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: Sugar, Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Eggs, Soybean Oil, Applesauce (Apples, Water, Ascorbic Acid Added For Color Retention), Concentrated Apple Juice, Water, Wheat Starch, Food Starch-modified, Dry Whole Milk, Lemon Juice, Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Spice, Salt, Natural Flavor, Citric Acid, Soy Lecithin, Xanthan Gum, Cellulose Gum. Icing: Icing Sugar (Sugar, Cornstarch), Buttermilk (Cultured Lowfat Milk, Nonfat Milk, Food Starch-modified, Sodium Citrate, Locust Bean Gum, Carrageenan, Mono-and Diglycerides, Salt, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D3), Butter (Cream, Natural Flavor), Palm Oil Shortening, Corn Syrup, Guar Gum, Mono- And Diglycerides, Caramel Color, Natural Flavor.