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.
Apple Crisp Flavored Cake Mix (Enriched Wheat Flour (Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Whole Wheat Flour, Soybean Oil, Defatted Soy Flour, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Apple Solids (Apples, Rice Flour, Sunflower Lecithin), Artificial Flavor, Beta-carotene (Color), Canola Oil, Caramel Color, Cellulose Gum, Cinnamon, Cream, Egg Yolks, Enzymes, Leavening (Baking Soda, Glucono Delta-lactone, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate), Mono - And Diglycerides, Nonfat Milk, Propylene Glycol Mono- And Diesters Of Fatty Acids, Salt, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Soy Lecithin, Wheat Flour, Wheat Starch), Water, Cinnamon Sugar Mix (Sugar, Cinnamon), Interesterified Soybean Oil, Apple Cider (Apple Juice, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate Added To Preserve), Stabilizer (Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Monoglycerides, Guar Gum, Corn Syrup Solids And 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Silicon Dioxide, (Flow Aid), Soybean Oil, Enzymes, Calcium Sulfate, Salt)