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: Sugar, Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Vegetable Shortening (Soybean Oil, Palm Oil, Vegetable Mono And Diglycerides, Distilled Propylene Glycol Ester, Tocopherols [Vitamin E], Polysorbate 60, Vitamin C Palmitate [As Antioxidant]), Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Nonfat Dry Milk, Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate), Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Food Starch - Modified, Salt, Cellulose Gum, Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate, Caramel Color, Disodium Phosphate, Soy Flour, Dried Egg Whites, Eggs, Water, Vegetable Oil (Soybean), Margarine (Palm Oil, Water, Soybean Oil, Salt, Whey [Milk], Mono And Diglycerides, Soybean Lecithin [Soy], Natural Butter Flavor, Colored With Beta Carotene, Vitamin A Palmitate Added). Chocolate Icing: Sugar, Vegetable Shortening (Palm Oil, Canola Oil, Mono- And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60), Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Soybean Oil, Corn Starch, Salt, Glucono-delta-lactone, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Natural And Artificial Flavor, Water. Sprinkles: Sugar, Rice Flour, Vegetable Oil (Palm Kernel And/or Palm Oil), Corn Starch, Cellulose Gum, Carrageenan, Dextrose, Soy Lecithin, Titanium Dioxide (Color), Yellow 5, Maltodextrin, Red 3, Yellow 6, Artificial Flavor, Blue 1.