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.
Fully Cooked Pork And Turkey Sausage Patty: Pork, Mechanically Separated Turkey, Water, Contains 2% Or Less: Soy Protein Concentrate, Salt, Spices, Dextrose, Sodium Phosphate, Sugar, Caramel Color, Monosodium Glutamate, Citric Acid, Natural Flavor. English Muffin: Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Yeast, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Sugar, Wheat Gluten, Calcium Propionate (Preservative), Datem, Citric Acid, Fumaric Acid, Salt, Ascorbic Acid, Azodicarbonamide, Artificial And Natural Flavors, Degermed Yellow Corn Flour, Degermed Yellow Cornmeal, Distilled Monoglycerides, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Soybean Oil, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Vinegar. Precooked Egg Patty: Whole Eggs, Water, Soybean Oil, Nonfat Dry Milk, Modified Corn Starch, Salt, Xanthan Gum, Natural And Artificial Butter Flavor (Butter (Cream, Milk), Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oil, Soybean Oil, Lipolyzed Butter Oil, And Natural And Artificial Flavors), Citric Acid. Pasteurized Process American Cheese: Milk, Water, Cheese Culture, Cream, Salt, Sodium Citrate, Potassium Citrate, Sodium Pyrophosphate, Sorbic Acid (Preservative), Sodium Phosphate, Citric Acid, Annatto (Color Added), Soy Lecithin, Enzymes.