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.
Cake: Sugar, Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Egg, Canola And Soybean Oil, Water, Cocoa Powder, Modified Corn Starch, Whey, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate, Calcium Sulfate), Soybean Lecithin, Wheat Gluten, Salt, Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters Of Mono And Diglycerides, Artificial Flavor. Icing: Icing Sugar, Shortening (Canola, Palm, Modified Palm And Palm Kernel Oil), Glucose, Water, Skim Milk Powder, Butter (Cream, Salt), Artificial Flavor, Salt, Color (Fd&c Red #3, Fd&c Red #40 Lake), Polysorbate 60. Sprinkles: Sugar, Rice Flour, Modified Corn Starch, Corn Starch, Palm Kernel And/or Palm Oil, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Confectioner's Glaze, Gum Arabic, Soybean Lecithin, Cellulose Gum, Carrageenan, Color (Titanium Dioxide, Fd&c Red #40, Fd&c Yellow #6, Fd&c Red #3), Artificial Flavor, Polysorbate 60.