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 And Icing: Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Water, Eggs, Soybean Oil, Palm Oil, Corn Syrup, Cocoa Powder, Sour Cream (Cultured Milk, Cultured Cream, Whey, Food Starch-modified, Sodium Phosphate, Potassium Sorbate [Preservative], Guar Gum, Carrageenan, Calcium Sulfate, Locust Bean Gum), Black Cocoa Powder, Natural Vanilla Flavor, Baking Soda, Modified Food Starch, Baking Powder, Whey, Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate), Salt, Sorbitan Monostearate, Nonfat Milk, Vital Wheat Gluten, Polysorbate 60, Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum, Mono- And Diglycerides, Natural Flavor, Soy Flour, Chocolate Liquor, Soy Lecithin, Potassium Sorbate, Semisweet Chocolate Chips (Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Dextrose, Soy Lecithin, Natural Vanilla Flavor). Semisweet Chocolate Chunks (Sugar, Unsweetened Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Dextrose, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor).