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: Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Vegetable Shortening (Soybean Oil, Vegetable Mono And Diglycerides, Distilled Propylene Glycol Ester Tocopherols [Vitamin E] And Vitamin C Palmitate [As Antioxidant]), Nonfat Dry Milk, Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Dextrose, Food Starch-modified, Salt, Natural And Artificial Flavors (Milk), Cellulose Gum, Soy Lecithin, Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate, Disodium Phosphate, Dried Egg Whites, Eggs, Water, Vegetable Oil (Soybean), Margarine (Palm Oil, Water, Soybean Oil, Salt, Whey [Milk], Mono And Diglycerides, Soybean Lecithin [Soy], Natural Butter Flavor, Colored With Beta Carotene, Vitamin A Palmitate Added), Butter Flavor (Water, Glycerine, Natural And Artificial Flavors), Xanthan Gum, Propylene Glycol Alginate, Guar Gum, Mono And Diglycerides, Citric Acid, Titanium Dioxide (Color), Yellow 5, Preservatives (Sodium Benzoate, Propyl Gallate, Citric Acid), Vanilla Flavor (Water, Ethanol, Propylene Glycol, Artificial Flavors). Buttercream Icing: Sugar, Vegetable Shortening (Palm Oil, Canola Oil, Mono- And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60), Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Artificial Color, Corn Starch, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Salt, Water. Sprinkles: Sugar, Rice Flour, Vegetable Oil (Palm Kernel And/or Palm Oil), Corn Starch, Cellulose Gum, Carrageenan, Dextrose, Soy Lecithin, Titanium Dioxide (Color), Yellow 5, Maltodextrin, Red 3, Yellow 6, Artificial Flavor, Blue 1.