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Cake, Cookie and Cupcake Mixes

USDA's branded food database lists 3,243 cake, cookie and cupcake mixes products; the median has 379 calories, 40.0 g of sugars, 5.3 g of protein and 536 mg of sodium per 100 g.

Products as manufacturers categorize them when they submit to USDA.

How cake, cookie and cupcake mixes products are spread

Half of all cake, cookie and cupcake mixes products have between 14.8 g and 50.0 g of sugars per 100 g

Sugar per 100 g across cake, cookie and cupcake mixes products0 g70 gmedian 40 gSugar per 100 g across cake, cookie and cupcake mixes products0 g70 gmedian 40 gSugar per 100 g across cake, cookie and cupcake mixes products0 g70 gmedian 40 gSugar per 100 g across cake, cookie and cupcake mixes products0 g70 gmedian 40 gSugar per 100 g across cake, cookie and cupcake mixes products0 g70 gmedian 40 gSugar per 100 g across cake, cookie and cupcake mixes products0 g70 gmedian 40 gSugar per 100 g across cake, cookie and cupcake mixes products0 g70 gmedian 40 gSugar per 100 g across cake, cookie and cupcake mixes products0 g70 gmedian 40 gSugar per 100 g across cake, cookie and cupcake mixes products0 g70 gmedian 40 g
Each dot is one of 39 evenly spaced points across the middle 95% of the category. USDA FoodData Central.
Per 100 gLowest quarter up toMedianHighest quarter from
Calories357379406
Sugars14.8 g40.0 g50.0 g
Protein3.6 g5.3 g8.0 g
Sodium308 mg536 mg814 mg
Fiber0.6 g2.5 g3.8 g
Saturated fat0 g1.5 g3.9 g

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release; quartiles computed by GetFoodFacts.

How many are at or under FDA's claim lines, per labeled serving

FDA threshold (per labeled serving)ProductsShare
"Low calorie": 40 calories or less per serving*5 of 3,2430%
"High in fiber": 5.6 g or more per serving57 of 3,1242%
"High in protein": 10 g or more per serving124 of 3,2364%
"Low sodium": 140 mg or less per serving*747 of 3,23423%
"Sugar free": less than 0.5 g per serving114 of 3,2234%

Source: 21 CFR 101.54, 101.60 and 101.61 (ecfr.gov). * Also per 50 g when a serving is 30 g or less; a product in a meal or entree category with a serving of 6 oz or more stands in for FDA's meal and main-dish products and is tested per 100 g: 140 mg of sodium, 120 calories (101.61(b)(5), 101.60(b)(3)). Counted per labeled serving, which since 2016 follows FDA's reference amounts for most products; the counts are not findings that any label complies; the protein line is before FDA's protein-quality correction (fda.gov).

Brands with the most cake, cookie and cupcake mixes products

BrandProducts
Duncan Hines178
Pillsbury155
Krusteaz91
Betty Crocker81
Great Value75
Favorite Day41
Kodiak Cakes40
Food Club40

Every cake, cookie and cupcake mixes product, A to Z

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release.

Sources for this page
USDA FoodData Central
the food and product records, April 30, 2026 release. fdc.nal.usda.gov
FoodData Central documentation
what each data type is and how branded records are submitted. fdc.nal.usda.gov
21 CFR 101.9, Nutrition labeling of food
the label format, rounding and Daily Values. ecfr.gov
21 CFR 101 subpart D, Nutrient content claims
the thresholds for "low sodium", "sugar free", "high in". ecfr.gov
FDA, How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label
the 5% and 20% Daily Value rule. fda.gov