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 (Enriched Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Sugar, Soybean Oil, Eggs, Water, Butter [Cream, Natural Flavor], Buttermilk [Cultured Lowfat Milk, Nonfat Milk, Food Starch-modified, Sodium Citrate, Locust Bean Gum, Carrageenan, Mono- And Diglycerides, Salt, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D3], Raspberry Puree, Lemon Zest [Lemon Peel, Sugar, Lemon Oil], Natural Flavor, Leavening [Baking Soda, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate], Food Starch-modified, Dry Whole Milk, Wheat Starch, Salt, Whey, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Soy Lecithin, Lime Puree [Concentrated Lime Juice, Water, Lime Pulp, Lime Oil, Lime Peel], Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Cellulose Gum, Beta-carotene [Color], Red 40). Icing (Icing Sugar [Sugar, Cornstarch], Buttermilk [Cultured Lowfat Milk, Nonfat Milk, Food Starch-modified, Sodium Citrate, Locust Bean Gum, Carrageenan, Mono- And Diglycerides, Salt, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D3], Butter [Cream, Natural Flavor], Palm Oil Shortening, Corn Syrup, Guar Gum, Natural Flavor, Monoand Diglycerides).