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.
Cupcake Mix: Sugar, Enriched Cake Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Shortening (Palm Oil, Mono And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60), Skim Milk Solids, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Baking Soda, Salt, Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate). Frosting Mixes: Confectioners' Sugar (Sugar, Corn Starch), Natural And Artificial Flavors, Red 3, Yellow 5, Blue 1, Red 40. Candy Corn: Sugar, Corn Syrup, Confectioner's Glaze, Sodium Citrate, Citric Acid, Coconut Oil, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Egg Whites, Mineral Oil, Glycerine, Carnauba Wax, Yellow 5, Red 40, Red 3, Blue 1. Icing Pen: Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oil, Water, Corn Syrup, Mono And Diglycerides, Red 40, Salt, Food Starch-modified (Corn), Blue 1, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Polysorbate 60, Artificial Flavor, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Citric Acid. Candy Eyes: Dextrose, Corn Starch, Dextrin, Sugar, Magnesium Stearate, Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1, Shellac, Gum Arabic, Glycerin, Artificial Flavor, Carnauba Wax, Gelatin.