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.
Water, Cooked Beef Patties Crumble (Beef Hamburger, Water, Textured Vegetable Protein [Soy Flour, Caramel Color], Seasoning [Salt, Dextrose, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Onion Powder, Sodium Phosphate, Spices], Soy Protein Concentrate, Salt, Natural Flavor), Unbleached Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Unbleached Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour [Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid]), Reduced Fat Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Part Skim Milk, Skim Milk, Modified Food Starch*, Cultures, Salt, Flavors*, Potassium Chloride*, Annatto, Vitamin A Palmitate, Enzymes, *Ingredients Not In Regular Cheddar Cheese), Imitation Cheddar Cheese (Water, Modified Food Starch, Casein, Soybean Oil, Whey, Contains 2% Or Less Of Salt, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Sodium Phosphate, Lactic Acid, Sodium Citrate, Natural Flavor, Sorbic Acid [Preservative], Artificial Color), Seasoning (Corn Maltodextrin, Whey, Sugar, Salt, Onion Powder, Buttermilk Powder, Tomato Powder, Palm Oil, Granular Cheese [Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Corn Syrup Solids, Sunflower Oil, Dehydrated Mustard [Vinegar, Mustard Seed, Salt, Extractives Of Turmeric], Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Modified Corn Starch, Sodium Phosphate, Citric Acid, Spice, Blue Cheese [Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Lactic Acid, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Disodium Inosinate, And Guanylate, Sodium Caseinate, Extractives Of Paprika, Extractives Of Turmeric, Ascorbic Acid [Antioxidant], Tocopherols [Antioxidant]), 2% Or Less Than Of Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Modified Food Starch, Yeast, Salt, Dough Conditioner (Calcium Sulfate, Salt, L-cysteine Hydrochloride, Garlic Powder, Tricalcium Phosphate, Enzymes), Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Dough Conditioner (Distilled Monoglycerides With Ascorbic Acid And Citric Acid [Antioxidants]), Egg Yolks, Soy Flour, Whey.