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.
Tomato Sauce (Vine-ripened Fresh Tomatoes, Fresh Sauteed Onions, Fresh Ground Carrot Puree, Blend Of Extra Virgin Olive Oil And Sunflower Oil, Salt, Garlic, Fresh Basil Leaves, Sugar, Black Pepper And Naturally Derived Citric Acid), Beef, Whole Milk Mozzarella (Whole Milk Low Moisture Mozzarella Cheese [Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Rice Flour And Powdered Cellulose Added To Prevent Caking, Natamycin [A Natural Mold Inhibitor]), Water, Ricotta Cheese (Pasteurized Whey, Pasteurized Milk, Pasteurized Cream, Vinegar), Cooked Italian Sausage (Pork, Salt, Water, Spices, Corn Syrup Solids, Dextrose, Monosodium Glutamate, Paprika, Caramel Color, Flavoring, Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate, Bha, Bht Propyl Gallate), Lasagna Noodle (Enriched Semolina & Flour [Semolina, Durum Wheat Flour, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamin Mononitrate {Vitamin B1}, Riboflavin {Vitamin B2} Folic Acid], Water, Egg), Cottage Cheese (Cultured Nonfat Milk, Nonfat Milk, Cream, Whey, Salt, Guar Gum, Carrageenan, Cultured Dextrose, Locust Bean Gum, Citric Acid, Polysorbate 80, Acetylated Monoglycerides, Natural Flavor, Enzymes, Carbon Dioxide [To Help Protect Flavor]), Egg Whites, Italian Sausage (Pork, Water, Sodium Lactate, Salt, Pork, Spice Extractive, Collagen), Yellow Onion, Sugar, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Fresh Garlic, Salt, Fresh Basil, Black Pepper, Parsley.