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.
Flour (Enriched Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), White Sugar, Margarine (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Palm Oils, Water, Contains 2% Or Less Of Salt, Mono And Diglycerides, Non Fat Dry Milk, Soy Lecithin, Sodium Benzoate, Artificial Flavor, Artificial Color [Betacarotene], Vitamin A Palmitate), Frosting (Sugar, Vegetable Shortening [Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil, Mono And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60], Water, Corn Syrup, Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Starch, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Salt, Guar Gum, Phosphoric Acid, Potassium Sorbate [Preservative], Sodium Benzoate [Preservative]), Sprinkles (Artificial Colors Fd&c Yellow #6, Fd&c Red 40, Fd&c Red 3, Fd&c Yellow 5, Fd&c Blue 1, Red 40 Lake, Red 40, Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Blue 1, Red 3, Blue 2, Green 3, Aluminum Lake, Titanium Dioxide, Mica, Propylene Glycol, Vegetable Gum, Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils, Rice Flour, Food Starch-modified, Dextrin, Flaked Corn, Polysorbate 60, Confectioners Glaze, Carnauba Wax, Cellulose Gum, Gum Arabic, Xanthan Gum, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Glycerin, Varageenan Gum), Eggs, Milk (Whole), Almond Flavor Emulsion (Water, Vegetable Gums, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate), Vanilla Flavor (Water, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Benzoate), Salt.