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, Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Eggs, Soybean Oil, Water, Semisweet Chocolate Chips (Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Dextrose, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Natural Flavor), Butter (Cream [Milk], Natural Flavor), Buttermilk (Cultured Lowfat Milk, Nonfat Milk, Food Starch-modified, Sodium Citrate, Locust Bean Gum, Carrageenan, Mono- And Diglycerides, Salt, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D3), Dry Whole Milk, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Food Starch-modified, Wheat Starch, Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Natural Flavor, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Cellulose Gum. Icing: Icing Sugar (Sugar, Corn Starch), Buttermilk (Cultured Lowfat Milk, Nonfat Milk, Food Starch-modified, Sodium Citrate, Locust Bean Gum, Carrageenan, Mono- And Diglycerides, Salt, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D3), Butter (Cream [Milk], Natural Flavor), Palm Oil Shortening, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Corn Syrup, Guar Gum, Natural Flavor, Mono- And Diglycerides.