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Pastry Helpers Roundup

We analyzed 224 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.

Detailed Reviews (Page 5)

Calories
366
Sugar
37g
Pillsbury

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
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Calories
412
Sugar
18g
Kellogg's

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
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Calories
368
Sugar
5g
Project preseve

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
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Calories
372
Sugar
44g
Pillsbury

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
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Calories
395
Sugar
42g
Duncan Hines,Pinnacle Foods Group Llc

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
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Calories
425
Sugar
40g
Duncan Hines

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
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Calories
350
Sugar
8g
Pamela’s

Pancake & Baking Mix

Ingredients: Brown Rice Flour, White Rice Flour, Cultured Buttermilk, Almond Meal, Tapioca Starch, Sweet Rice Flour, Potato Starch, Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Potato Starch, Sodium Bicarbonate), Baking Soda, Sea Salt, Xanthan Gum. CONTAINS: MILK AND ALMONDS. .

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
319
Sugar
15g
Aunt Jemima - The Quaker Oats Company, Aunt jemima

Aunt Jemima Original - Pancake & Waffle Mix

Ingredients: enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, niacinamide, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), salt, calcium carbonate. (539-l02-10) contains wheat ingredients. may contain traces of milk.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
533
Protein
20g
Reese's

Peanut Butter Chips

Ingredients: PARTIALLY DEFATTED PEANUTS; SUGAR; HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL [PALM KERNEL OIL; SOYBEAN OIL]; CORN SYRUP SOLIDS; DEXTROSE; REDUCED PROTEIN WHEY (MILK); 2% PALM KERNEL OIL; SALT; VANILLIN (ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR); LECITHIN (SOY).

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
323
Sugar
0g
King Arthur Flour, The King Arthur Flour Company Inc., King Arthur Baking Company

Gluent Free All-Purpose Biscuit and Baking Mix

Ingredients: brown rice flour, rice flour, potato starch, tapioca starch, cellulose, leavener (baking soda, calcium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), salt, xanthan gum, vitamin and mineral blend [calcium carbonate, niacinamide (vitamin b3), reduced iron, thiamin hydrochloride (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2)], calcium sulfate, enzymes,

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
260
Sugar
8g
Trader Joe's

Buttermilk pancake waffle mix

Ingredients: White sorghum flour, potato starch, cane sugar, tapioca flour, buttermilk powder (milk), baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate), expeller pressed canola oil, sea salt, organic vanilla flavor, natural flavors, xanthan gum.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
388
Protein
21g
KODIAK

MUFFIN POWER CUP Chocolate Chip

Ingredients: 100% whole grain wheat flour, 100% whole grain oat flour, cane sugar, semisweet chocolate (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa, butter, dextrose, sunflower lecithin), wheat protein isolate, palm oil, whey protein concentrate, light molasses (refinery syrup, cane molasses), milk protein concentrate, leavening (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda), natural flavor, sea salt.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
379
Sugar
59g
Pillsbury

Milk Chocolate Brownie Mix

Ingredients: SUGAR, ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, 2% CANOLA OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, CORN STARCH, SALT, BAKING SODA, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
372
Sugar
42g
Great Value

Great Value Deluxe Moist White Cake Mix

Ingredients: bleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced ron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, leavening (baking soda, calcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), canola oil, propylene glycol mono-and diesters of fats and fatty acids, mono-and diglycerides, dextrose, wheat starch, salt, cellulose, corn starch, xanthan gum, cellulosé gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate, artificial flavor, soy lecithin, whey, sodium caseinate, palm kernel oil, citric acid (preservative), bht (preservative). contains milk, wheat and soy.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
429
Sugar
43g
Betty Crocker, General Mills

Peanut Butter Cookie Mix 496g

Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamn, mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, brown sugar, peanut butter (peanuts, dextrose, hydrogenated canola and cottonseed oil, salt), palm oil, corn syrup, baking soda, salt.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
378
Protein
36g
Bob's Red Mill

Protein Pancake & Waffle Mix Whole Grain

Ingredients: Whole wheat pastry flour, whey protein concentrate [whey protein concentrate (milk), sunflower lecithin], sweet cream buttermilk powder (milk), vital wheat gluten flour, pea protein isolate, psyllium husk powder, cane sugar, monocalcium phosphate (leavener), sea salt, baking soda.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
400
Protein
19g
Kodiak

Flapjack Power Cup Chocolate Chip & Maple

Ingredients: 100% whole grain wheat flour, 100% whole grain oat flour, maple syrup, semi-sweet chocolate (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, dextrose, sunflower lecithin), wheat protein isolate, palm oil, whey protein concentrate, buttermilk, cane sugar, leavening (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda), sea salt.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
378
Sugar
47g
King Arthur Flour,The King Arthur Flour Company Inc., King Arthur Baking Company

