Check out our review and ranking of the top low-carb and keto-friendly pancake mixes sold at grocers or online!
Let's face it: it's hard to make keto or low-carb pancakes taste like the real deal. And, even though there are more keto pancake mixes hitting the market, most aren't there yet in terms of taste or ingredients.
We bought nine different brands of low-carb and keto pancake mixes and evaluated each of them on net carbs, ingredients, and, of course, taste. Since it was hard to directly compare the net carbs and calories for each (due to varying serving sizes and added ingredients), we've included a chart that evaluates the nutritional information based on the same size serving and any added ingredients.
Below is our review and ranking of some of the top keto pancake mixes in the market. Please take this review with a grain of salt since it includes our personal opinions! We'd love to hear your feedback on any keto pancakes the comments below!
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Pancake Mix Comparison with 35 Grams Dry Mix
| Product | Dry Mix | Calories | Net Carbs | Protein % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Dees | 35g | 180 | 0.95g | 14.7% |
| Good Dees (Prepared with egg, heavy cream, butter) | 35g | 334 | 1.89g | 15.2% |
| Perfect Keto | 35g | 124 | 2.06g | 20.0% |
| Perfect Keto (Prepared with egg, coconut oil, unsweetened almond milk) | 35g | 287 | 3.05g | 22.4% |
| Swerve Sweets | 35g | 140 | 12.83g | 10.0% |
| Swerve Sweets (Prepared with egg, unsweetened almond milk, coconut oil) | 35g | 204 | 13.18g | 13.7% |
| Carbquik | 35g | 98 | 2.19g | 26.7% |
| Carbquik (Prepared with egg, heavy cream, water, butter) | 35g | 280 | 2.44g | 11.2% |
| Scotty's | 35g | 27 | 0.00g | 8.0% |
| Scotty's (Prepared with water, egg) | 35g | 65 | 0.29g | 21.2% |
| King Arthur | 35g | 82 | 2.06g | 45.0% |
| King Arthur (Prepared with water) | 35g | 82 | 2.06g | 45.0% |
| Simple Truth | 35g | 148 | 3.11g | 23.2% |
| Simple Truth (Prepared with water) | 35g | 148 | 3.11g | 23.2% |
| Birch Benders | 35g | 160 | 5.00g | 22.5% |
| Birch Benders (Prepared with water) | 35g | 160 | 5.00g | 22.5% |
| Lakanto | 35g | 70 | 1.00g | 40.0% |
| Lakanto (Prepared with water, egg, coconut oil) | 35g | 161 | 1.60g | 32.3% |
1. Good Dee's Pancakes & More Baking Mix
Good Dee's Pancake Mix was the best-tasting pancake mix in this review. But, as mentioned, don't expect these pancakes to taste like regular pancakes. The pancakes are a little bland, but are decent when served with sugar-free syrup. To prepare, you need egg, heavy cream (or milk), butter (or coconut oil) and vanilla extract. Some Amazon reviewers were put off by the additional ingredients since they thought it would be just as easy (and cheaper) to make homemade keto pancakes. The ingredients are decent but the baking powder does include tapioca starch, which is likely a minimal amount since it's lower in the list of ingredients. But, if you're strict keto, then you may want to assess. *Note: Good Dee's sells more than one type of pancake mix, so be sure to check package.
Net carbs: 1 gram net carbs for mix (18 grams); 1 gram net carbs with added ingredients
Amazon Rating: 4.1 out of 5 total stars
Ingredients: Almond Flour, Allulose, Corn-Free Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Phyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Tapioca Starch, Calcium Phosphate ) and Salt.
Pros:
- Decent flavor for a keto-friendly pancake (although still a little bland)
- Decent texture, somewhat similar to regular pancakes
Cons:
- More dense than light and fluffy
- Expensive: $12.99 for 7.8 ounces on Amazon
2. Perfect Keto Pancake & Waffle Mix
Perfect keto uses both almond and coconut flour in their pancake mix. You do taste some coconut flavor (although rather minimal), which some may or may not like. It's a thicker batter that's a little harder to work with it. For preparing, you need to add egg, oil and water or nut milk. When done, they do come out rather dense, but the flavor is decent, especially when you serve with sugar-free syrup. The ingredients are favorable and keto-friendly.
Net carbs: 1 gram net carbs for mix (17 grams); 2 grams net carbs with added ingredients
Amazon Rating: 4.3 out of 5 total stars
Ingredients: Almond flour, coconut flour, erythritol, inulin, soluble tapioca flour, milk protein isolate, natural flavors, medium chain triglycerides (MCT) powder, sea salt, natural flavor (non-fat dry milk, butter (cream, salt) natural flavors, xanthan gum, sunflower lecithin, cinnamon, monk fruit extract, stevia.
Pros
- Decent flavor, although a little bland; somewhat sweet with light coconut flavor (which not everyone may like)
- Not too grainy
- Decent ingredients
Cons:
- A little bland
- Denser pancakes that are a little dry
- Expensive: $13.99 for 10.16 ounces on Amazon.
3. Swerve Sweets Pancake & Waffle Mix
The batter for these pancakes is like regular pancake batter, and they cook like regular pancakes too. However, we found them somewhat bland, but they didn't have any strange flavor or aftertaste. And with sugar-free syrup, they weren't too bad. To prepare, you need egg, milk (we use almond milk), and oil. The net carbs are higher than others in this list and the second ingredient is tapioca starch, which is not considered keto-friendly. Because of this, those who are on a strict keto diet may want to look at other alternatives.
Net carbs: 11 grams net carbs for mix (30 grams); 13 grams net carbs with added ingredients
Amazon Rating: 4.5 out of 5 total stars
Ingredients: Blanched almond flour, tapioca starch, Swerve (erythritol, prebiotic, oligosaccharides, natural flavors) organic coconut flour, baking soda, sea salt, cream of tartar
Pros
- Batter similar to regular pancake batter in terms consistency
- Decent texture
- No strange aftertaste
Cons:
- Rather bland in flavor
- Second ingredient is tapioca starch, which is not considered keto-friendly
- Higher in net carbs than other mixes on this list
- Expensive: $14.99 per 10.6 ounces on Amazon
4. Carbquik Biscuit & Pancake Mix
Carbquik pancake batter looks and feels like a regular pancake batter. The pancake mixture is made from proprietary flour that acts like wheat and is made from wheat, but selectively uses fibrous ingredients like enzyme enriched wheat, vital wheat gluten, and oat fiber. The pancake recipe on the back of the box calls for egg, ⅛ cup heavy cream, 1 ⅜ cup water and one stick of butter. This recipe was more labor intensive than most other pancakes mixes in this review. The mixture doesn't include any sugar alcohol, so if you're sensitive to sugar alcohols that may be a positive aspect. If you're strict keto you should be aware that the ingredients include various wheat components, buttermilk, canola/sunflower oil.
Net carbs: 2 grams net carbs for mix (32 grams); 2 grams net carbs with added ingredients
Amazon Rating: 4.4 out of 5 total stars (this rating may be due to recipes other than pancakes)
Ingredients: Carbalose flour: enzyme enriched wheat, vital wheat gluten, oat fiber, high protein patent wheat flour, palm oil flakes, buttermilk, soy fiber, wheat starch, canola and/or sunflower oil, salt, emulsifiers, enzymes, ascorbic acid, baking powder (aluminum-free), egg whites, salt, natural flavor.
Pros
- Batter similar to regular pancake mix
- Not too grainy
- No strange aftertaste
Cons
- Box recipe produces greasy and oily pancakes that are thin and delicate
- Pancake recipe on box more intensive than other recipes in review.
- Somewhat bland, slightly eggy in flavor; no sweetness
5. Scotty's Keto Pancake & Waffle Mix
Scotty makes a high-in-fiber pancake mix that ends up being zero grams in net carbs. High-fiber ingredients include resistant tapioca starch (zero carbs), chicory inulin and psyllium husk. It also contains no nut flours, which is beneficial to those who may be allergic to nuts. To make the pancakes, you need to add water, egg and vanilla extract. The batter turns thick and sticky, which is difficult when making pancakes. We found the pancakes dry and dense and quite bland in flavor. However, the ingredients are low in carbs and keto-friendly.
Net carbs: 0 grams net carbs for mix (32 grams) and finished pancakes with added ingredients
Amazon rating: 4.2 out of 5 total stars
Ingredients: Resistant tapioca starch, erythritol, chicory inulin, psyllium husk, flax seed, baking powder (sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate), modified cellulose, sea salt.
Pros:
- Lowest in net carbs (zero grams net carbs)
- If allergic to nuts, this pancake mix is nut-free
- Decent ingredients
Cons:
- Bland in flavor
- Dense, dry, and chalky
- Expensive: $11.99 for a 9 ounces on Amazon
6. King Arthur Keto Wheat Pancake Mix
King Arthur makes an interesting pancake mix that resembles bread. To make it, you simply add water and it thickens and turns into an elastic-type, doughy batter. Because of that, we found it a little hard to make into pancakes. When done, the pancakes were nice and smooth in texture, but were somewhat bland and bread-like in flavor. Obviously, they're better with syrup, which definitely helped. Some ingredients, like modified wheat starch, may not be appropriate for strict keto diets
Net carbs: 2 grans net carbs for mix (34 grams) and finished pancakes
Amazon rating: 4.3 out of 5 total stars
Ingredients: Modified wheat starch, vital wheat gluten, erythritrol, sunflower oil, egg whites, natural flavor, baking powder (baking soda, calcium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), eggs, sea salt, steviol glycosides.
