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.
Danish Pastry: Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Palm Oil, Dextrose, Nonfat Milk, Mono And Diglycerides, Salt, Soy Flour, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Baking Soda), Color Added, Azodicarbonamide, Egg, Margarine (Palm Oil, Water, Soybean Oil, Salt, Mono And Diglycerides, Colored With Annatto, Calcium Disodium Edta Added As A Preservative, Artificial Butter Flavor, Vitamin A Palmitate Added), Water, Whole Egg, Yeast, Natural & Artificial Flavors. Reconstituted Apples: Water, Evaporated Apples Preserved With Sulfur Dioxide And Sodium Sulfite, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Modified Corn Starch, Sugar, Citric Acid, Spices, Salt, Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate As Preservatives. Icing & Filling: Powdered Sugar, Water, Sugar, Solidifier (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean & Cottonseed Oils, Soy Lecithin), Stabilizer (Sugar, Calcium Carbonate, Agar, Salt, Monoglycerides), Corn Syrup, Soy Oil, Colored With Fd&c Yellow #5 And Yellow #6, Cinnamon, Cocoa Processed With Alkali.