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.
Chicken Salad Ingredients: Cooked Chicken, Dressing (Water, Soybean Oil, Distilled Vinegar, Corn Syrup, Sugar, Food Starch-modified, Egg Yolks, Contains Less Than Two Percent Salt, Mustard Flour, Spices, Natural Flavors, Paprika, Extractive Of Paprika (Color), Garlic Powder), Celery, Water, Chestnuts, Textured Soy Flour, Fructose, Contains Two Percent Or Less Water, Glucono Delta Lactone, Dextrose, Salt, Onion. Crackers Ingredients: Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Vitamin B1 (Thiamin Mononitrate), Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin), Folic Acid), Canola Oil With Tbhq For Freshness, Sugar, Contains Two Percent Or Less Salt, Corn Syrup, Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Butter (Cream, Salt), Soy Lecithin. Cookie Ingredients: Enriched Wheat Flour (Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean & Cottonseed Oil, Chocolate Chips (Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Dextrose, Soy Lecithin (As Emulsifier), Vanillin (An Artificial Flavor)), Whole Eggs, Invert Sugar, Baking Soda, Natural Vanilla, Salt. Mixed Fruit Ingredients: Diced Peaches, Water, Diced Pears, Sugar, Pineapple, Natural Flavors, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) To Protect Color, Citric Acid