Pros:
- Only additional ingredient is water
- Low in carbs (2 grams net carbs per serving)
- Highest percentage of calories from protein (45%) of the pancakes tested in this review
- Smooth texture; the least grainy in terms of texture
Cons:
- Taste is bland and slightly sour; more bread-like in flavor
- Thick, elastic-like batter that's similar to bread dough
- Some ingredients, like modified wheat starch, may not be appropriate for strict keto diets
- Expensive: $12.19 for 12 ounces on Amazon
7. Simple Truth Keto Pancake Mix with Chocolate Chips
These keto pancakes start off decent on first bite, but they end bland and have somewhat of a strange aftertaste. We like the chocolate chips, but there were too many in the batter, which made it thick and hard to cook. Although we like the idea of chocolate chips in the mix, it felt like they were added to mask the bland flavor or strange aftertaste. That said, the pancakes are easy to prepare since you simply add water. Some ingredients, like canola oil and tapioca starch, may not be appropriate for strict keto diets. Simple Truth is a Kroger brand and found at Kroger stores.
Net carbs: 4 grams net carb for mix (45 grams) and finished pancakes
Kroger rating: 4 out of 5 total stars (not on Amazon)
Ingredients: Blanched Almond Flour, Dark Chocolate Chips (Unsweetened Chocolate, Dextrin, Erythritol, Sunflower Lecithin, Stevia Extract, Natural Flavor), Whole Dried Eggs, Erythritol, Whey Protein Concentrate, Organic Coconut Flour, Pumpkin Protein, Canola Oil, Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Baking Soda, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate), Buttermilk Powder, Bakers Cheese (Nonfat Dry Milk, Lactic Acid, Cultures), Natural Vanilla Flavor, Salt, Tapioca Starch, Xanthan Gum, Monk Fruit.
Pros:
- Only need to add water for mix
Cons:
- Thicker batter with too many chocolate chips that is hard to spread into pancake
- Bland in flavor with strange aftertaste
- Some ingredients, like canola oil, buttermilk powder, tapioca starch, may not be appropriate for strict keto diets
- Only at Kroger stores
8. Birch Benders Keto Pancake Mix
Birch Bender's pancake mix is nearly everywhere, so it's usually not a problem finding their keto-friendly pancake mix. It's a thicker batter that's somewhat difficult to make into decent pancakes. Unfortunately, we didn't appreciate the flavor or texture of the pancakes. The pancakes have a strange, even sour flavor and the texture is grainy and dense. Some ingredients, like cassava starch and buttermilk, may not be appropriate for strict keto diets.
Net carbs: 5 grams net carbs for mix (35 grams) and finished pancakes
Amazon rating: 4.2 out of 5 total stars
Ingredients: Almond Flour, Eggs, Tigernut Flour, Organic Coconut Flour, Cassava Starch, Buttermilk, Leavening (Monocalcium Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Salt, Spice.
Pros:
- Available at many grocers
- Just need to add water for mix
Cons:
- Thick batter; grainy in texture
- Strange flavor; sourish
- Some ingredients, like cassava starch and buttermilk, may not be appropriate for strict keto diets
9. Lakanto Keto Pancake & Baking Mix
Lakanto pancake mix produces a thicker, sticky batter (likely due to added fiber) that makes it harder to produce regular pancakes. To make the pancakes, you need eggs, water, oil and vanilla extract. Unfortunately, we found the the taste and texture a little off. The pancakes are dense and dry and rather flavorless. The ingredients include tapioca starch, so the mix may not be appropriate for those on a strict keto diet. However, they are low in net carbs.
Net carbs: 1 gram net carbs for mix (35 grams) and 1 gram net carbs with added ingredients
Amazon rating: 4 out of 5 total stars
Ingredients: Almond Flour, Monkfruit Sweetener (Erythritol and Monk Fruit Extract), Pea Protein, Sugarcane Fiber, Tapioca Starch, Baking Powder, Natural Flavors, Sea Salt.
Pros:
- Low in net carbs (1 gram net carbs for finished pancakes)
- Available at some larger grocers like Walmart and Safeway
Cons:
- Flavorless, strange aftertaste
- Texture not quite right: dense, dry, more biscuit-like
- Ingredients include tapioca starch, which may not be appropriate for strict keto diets
- Expensive: $15.44 for 16 ounces on Amazon
*For the integrity of our food blog, we do not engage in brand partnerships nor do we accept free products. We only review and recommend the products we enjoy. *As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
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