Gluten Free Cookie Mix

Ingredients: cane sugar, rice flour, modified tapioca starch, cocoa processed with alkali, potato starch, emulsifier (rice starch, polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, mono - and diglycerides), baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, cornstarch, monocalcium phosphate), salt, xanthan gum,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
372
Sugar
44g
Bakers Corner

Classic White Cake Mix

Ingredients: Unknown

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
349
Protein
24g
KODIAK

POWER CAKES FLAPJACK & WAFFLE MIX BUTTERMILK

Ingredients: 100% whole grain wheat flour, 100% whole grain oat flour, protein blend (wheat protein isolate, whey protein concentrate, milk protein concentrate), non-fat sweet cream buttermilk powder, brown sugar, baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate), sea salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
110
Sugar
0g
Manischewitz

Matzo Meal

Ingredients: MATZO MEAL (UNBLEACHED, UNBROMATED WHEAT FLOUR &WATER)

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
372
Sugar
44g
Baker's Corner

Classic Yellow Cake Mix

Ingredients: ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, CANOLA OIL, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: DEXTROSE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, SALT, MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, CORN STARCH, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CELLULOSE, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, XANTHAN GUM, CELLULOSE GUM, BHT (ANTIOXIDANT), CITRIC ACID (ANTIOXIDANT)

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
423
Sugar
58g
Duncan Hines

Milk chocolate brownie mix, milk chocolate imp

Ingredients: sugar, enriched bleached wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable shortening (palm oil), cocoa powder processed with alkali, contains 2% or less of: dextrose, salt, natural and artificial flavor, acacia and xanthan gums, baking soda,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
341
Sugar
5g
Maple Grove Farms

Maple grove farms of vermont, pancake & waffle mix, buttermilk & honey

Ingredients: Unbleached Wheat Flour, Whole Wheat Flour, Whey, Leavening (Monocalcium Phosphate, Baking Soda), Salt, Honey, Buttermilk, Wheat Starch

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
359
Sugar
33g
Zatarain's, Zatarain's Inc.

Honey butter cornbread mix

Ingredients: Enriched bleached wheat flour (wheat & malt barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, yellow corn meal, soybean oil, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch,monocalcium phosphate), salt, honey & xanthan gum.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Pillsbury

pillsbury yellow cake mix

Ingredients: enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, leavening (baking soda, calčium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), contains 2% or less of: canola oil, dextrose, salt, corn starch, propylene glycol esters of fatty acids, natural & artificial flavor, mono - and diglycerides, cellulose gum, cellulose, xanthan gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate, red 40, yellow 5, citric acid and bht (antioxidants). contains wheat ingredients. may contain egg, milk, and soybean ingredients.

The Good

  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
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Calories
342
Sugar
16g
Hungry Jack

Complete Extra Light & Fluffy Pancake & Waffle Mix

Ingredients: enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), yellow corn flour, sugar, dextrose, leavening (baking soda, calcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), contains 2% or less of: salt, canola oil, potassium bicarbonate, calcium carbonate, corn starch, mono and diglycerides, sodium caseinate, iron, niacin, vitamin b6, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid, vitamin b12. contains milk and wheat ingredients. may contain egg and soybean iingredients. contains a bioengineered food ingredient o/® hometown food company, 500w. madison, chicago, il 60661 usa 90583001

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Mono- and Diglycerides
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Calories
390
Sugar
0g
Pepperidge Farm

Puff Pastry Sheets

Ingredients: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, VEGETABLE OILS (PALM, SOYBEAN, HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SALT, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, TURMERIC EXTRACT, ANNATTO EXTRACT.

The Good

  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
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Calories
350
Sugar
13g
Birch Benders

Gluten Free Pancake & Waffle Mix imp

Ingredients: WHITE RICE FLOUR, BROWN RICE FLOUR, POTATO STARCH, OAT FLOUR, CANE SUGAR, TAPIOCA STARCH, DRIED BUTTERMILK, LEAVENING (CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, GUAR GUM, NATURAL FLAVOR.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
293
Sugar
32g
Duncan Hines

Simple Mornings Blueberry Streusel Premium Muffin Mix

Ingredients: flour (whole wheat flour, wheat flour), sugar, palm oil, dextrin (wheat fiber), corn starch, baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda), natural flavor, salt, xanthan and guar gum*, blueberries packed in water,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Frequently Asked Questions

Are products in the Pastry Helpers category always vegan?+
Not necessarily. We analyzed over 224 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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