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.
Pie Crust (Wheat Flour [Unenriched, Unbleached], Lard, Water, Salt, Dextrose, Baking Soda), Cream Of Chicken Soup (Chicken Stock, Chicken Meat, Cream (Milk), Modified Corn Starch, Bleached Wheat Flour, Salt, Corn, Chicken Fat, Sugar, Celery, Soybean Oil, Natural Flavors, Monosodium Glutamate, Soybean Lecithin, Carrot Powder, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Maltodextrin, Gum Arabic, Spice), Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, Potatoes (Potatoes, Dextrose, Potassium Sorbate To Protect Flavor, Disodium Pyrophosphate To Maintain Color), Corn, Water, Peas And Carrots, Celery, Sour Cream (Milk, Cream, Whey, Nonfat Dry Milk, Modified Food Starch [Corn], Guar Gum, Sodium Phosphate, Locust Bean Gum, Sodium Citrate, Enzymes, Carrageenan, Carob Bean Gum, Culture, Coagulant, Potassium Sorbate And Natamycin [Preservatives]), Eggs (Whole Eggs, Nonfat Milk, Salt, Dextrose, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, And Annato Extract), Food Starch-modified (Corn), Cream Soup Base (Modified Corn Starch, Palm Oil, Maltodextrin, Buttermilk, Corn Syrup Solids, Sugar, Salt, Buttermilk Powder, Yeast Extract, Soybean Oil, Onion Powder, Potassium Chloride, Natural Flavor, Disodium Guanylate, Disodium Inosinate), Marinade (Salt, Sodium Phosphates, Dextrose, Spices, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, And Less Than 2% Tricalcium Phosphate [Anticaking Agent]), Chicken Bouillon (Salt, Maltodextrin, Hydrolyzed Corn Soy Protein, Rendered Chicken Fat, Chicken Broth, Onion And Garlic Powder, Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate, Dehydrated Cooked Chicken, Corn Starch, Silicon Dioxide [Anti-caking], Turmeric [Color]), Black Pepper, Salt, Dried Parsley.