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, Vegetable Mono And Diglycerides, Distilled Propylene Glycol Ester, Tocopherols [Vitamin E] And Vitamin C Palmitate [As Antioxidant]), Dried Egg Whites, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Dextrose, Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate), Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Food Starch - Modified, Dried Egg Yolks, Nonfat Dry Milk, Whey Protein Concentrate (Milk), Emulsifier (Propylene Glycol Esters Of Fatty Acids, Distilled Monoglycerides, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Tricalcium Phosphate), Salt, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Cellulose, Polysorbate 60, Xanthan Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Guar Gum, Red 40, Caramel Color, Soy Flour, Water, Vegetable Oil (Soybean), Eggs. Cream Cheese Icing: Sugar, Cream Cheese (Pasteurized Milk And Cream, Salt, Carob Bean Gum, Cheese Culture), Vegetable Shortening (Palm Oil, Canola Oil, Mono- And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60), Dextrose, Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Cream Cheese Powder (Cream Cheese Solids [Cream, Nonfat Milk, Salt, Sodium Alginate, Lactic Acid], Corn Syrup Solids, Sodium Caseinate [Milk], Natural Flavor), Corn Starch, Soybean Oil, Salt, Natural Flavor, Benzoic Acid (Preservative), Polysorbate 60, Propyl Gallate (Antioxidant), Beta Carotene (Color), Water.