This ratio can give you a sense of if this food is higher in carbs or lower in carbs than other foods by weight. Eating foods high in carbs can cause your blood glucose to spike faster than if the food or meal you're eating also contains protein or fat.
This ratio can estimate how much water this food contains relative to other foods. Water helps regulate body temperature, lubricate joints, flush out waste products, and protect our organs and tissue. Eating foods high in water can help you stay hydrated.
Cake Base (Sugar, Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Food Starch-modified, Soybean Oil, Dairy Product Solids [Milk], Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Leavening [Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate], Emulsifier [Mono-diglycerides, Propylene Glycol Esters Of Fatty Acids, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate], Artificial Flavor, Vital Wheat Gluten, Salt, Egg Whites, Soy Flour), Eggs, Soybean Oil, Water, Buttermilk, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Baking Soda, Chocolate Icing (Powdered Sugar, Chocolate Frosting [Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Palm Oil, Water, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Palm Kernel Oil, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Cornstarch, Food Starch-modified, High Oleic Sunflower And/or Canola Oil, Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil, Mono And Diglycerides, Natural Flavor, Nonfat Milk, Polysorbate 60, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Salt, Sorbitol, Soy Lecithin, Whey], Water, Margarine [Palm Oil, Water, Soybean Oil, Contains Less Than 2% Of Salt, Whey Solids, Vegetable Mono & Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Artificial Flavor, Beta Carotene (Color), Vitamin A Palmitate Added], Vanilla), Chocolate Shavings (Sugar, Palm Kernel And Hydrogenated Palm Oils, Cocoa [Processed With Potassium Carbonate], Sunflower Lecithin, Vanilla).