Cake mixes, from least to most processed

We track 61 cake mixes, 87% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Sponge cake Mix.

What makes cake mixes ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of cake mixes that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (1)

  1. 1 Sponge cake Mix Marks & Spencer · 500 g NOVA group 1

Processed food (7)

  1. 2 Chocolate Muffin & Cake Almond Flour Mix Simple Mills · 10.4 oz NOVA group 3
  2. 3 Almond Flour Baking Mix Brownie Simple Mills · 12.9 oz NOVA group 3
  3. 4 Almond Flour Pancake & Waffle Mix Original Simple Mills · 10.7 oz NOVA group 3
  4. 5 Organic Classic Pancake & Waffle Mix Birch Benders · 16 oz NOVA group 3
  5. 6 Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix Bob's Red Mill NOVA group 3
  6. 7 Sweet Yellow Cornbread & Muffin Mix Martha White · 7 oz NOVA group 3
  7. 8 Original Pancake & Waffle Mix Pearl Milling Company · 907 g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (53)

  1. 9 Chewy Fudge Brownie Mix Baker's Corner · 183. oz NOVA group 4
  2. 10 Power Cakes Flapjack & Waffle Mix Cinnamon Oat Kodiak · 20 oz NOVA group 4
  3. 11 Organic 7 Grain Pancake & Waffle Mix Bob's Red Mill · 680 g NOVA group 4
  4. 12 Fudge Brownie Mix Betty Crocker · 18.3 oz (1 lb 2.3 oz) 519 g NOVA group 4
  5. 13 Power Cakes Flapjack & Waffle Mix Chocolate Chip Kodiak · 18 oz NOVA group 4
  6. 14 Power Cakes Flapjack & Waffle Mix Blueberry Kodiak · 53 g NOVA group 4
  7. 15 Belgian Waffle Mix Maple Grove Farms Of Vermont NOVA group 4
  8. 16 Protein-Packed Muffin Blueberry Kodiak Cakes NOVA group 4
  9. 17 Angel Food Cake Mix Betty Crocker · 16 oz NOVA group 4
  10. 18 Gluten free baking and pancake mix Pamela's NOVA group 4
  11. 19 Pumpkin Bread & Muffin Mix Trader Joe's · 496g NOVA group 4
  12. 20 Complete Pancake & Waffle Mix Buttermilk Great Value · 32 oz NOVA group 4
  13. 21 Ube Mochi Pancake & Waffle Mix Trader Joe's · 13.3 oz (377g) NOVA group 4
  14. 22 Ultimate Fudge Brownie Mix King Arthur Baking Company · 17 oz NOVA group 4
  15. 23 Power Cakes Flapjack & Waffle Mix Dark Chocolate Kodiak · 18 oz NOVA group 4
  16. 24 Power Flapjacks Buttermilk Kodiak · 12 15.38 oz NOVA group 4
  17. 25 Corn Muffin Mix Jiffy · 8.5 oz (240g) NOVA group 4
  18. 26 ruby port mincemeat Tesco · 411g NOVA group 4
  19. 27 Betty Crocker Gluten Free Chocolate Brownie Mix Betty Crocker · 16 oz NOVA group 4
  20. 28 Buttermilk pancake & baking mix Trader Joe's · 907g, 32 OZ NOVA group 4
  21. 29 Buttermilk Pancake Mix / Mélange à crêpes Babeurre Krusteaz · 4.53 kg NOVA group 4
  22. 30 Buttermilk Complete Pancake Mix Krusteaz · 907 gr NOVA group 4
  23. 31 Protein Pancake Mix Krusteaz · 20 oz NOVA group 4
  24. 32 Buttermilk Pancake Mix Member's Mark NOVA group 4
  25. 33 Protein-Packed Power Waffles Buttermilk & Vanilla Kodiak NOVA group 4
  26. 34 Gluten-Free Pancake Mix King Arthur Baking Company · 15 oz NOVA group 4
  27. 35 Complete Extra Light & Fluffy Pancake & Waffle Mix Hungry Jack · 907g NOVA group 4
  28. 36 Chewy Fudge Brownie Mix Duncan Hines · 520g NOVA group 4
  29. 37 Double Chocolate Brownie Mix Krusteaz · 35 g NOVA group 4
  30. 38 Premium Brownie Mix Dark Chocolate Ghirardelli · 20 oz NOVA group 4
  31. 39 Ghirardelli Double Chocolate brownie mix Ghirardelli · 18 oz NOVA group 4
  32. 40 Light & Crispy Belgian Waffle Mix Krusteaz · 28 oz NOVA group 4
  33. 41 Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix Pearl Milling Company · 32oz NOVA group 4
  34. 42 Pizza crust mix, pizza Chelsea Milling Company NOVA group 4
  35. 43 Muffin Bran Quaker · 900 g NOVA group 4
  36. 44 Protein-Packed Muffin Microwaveable Cup - Double Dark Chocolate Kodiak NOVA group 4
  37. 45 Muffin Mix Chocolate Chip Kodiak · 14 oz NOVA group 4
  38. 46 Muffin in a Cup Kodiak NOVA group 4
  39. 47 Zero Sugar Brownie Mix Chocolate Fudge Pillsbury NOVA group 4
  40. 48 Simple Mornings Blueberry Streusel Premium Muffin Mix Duncan Hines NOVA group 4

Showing the first 40 of 53. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.