Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Lowest-Calorie Cooking Helpers

The 10 lightest cooking helpers products on this list range from 2.3 to 15 kcal per 100 g. The cooking helpers with the fewest calories per 100 g, so you can compare energy density at a glance. We checked 542 cooking helpers with complete data.

  1. 1 Banana Extract

    Banana Extract

    Mccormick · 1 fl oz
    a NOVA 4 2 kcal 0.4 g sugar 0 g protein 0 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  2. 2 Agar agar

    Agar agar

    Terra Sana · 120 gr
    a 4 kcal 0 g sugar 0 g protein 0 g fat

    Also: No additives

  3. 3 Pot au feu dégraissé

    Pot au feu dégraissé

    Maggi · 100g
    c NOVA 4 6 kcal 0.5 g sugar 0.5 g protein 0.5 g fat
  4. 4 Raspberry flavour jelly crystals

    Raspberry flavour jelly crystals

    Morrisons
    a 7 kcal 0.1 g sugar 1.4 g protein 0 g fat
  5. 5 Fond de veau

    Fond de veau

    Carrefour · 190 ml
    c NOVA 4 9 kcal 0.6 g sugar 1.1 g protein 0 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  6. 6 Psyllium blond teguments

    Psyllium blond teguments

    JARDIN BIO ETIC · 75 g
    a NOVA 4 10 kcal 0 g sugar 0.9 g protein 0.6 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  7. 7 Psyllium bio

    Psyllium bio

    Nature & Partage · 300 g net
    a NOVA 4 14 kcal 0.1 g sugar 3 g protein 0.2 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  8. 8 Psyllium

    Psyllium

    a 14 kcal 0 g sugar 3 g protein 0.2 g fat
  9. 9 Flohsamen Schalen

    Flohsamen Schalen

    DmBio · 200g
    a NOVA 4 15 kcal 0 g sugar 1 g protein 0.2 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  10. 10 Gelée

    Gelée

    M Classic · 12.5g
    c NOVA 4 15 kcal 0.7 g sugar 2.5 g protein 0 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free

How we built this list

We ranked all published cooking helpers on Foodmetria that have a photo and the required nutrition data, using values per 100 g from the product label. Ties are broken by Nutri-Score and by how often shoppers scan the product. Rankings update automatically as label data changes. Read our methodology.

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