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.
M&m's Brand Milk Chocolate Candies [Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Chocolate, Skim Milk, Cocoa Butter, Lactose, Milkfat, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Artificial Flavors), Sugar, Cornstarch, Corn Syrup, Gum Acacia, Coloring (Includes Blue 1 Lake, Yellow 6, Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1, Red 40 Lake, Blue 2 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake, Yellow 5 Lake, Blue 2), Dextrin], Peanuts (Peanuts, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil), Pretzels [Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Salt, Malt, Vegetable Oil (Canola Oil, Corn Oil, And/or Soybean Oil), Leavening (Yeast, Baking Soda And/or Ammonium Bicarbonate)], Chocolate Chip Cookies [Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Butter, Chocolate Chips (Sugar, Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Dextrose, Chocolate Processed With Alkali, Soy Lecithin, Artificial Flavor), Cane Syrup, Eggs, Molasses, Salt, Skim Milk, Corn Starch, Natural Flavor, Baking Soda, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate].