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.
Pizza Sauce (Water, Tomato Paste, Sugar, Contains Less Than 2% Of: Modified Cornstarch, Garlic Powder, Salt, Onion Powder, Spice, Citric Acid, Dried Basil, Sea Salt, Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate [Added As Preservatives], Xanthan Gum, Natural Flavor), Pizza Crust (Wheat Flour [Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour, {Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid}, Whole Wheat Flour], Water, Sugar, Glycerin, Soybean Oil, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Yeast, Vital Wheat Gluten, Mono- & Diglycerides, Salt, Xanthan Gum, Calcium Propionate, Sorbic Acid, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Enzyme), Pepperoni Made With Pork And Chicken (Pork, Mechanically Separated Chicken, Salt, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Pork Stock, Spices [Including Mustard], Dextrose, Lactic Acid Starter Culture, Oleoresin Of Paprika, Flavoring, Sodium Ascorbate, Sodium Nitrite, Bha, Bht, Citric Acid), Mozzarella Pasteurized Prepared Cheese (Pasteurized Part-skim Milk, Water, Milk Protein Concentrate, Milk Fat, Contains Less Than 2% Of: Salt, Cheese Culture, Sodium Citrate, Sorbic Acid [Preservative], Enzymes, Cellulose Powder [Anticaking]), Milk Chocolate With Crisped Rice Bar (Milk Chocolate [Sugar, Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Nonfat Milk, Milkfat, Lactose, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor], Crisped Rice [Rice Flour, Sugar, Barley Malt, Salt]).