Betty Crocker

Super moist chocolate fudge cake mix

Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, corn syrup, cocoa processed with alkali, leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), contains 2% or less of: corn starch, modified corn starch, palm oil, propylene glycol mono and diesters of fatty acids, distilled monoglycerides, carob powder, salt, dicalcium phosphate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, artificial flavor,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Trader Joe’s

Fudgy chicolate quinoa loaf & cake mix

Ingredients: SUGAR, QUINOA FLOUR COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, CHOCOLATE FUDGE SAUCE (SUGAR, WATER, VEGETABLE GLYCERIN, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, CORNSTARCH, NONFAT DRIED MILK, NATURAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID (ACIDIFIER), SOY LECITHIN, XANTHAN GUM), BAKING POWDER (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORNSTARCH, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), NATURAL FLAVORS, SALT. CONTAINS MILK, SOY.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
395
Sugar
40g
Duncan Hines, Pinnacle Foods Group Llc

Perfectly moist red velvet

Ingredients: Sugar, enriched bleached wheat flour (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, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, dicalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), wheat starch, dextrose, salt, colored with (red 40), cellulose gum, xanthan gum.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
359
Sugar
0g
Bluebird Grain Farms Llc

Organic Whole Grain Emmer Pancake And Waffle Mix

Ingredients: Organic emmer wheat flour, non-aluminum baking powder, baking soda, and sea salt

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
346
Sugar
62g
Miss Jones Baking Co

Organic Brownie Mix

Ingredients: ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC COCOA POWDER, ORGANIC TAPIOCA STARCH, SEA SALT, BAKING POWDER (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, non-GMO corn starch, monocalcium phosphate)

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
306
Sugar
2g
Namaste Foods

Waffle & pancake mix

Ingredients: sweet brown rice flour, tapioca starch, arrowroot powder, rice syrup solids (rice syrup solids, rice protein, tocopherols), cream of tartar, baking soda, salt and vanilla,

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
463
Sugar
37g
Trader Joe's

Blondie bar

Ingredients: Enriched unbleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, may contain malted barley flour, enzymes, ascorbic acid), semi sweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla), sugar, brown sugar, salt, soybean oil, sodium bicarbonate, molasses powder, maltodextrin, natural flavor.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
365
Sugar
8g
Wholly Gluten Free,Wholly Wholesome

Gluten Free Two 9

Ingredients: Brown rice flour, water, non-hydrogenated palm fruit shortening, organic evaporated cane juice, tapioca starch, potato starch, sea salt, aluminum free baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate), xanthan gum.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
350
Protein
13g
Arrowhead Mills

Pancake & waffle mix

Ingredients: Organic whole grain wheat flour, organic enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), buttermilk powder (buttermilk, whey), baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate), sea salt, sodium bicarbonate.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
386
Sugar
21g
Trader Joe's

Pancake Mix

Ingredients: Unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, whey powder (milk), toasted coconut (desiccated coconut, sugar, dextrose, salt), organic corn flour, expeller pressed canola oil (ascorbic acid and rosemary added to preserve freshness), leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda), non fat dry milk, sea salt, egg yolk powder, buttermilk powder (milk), natural vanilla powder, natural flavor, and egg white powder.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
333
Sugar
43g
Krusteaz

Wild Blueberry Muffin Mix

Ingredients: sugar, whole grain sorghum flour, whole grain millet flour, food starch-modified, contains 2% or less of the following: arabic gum, sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, propylene glycol monoester, mono-diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate, soybean oil, salt, natural and artificial flavors (contains milk derivatives), guar gum, xanthan gum, blueberries: blueberries, water,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
118
Sugar
24g
Musselman's

Pie filling

Ingredients: Cherries, water, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, food starch-modified (corn), sugar, citric acid, and ascorbic acid added to maintain color. red 40 color added.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
372
Sugar
42g
Betty Crocker

Betty Crocker Delights Super Moist Red Velvet Cake Mix

Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, corn syrup, leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), cocoa processed with alkali, contains 2% or less of: corn starch, modified corn starch, palm oil, propylene glycol mono and diesters of fatty acids, distilled monoglycerides, salt, dicalcium phosphate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, red 40, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, artificial flavor,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
372
Sugar
44g
Betty Crocker,General Mills

Betty Crocker Super Moist Rainbow Chip 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, corn cereal, sodium stearoyl lactylate, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, natural and 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
393
Protein
16g
Kodiak

Flapjack Power Cup Buttermilk & Maple

Ingredients: 100% whole grain wheat flour, 100% whole grain oat flour, maple syrup palm oil, brown sugar, wheat protein isolate, whey protein Concentrate, milk protein concentrate, leavening (monocalcium phosphate, baking Soda), natural flavor, buttermilk sea salt. Contains milk and wheat. Also Contains trace amounts of egg, soy, and tree nuts due to processing on shared equipment.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Tree Nuts
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
356
Sugar
10g
Krusteaz

