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 Mix (Sugar, Enriched Wheat Flour Bleached [Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Palm Oil, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Dry Egg Whites, Leavening [Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate], Dry Egg Yolks, Nonfat Dry Milk, Dextrose, Food Starch-modified, Soybean Oil, Salt, Sorbitan Monostearate, Propylene Glycol Mono & Diesters Of Fatty Acids With Bht As Preservative, Mono & Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Caramel Color, Xanthan Gum, Calcium Acetate, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Polysorbate 60, Guar Gum, Cellulose Gum, Corn Starch, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Red #40, Wheat Starch, Silicon Dioxide, Citric Acid), Water, Powdered Sugar, Shortening (Palm Oil And Soybean Oil With Mono- And Diglycerides And Polysorbate 60 Added, Tbhq And Citric Acid Added To Help Protect Flavor), Hydrox Oreo Cookie (Sugar, Enriched Wheat Flour [Contains Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate {Vitamin B1}, Riboflavin {Vitamin B2}), Vegetable Shortening, [Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil], Cocoa [Processed With Alkali], High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Flour, Whey, Chocolate, Baking Soda, Salt, Soy Lecithin - An Emulsifier, And Vanillin, An Artificial Flavor), Margarine (Palm Oil, Water, Soybean Oil, Salt, Mono- And Diglycerides, Artificial Flavor, Calcium Disodium Edta Added As A Preservative, Vitamin A Palmitate Added), Soybean Oil, White Icing Base (Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil [Soybean And/or Cottonseed And/or Palm Oils], Dextrose, Maltodextrin, Nonfat Milk Solids, Mono & Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60, Propylene Glycol, Artificial Flavor, Cornstarch, Citric Acid, Water), Natural Flavors.