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.
Potatoes, Water, Ham And Water Product, 35% Of Weight Is Added Ingredients (Cured With: Water, Dextrose, Salt, Less Than 2% Potassium Lactate, Sodium Phosphates, Sodium Diacetate, Smoke Flavor, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite), Modified Food Starch, Nonfat Dry Milk, Salt, Sugar, Dehydrated Cheese [Whey, Cheddar Cheese (Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes), Reduced Lactose Whey, Maltodextrin, Canola Oil, Salt, Disodium Phosphate, Blue Cheese (Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes), Nonfat Dry Milk, Citric Acid, And Less Than 2% Silicon Dioxide Added As An Anticaking Agent), Onion Powder, Natural Bacon Flavor [Maltodextrin, Rendered Bacon Fat And Bacon Bits (Cured With Water, Salt, Sugar, Sodium Phosphates, Sodium Ascorbate, Sodium Nitrite), Natural Smoke Flavor, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Salt, Silicon Dioxide, Natural Flavor], Dehydrated Cheese [Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Salt, Cheese Cultures, Enzymes), Food Starch Modified, Maltodextrin, Whey Corn Syrup Solids, Canola Oil, Disodium Phosphate, And Less Than 2% Silicon Dioxide Added As An Anti-caking Agent], Spice, Natural Flavor, Soy Lecithin.