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.
Sauce: Water, Tomato Paste, Onions, Parmesan Cheese (Part-skim Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Modified Corn Starch, Sugar, Soybean Oil, Crushed Garlic, Rochester Sauce (Distilled Vinegar, Corn Syrup, Water, Salt, Garlic Powder, Spices, Tamarind, Natural Flavor), Salt, Flavoring, Citric Acid. Meatballs: Mechanically Separated Chicken, Pork, Beef, Water, Textured Vegetable Protein (Soy Flour, Caramel Color), Soy Protein Concentrate, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Salt, Bread Crumbs (Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour [Bleached Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Durum Flour, Leavening [Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate], Yeast), Citric Acid, Flavoring, Soy Sauce (Water, Wheat, Soybeans, Salt, Less Than 0.1% Sodium Benzoate [Preservative]), Caramel Color, Sodium Phosphate, Natural Flavors, Soy Lecithin. Cooked Spaghetti: Water, Spaghetti (Durum Flour [Durum Wheat Semolina, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Dried Egg Whites), Soybean Oil.