Buttermilk Heart Healthy Pancake Mix

Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, malted barley flour), sugar, whole wheat flour, leavening (baking soda, calcium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), defatted soy flour, dextrose, modified wheat starch, soybean oil, salt, buttermilk, lactic acid, guar gum.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
118
Sugar
24g
Aldi

Cherry pie filling

Ingredients: red tart pitted cherries, water, sugar, corn starch, citric acid, tart cherry concentrate, mechanically pitted, may contain an occasional pit or pit fragment

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
350
Sugar
8g
Open Nature

Gluten Free Pancake & Baking Mix

Ingredients: White rice flour, potato starch, sugar, baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda, corn starch), salt, xanthan gum.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
417
Sugar
56g
KRUSTEAZ

CINNAMON SWIRL CRUMB CAKE & MUFFIN MIX

Ingredients: cake mix: sugar, whole grain sorghum flour, whole grain millet flour, food starch-modified, soybean oil, arabic gum, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), salt, tapioca starch, guar gum, xanthan gum, natural flavor. topping: sugar, palm and soybean oil, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, silicon dioxide (anticaking agent), natural flavor.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
365
Protein
24g
Kodiak Cakes

Flapjack & waffle mix almond poppy seed

Ingredients: 100% whole grain wheat flour, organic cane sugar, 100% whole grain oat flour, wheat protein isolate, whey protein concentrate, blanched almond flour, milk protein concentrate, buttermilk powder, leavening (monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate), poppy seeds, sea salt, natural almond flavor.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
383
Sugar
43g
Betty Crocker

Yellow cake mix

Ingredients: Sugar, rice flour, potato starch, canola oil, corn starch, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum sulfate, monocalcium phosphate), salt, xanthan gum.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
372
Sugar
42g
Bubbies Hawaii

General mills triple chocolate cake mix

Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, cocoa processed with alkali (red dutched and dark dutched), corn syrup, chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, artificial flavor [vanillin]), leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), contains 2% or less of: corn starch, modified corn starch, palm oil, carob powder, propylene glycol mono and diesters of fatty acids, distilled monoglycerides, salt, dicalcium phosphate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, artificial flavor,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
355
Protein
13g
Great Value

Pizza Crust Mix

Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), soybean oil, dextrose, leavening (sodium aluminum phosphate, baking soda), active dry yeast with sorbitan monostearate, salt, calcium carbonate.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
372
Sugar
44g
Betty Crocker

Betty Crocker Super Moist Lemon 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, maltodextrin, sodium stearoyl lactylate, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, wheat starch, artificial flavor, citric acid, yellow 5 and other color added, freshness preserved by alpha tocopherol,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
372
Sugar
42g
betty crocker

Super moist cake mix butter recipe yellow box

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, natural and artificial flavor, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, yellows 5 , 6, nonfat milk, soy lecithin,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
180
Sugar
19g
Betty Crocker

Super moist cake mix white pudding in the mix by betty crocker

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: palm oil, corn starch, modified corn starch, salt, propylene glycol mono and diesters of fatty acids, dextrose, distilled monoglycerides, nonfat milk, dicalcium phosphate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, soy lecithin, whey powder, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, sodium caseinate, natural and artificial flavor,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
620
Sugar
50g
Trader Joe's

Vanilla cake and baking mix

Ingredients: Sugar, unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, may contain malted barley flour, enzymes, ascorbic acid [vitamin c {dough conditioner}]), leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate), salt, soybean oil, vanilla bean specks, madagascar bourbon vanilla flavor, xanthan gum.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
286
Sugar
14g
Manischewitz

Matzo ball soup mix

Ingredients: Matzo meal (unbleached, unbromated passover wheat flour and water), sugar, salt, monosodium glutamate, onion, palm oil, garlic, monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, pepper, dill, celery seed, parsley, and annatto color.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
410
Sugar
8g
OLD COUNTRY STORE

BUTTERMILK BAKING & PANCAKE MIX

Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, malted barley flour, enzymes, ascorbic acid), palm and soybean oil, sugar, dextrose. less than 2% of: baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, salt, buttermilk, sodium stearoyl lactylate, lactic acid, ascorbic acid.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
423
Sugar
19g
JIFFY

corn muffin mix

Ingredients: Wheat flour, degerminated yellow corn meal, sugar, vegetable shortening (palm oil, soybean oil), contains less than 2% of each of the following: baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate, salt, tricalcium phosphate, wheat starch, niacin, dextrose, reduced iron, corn starch, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, natural flavor, folic acid, silicon dioxide.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Frequently Asked Questions

Are products in the Pastry Helpers category always vegan?+
Not necessarily. We analyzed over 223 products in the Pastry 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 Pastry Helpers?+
We rank Pastry 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 Pastry 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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