BLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, BUTTERMILK, SOYBEAN OIL, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR.

The Best Pancake Mixes, Ranked

• Whole Foods 365 Organic Buttermilk Pancake and Waffle Mix.
• Birch Benders Classic Pancakes.
• Annie's Organic Pancake and Waffle Mix.
• Purely Elizabeth Ancient Grain Pancake and Waffle Mix, Gluten Free.
• Kodiak Cakes Buttermilk Power Cakes.
• Pearl Milling Company Buttermilk Complete Pancake Mix.

Pancake batter consists of flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, milk, butter, and a leavening agent, such as eggs. Waffle batter consists of flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, milk, butter, and a leavening agent, such as eggs. “Hey, wait! Those ingredients are exactly the same!

A popular brand of just-add water pancake mix is Aunt Jemima Buttermilk Complete. This just-add-water mix is a blend of dry ingredients like flour enriched with niacinamide, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, and folic acid (all forms of Vitamin B), sugar, salt, and leavening agents like baking powder and baking soda.

• Wheat Montana Farms & Bakery 100% Whole Wheat with Flax Pancake Mix.
• Kodiak Cakes Frontier Flapjack & Waffle Mix Buttermilk & Honey.
• Krusteaz Protein Pancake Mix Buttermilk.
• Simple Mills Almond Flour Pancake & Waffle Mix.
• Purely Elizabeth Grain-Free Pancake & Waffle Mix.
• Go for Whole Grains.
• Added Sugar Is OK (Within Reason)

Boxed pancake mix is one of the few processed foods I can fully endorse. The pre-made mixture of flour, shortening, salt, sugar and baking soda saves time by providing you with dry ingredients that are already in the right proportions.

Golden Malted today, Belgian waffles and pancakes made with Carbon's Golden Malted Pancake and Waffle Flour are served around the world in the finest restaurants, hotels and resorts.

Best Overall: Annie's Organic Homestyle Waffles.

Dry Pancake Mix

1. 4 cups all-purpose flour.
2. 3 tablespoons baking powder.
3. 2 teaspoons baking soda.
4. 1 teaspoon salt.
5. 3 tablespoons sugar.

Best Pancake Mix at a Glance:

• Best Overall: Pearl Milling Company Original Pancake & Waffle Mix.
• Best Fluffy Texture: Great Value Extra Fluffy Original Pancake & Waffle Mix.
• Best Organic Pancake Mix: Birch Benders Organic Classic Pancake & Waffle Mix.
• Best Gluten-Free Pancake Mix: King Arthur Flour Gluten Free Pancake Mix.

Pancakes or waffles Despite their tasty profile, these comfort foods are often made with refined white flour and topped with butter and syrup, which is essentially pure sugar. This means that pancakes and waffles are high in calories, fat, and sugar, yet lacking in protein and fiber.

Most pancake mixes have between 2 and 4 grams of protein per serving. For a little extra oomph, scan the ingredient list for buckwheat or chickpea flour, vital wheat gluten, seeds and pea or whey protein and choose a brand with at least 5 grams of protein per serving of dry mix.