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.
Yellow Cake: Sugar, Bleached Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Vegetable Shortening (Palm Oil, Soybean Oil, Propylene Glycol Mono- And Diesters Of Fats And Fatty Acids, Mono- And Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin), Water, Eggs, Nonfat Milk, Egg Whites, Soybean Oil. Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Wheat Starch, Food Starch - Modified, Sodium Bicarbonate, Salt, Dextrose, Sodium Aluminium Phosphate Acidic, Emulsifier (Propylene Glycol Esters, Mono- And Diglycerides, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate), Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Polysorbate 60, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Monocalcium Phosphate, Soy Flour, Yellow 5, Yellow 6. Whipped Icing: Water, Vegetable Shortening (Fully Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil), Dextrose, Corn Syrup, Sugar. Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Sodium Caseinate, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Polysorbate 60, Modified Cellulose, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Xanthan Gum, Sorbic Acid, Blue 1, Yellow 5.garnish: Sugar, Cornstarch, Rice Flour, Palm Oil, Gum Acacia, Xanthan Gum, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Titanium Dioxide (Color), Blue 1 Lake, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Red 3, Blue 1, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Mono-and Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60.