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.
Mashed Potatoes (Rehydrated Potato Flakes And Granules [Water, Potatoes, Mono- And Diglycerides, Citric Acid, Disodium Dihydrogen Pyrophosphate, Bht, Sodium Bisulfite], Soybean Oil, Butter [Cream, Salt], Salt, Sugar, Black Pepper), Breaded White Meat Chicken Patty (Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, Breader [Bleached Wheat Flour, Yellow Corn Flour, Salt, Spices, Leavening {Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate}, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Spice Extractive], Water, Batter [Water, Yellow Cornflour, Corn Starch, Salt, Spices, Guar Gum, Leavening {Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate}, Garlic Powder], Textured Soy Protein, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Sodium Phosphates, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Flavoring, Fried In Vegetable Oil), Corn, Water, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Modified Corn Starch, Soybean Oil, Butter (Cream, Salt), Chives, Nonfat Dry Milk, Roux (Wheat Flour, Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil), Chicken Base (Chicken Flavor [Contains Chicken Broth, Maltodextrin, Turkey Broth, Yeast Extract, Cooked Chicken, Turkey Fat, Turkey Meat, Xanthan Gum, Disodium Inosinate & Disodium Guanylate, Cottonseed Oil, Mushroom Powder, Flavor], Salt, Rendered Chicken Fat, Sugar, Modified Corn Starch, Extractives Of Turmeric), Salt, Garlic, Flavoring (Yeast Extract, Potassium Chloride, Natural Flavor [Potato Maltodextrin, Natural Flavor, Gum Arabic], Lactic Acid Powder [Modified Corn Starch, Lactic Acid], Citric Acid, Aspartic Acid, Malic Acid), Shallot Juice Concentrate (Contains Vegetable Oil), Flavoring, Sugar, Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum.