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.
Sugar Cookies (Sugar, Enriched Flour [Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Wheat Flour, Shortening [Palm Oil], Water, Margarine [Palm Oil, Water, Salt, Mono And Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Sodium Benzoate {Preservative}, Artificial Flavor, Beta-carotene {Color}, Vitamin A Palmitate], Contains Less Than 2% Of Baking Soda, Buttermilk Powder [Milk Solids], Eggs, Food Starch-modified, Invert Sugar, Molasses, Natural Flavors, Salt, Soy Lecithin), Birthday Cake Flavored Ice Cream (Milk, Cream, Sugar, Condensed Skim Milk, Corn Syrup, Fructose, Whey, Stabilizer [Guar Gum, Lecithin, Egg Yolk, Locust Bean Gum, Carrageenan, Standardized With Sugar], Invert Sugar, Natural Flavor, Water, Salt, Agar Gum), Sprinkles (Sugar, Corn Starch, Vegetable Oil [Palm, Palm Kernel], Dextrin, Soy Lecithin, Confectioner's Glaze, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Red 40 Lake, Carnauba Wax, Yellow 6 Lake, Blue 1 Lake, Yellow 5 Lake, Red 3, Blue 1, Red 40).