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.
Water, Meatballs (Beef, Pork, Eggs, Bread Crumbs [Unbleached Wheat Flour, Salt, Yeast], Water, Romano Cheese (Sheep's And/or Cow's Milk, Rennet, Salt, Cheese Cultures, Enzymes), Dehydrated Onion, Corn Syrup Solids, Salt, Natural Flavor, Sodium Phosphate, Parsley, Spices), Tomatoes (Tomatoes, Tomato Juice, Citric Acid, Calcium Chloride), Onion, Enriched Pasta (Durum Wheat Semolina [Enriched With Iron, Niacin, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid]), Spinach, Food Starch-modified (With Erythorbic Acid Added), Carrots, Celery, Liquid Shortening (High Oleic Canola Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Salt, Soybean Lecithin, Natural And Artificial Butter Flavor, Tbhq, Citric Acid, Beta Carotene [Color], Vitamin A Palmitate), Salt, Food Starch-modified, Sugar, Hydrolyzed Corn Protein (Hydrolyzed Corn Protein, Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil [Cottonseed, Soybean]), Carrot Powder (Salt, Oleoresin Carrot [Color]), Chicken Fat Flavor (Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten, Salt, Maltodextrin, Chicken Fat, Sodium Phosphate, Spices, Sugar, Natural Flavors, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate), Turmeric Powder (Salt, Oleoresin Turmeric [Color]), Dehydrated Garlic, Onion Powder, Yeast Extract, Black Pepper.