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Cooper's Best Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix

Contains bleached enriched flour

This pancake and waffle mix includes sweet cream buttermilk. It uses bleached enriched flour and provides 520 mg of sodium per 40 g serving.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo natural flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo gums or thickenersVegetarianContains dairyContains wheat
$6.70 lowest price at Heartland Gourmet
Price and stock checked Oct 30, 2026
Key nutrition facts
140caloriesPer serving · 40g
Protein
4g
Fiber
1g▼
Added sugar
0g
Sodium
520mg▼
Saturated fat
0g
▲ raises the score · ▼ lowers it · From the product label
Ingredients: Bleached enriched flour (wheat flour, folic acid, riboflavin, niacin, and thiamine), dextrose, leavening (sodium aluminum phosphate, acidic monocalcium phosphate, anhydrous), leavening (sodium bicarbonate, tricalcium phosphate), salt, sweet cream buttermilk
52 / 100
Fair Scored automatically
Weighted as grain productsHigh confidence · Scored on 9 of 11 inputs
Nutrition · counts 35%43
Ingredients · counts 20%70
Processing · counts 15%55
Sourcing · counts 15%35
Transparency · counts 15%65
Why it scores 52
Nutrition 43 · Compared with other grain foods: more sodium (520 mg), less fiber (1 g), less whole grain (0%); no added sugar per 40g
Ingredients 70 · Dextrose, 2nd ingredient (added sugar, −20); Added phosphates (additive, −10); no dyes or artificial sweeteners
Processing 55 · Refined bleached flour, dextrose and chemical leaveners
Sourcing 35 · Refined flour and dextrose; no ingredient origin or growing practices
Transparency 65 · Complete ingredient list, but no sourcing or production claims
Bleached enriched flour
520 mg sodium per serving
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Strong evidence−20 for dextrose
Varies by additive−10 for added phosphates
Scored Oct 21, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Bleached enriched flour (wheat flour, folic acid, riboflavin, niacin, and thiamine) Dextrose Leavening (sodium aluminum phosphate, acidic monocalcium phosphate, anhydrous) Leavening (sodium bicarbonate, tricalcium phosphate) Salt Sweet cream buttermilk
6 ingredients 1 to watch3 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives3 additives · 1 moderate risk
Added phosphates (E339–E343, E450–E452)StabiliserModerate risk
Absorbed more readily than natural phosphorus; high intakes are linked to kidney and heart risks, and EFSA set a limit in 2019.
Added sugarSugarLimited risk
Added sugar; the WHO and the US Dietary Guidelines advise keeping added sugars under 10% of daily calories.
Refined (enriched or bleached) flourRefined grainLimited risk
Bran and germ are removed, so it’s low in fibre; some vitamins are added back.
Matched from the ingredient list. Risk levels summarise findings from EFSA, the FDA, IARC and published studies; they explain a concern, not a diagnosis.

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