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 Mix (Sugar, Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Enriched With Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Vegetable Shortening [Soybean Oil, Vegetable Mono And Diglycerides, Propylene Glycol Ester, Soy Lecithin, Tocopherols (Vitamin E), Vitamin C Palmitate (As Antioxidants)], Nonfat Dry Milk, Leavening [Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate], Salt, Food Starch-modified, Dried Whole Eggs, Artificial Flavor), White Compound (Sugar, Palm Kernel And Palm Oils, Whey Powder, Nonfat Milk Powder, Soy Lecithin [Emulsifier], Natural Flavor, Vanilla), Water, Whole Egg, Powdered Sugar (Sugar, Cornstarch), Palm Shortening (Rbd Palm Oil, Emulsifier [Distilled Monoglycerides]), Decoration (Sugar, Cornstarch, Confectioner's Glaze, Carnauba Wax), Vanilla, Natural & Artificial Flavor, Color (Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Glycerin, Red 40, Sugar, Modified Food Starch, Xanthan Gum, Carrageenan Gum, Potassium Sorbate And Sodium Benzoate [Preservatives], Citric Acid), Salt, Red 40 Lake, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate.