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.
Chocolate Cake Base (Bleached Enriched Flour [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Sugar, Food Starch-modified, Dextrose, Soybean Oil, Cocoa [Processed With Alkali], Contains 2% Or Less Of: Caramel Color, Carob Powder, Cellulose Gum, Defatted Soy Flour, Eggs, Leavening [Baking Soda, Monocalcium Phosphate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate], Mono- And Diglycerides, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Propylene Glycol Mono- And Diesters Of Fatty Acids, Red 40, Salt, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Vital Wheat Gluten, Whey, Xanthan Gum), Chocolate Flavored Chips (Sugar, Palm Kernel Oil, Fat Reduced Cocoa, Soy Lecithin, Artificial Flavor), Fudge Icing (Sugar, Vegetable Shortening [Palm Oil, Fully Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil], Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Cocoa, Cocoa [Processed With Alkali], Soybean Oil, Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Mono- And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Potassium Sorbate [Preservative], Citric Acid, Natural And Artificial Flavor), Eggs, Soybean Oil, Water, White Coating (Sugar, Palm Kernel Oil, Skimmed Milk Powder, Sunflower Lecithin, Natural Vanilla Flavor).